Cromatica
Cedit, 2017
With the 'Cromatica'1 collection developed for CEDIT2, Formafantasma investigates the potential of colour in contemporary ceramic covering manufacturing.
Within ceramic manufacturing, perfect reproduction and even colouring have traditionally been difficult to guarantee. These limitations were most visible in tiles; the installations with the most consistent repetition, most clearly revealed the diversity inherent in the production process. This diversity, then considered a defect, enriched architectural surfaces with a subtle variety of colour.
In recent years, the engineering of architectural ceramic has drastically improved, allowing for the production of consistent, bright in colour and large format tiles. At the same time, this new precision has discarded the imperfections that give the ceramic colour its depth. 'Cromatica' investigates the possibilities of colour in this new context. The collection is composed of two 'base' colours, two 'light full' colours and two 'dark full' colours, produced in panels of 120 x 240 cm. The tiles are produced using a combination of digital printing and a traditional high gloss glazing, to obtain a large variety of shades and tones within one surface. Each panel can be used at full size, or be cut into smaller tiles to be installed at random, or mixed with brighter hues. The basic colours of the collection have been developed based on a broad palette of glazes developed at the end of the last century by Ettore Sottsass for CEDIT.
