Slimtech Concreto, 2018

Designers: Fabio Novembre, Milan (MI), Italy
Manufacturer: Lea Ceramiche, Modena (MO), Italy

Concreto is the brand new collection designed by Italian designer Fabio Novembre. With it, Lea Ceramiche is presenting the Slimtech line for the first time in the new sizes of 120x120cm and 120x260cm with a thickness of 6mm, further extending the potential uses. The new collection explores the theme of concrete with a hyper-realistic representation of cement surfaces. The conceptual process starts with an aesthetic and a material analysis, fully capturing the features of the material, but then going beyond these objective facts by warping and emphasizing them: the different textures and colours of cement become the backgrounds of the collection in five shades - extra light, light, medium, dark and rust- reflecting the qualities of the base material through the use of laminated porcelain stoneware technology.