Lume from the Crogiolo project brings a fundamental chapter of the company's past back into the present

If there is one formula that has allowed Italian ceramic surface design to set a unique standard, recognised and recognisable throughout the world, it is undoubtedly that which has always transformed a wall or floor from something two-dimensional to a true scenography capable of stimulating not only sight but also touch. Italian design is, in short, that thing that makes colour something to touch, not just a spectacle for the eyes. This also happens with Crogiolo, Marazzi ‘s research intoindustrial craftsmanship to rediscover the beauty of authentic, coloured, decorated ceramics in collections with a hand-made flavour, the result of the encounter between craftsmanship and industrial technology.

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The name Crogiolo is significant for Marazzi's history: it identifies, in fact, the industrial building where the company was founded in the 1930s.

Beyond styles and beyond time

Crogiolo represents an identifying sign of the highest quality and high aesthetic research, synonymous with Marazzi's constant striving for technological innovation and, at the same time, a return to the senses and to the sign of man, to that care and attention typical of craftsmanship, capable of making spaces vibrate and giving a sense of welcome, beyond styles and beyond time.

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The Lume collection reinterprets the beauty of handmade majolica bricks in stoneware and expands the colour range to match the innovative design of the new 3D structures, Rake and Swing, inspired by the canned theme.

Where Marazzi was born

The name Crogiolo is significant for the history of Marazzi: it identifies, in fact, the industrialbuilding where Marazzi was born, in the 1930s, between the railway and the canal in Modena, and the place where, in the 1980s, the research and experimentation laboratory Il Crogiolo was created, where architects, designers, artists and photographers were called upon to freely interpret the ceramic product, giving life, in an intense season devoted to pure research and experimentation by Marazzi, signature tiles by Roger Capron, Amleto Dalla Costa, Original Designers, Saruka Nagasawa, Robert Gligorov, with photographs by Luigi Ghirri, Cuchi White and Charles Traub.

Lume Collection: depth and dynamism

In this research by Marazzi that is both ancient and projected into the future, the Lume collection stands out. It reinterprets in stoneware the beauty of handmade majolica bricks and expands its range with four new colours: Bone, Caramel, Emerald and Ocean, shades that combine with the innovative design of the two new 3D structures, Rake and Swing, inspired by the theme of canned tiles. Available in the new colours as well as in six shades already in the range (White, Blue, Green, Greige, Off-White and Turquoise), these structures add depth and dynamism to the dense, highly polished and deliberately imperfect enamel surfaces, designed to be perceived not only visually, but also through touch.

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Canneté grooves add depth and dynamism to the dense, highly polished and deliberately imperfect enamel surfaces, designed to be perceived not only visually, but also through touch.

A contemporary design

Rake, characterised by a 3D surface that recalls the grooves of canneté, presents the dense and imperfect graphics typical of Lume in the relief parts that sink into a lighter shade, creating a refined contrast and a marked three-dimensionality. Swing, on the other hand, represents a softer variant of canneté, in which the harmonious, undulating structure seems to recreate the effect of bamboo. Each element in the collection features colour shades of different intensity, made even more vibrant by the irregularities of the surface. The 6x24 cm size, combined with the very straight edges that allow for almost seamless laying, makes this project made in Marazzi decidedly contemporary.

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