With all probability, 2017 will end with an absolute record of investments in technology for ceramics, driven by the launch on the market of ceramic slabs, an economic situation showing positive signs in different markets, and by the Industry 4.0 tax incentives envisaged by the Italian Government.

An emerging designer for Alessi and creative director for Marcel Wanders, Gabriele Chiave’s work ranges from product and interior design through to brand communication. He adopts a transversal approach to design that transcends function and in which decoration plays a key role.

Large size panels produced using dedicated manufacturing technologies create seam-less, continuous surfaces. However the joints are vital for avoiding problems during the floor’s service life.

The idea that Italian ceramic tiles are integral to a 'coating system' - envisaged in its broadest sense of wall or floor coating, outdoor or indoor, is getting more and more consolidated everywhere.

Ola Rune, co-founder of the architecture practice Claesson Koivisto Rune, explains that Swedish consumers are constantly in search of new design solutions.

The history of the oldest ceramic factory in Sassuolo is documented in a multimedia museum that can be explored from many different angles, offering insights into both the past and present.

From 4 to 9 December 2017, Hong Kong will be hosting the BODW Business of Design Week, the most important annual appointment for Hong Kong’s design and architecture community and an event that attracts architects, designers and interior designers from throughout the ASEAN region.

The recently opened Italian Ceramic Culture Centre promoted by Confindustria Ceramica marks the first attempt in Italy to bring together different viewpoints and fields of study in the world of ceramics: industry, artisanship, scientific research, museums and art.

Italian Design plays a starring role in Making Room: Housing for a Changing America, the exhibition that is taking place at the National Building Museum in Washington.

World-famous architect Diébédo Francis Kéré, founder of the practice Kéré Architecture, took part in the Cersaie 2017 “building, dwelling, thinking” programme with a conference held on Thursday 28 September.