Chymia evokes the alchemical process of transformation of raw material. The project come to life through the collaboration with Laboratorio Avallone, Milano-based studio led by Gennaro Avallone, whose’s research reaches into the applied arts, drawing on the arts of painting and sculpture to create unique and very special objects of contemporary furnishing.
The collection consists of a series that fluctuates between the discipline of graphic design and the expressive gestures of mark-making as well as between the two extremes of black and white, in which symbols and textures are combined to create patterns of light and shadow on the surface. Black and white are never separate but co-exist.
Sustainability
Chymia respects the environment and it doesn’t contain V.O.C.
Floor: Chymia Mix 2 Black.
Chymia is produced in glazed porcelain stoneware and is composed by 22 elements in the single size of 30x30 cm and thickness of 10 mm, obtained by combining the principle structures with 11 textures, that can be placed randomly. They are rectified and available in both Black and White versions. Starting from the wide range, four mixes of 6 different articles (linked by the colour) have been realised.
Floor: Chymia Mix 1 White. Walls: Chymia Bloom Black, Mix 1 White + Accents Paint Moss matt and Accents Wood rectangular skirting light oak. Ceiling: Accents Paint Coal matt.
Laboratorio Avallone
The research carried out by Laboratorio Avallone reaches into the applied arts, drawing on the arts of painting and sculpture to create unique and very special objects of contemporary furnishing. The epicentre of the design team is Gennaro Avallone, a master and experimenter, who for over twenty-five years has been continually exploring the limits and possibilities of surfaces with meticulous research that strives to create excellence.
“There has been an elective affinity between Mutina and Laboratorio Avallone for over twenty years, a harmony that enables us to share our passion for the intrinsic qualities of ceramics. Materials for me are a means to an end and have come to represent that alchemical transformation when the skills of designing and creating fuse in all their complexity.”
