Kaza Concrete Brochure 2014 issuu.pdf

CONTEMPORARY CONCRETE TILES

CONCEPT DESIGN MANUFACTURING

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he spirit at KAZA Concrete has been curious, intuitive, functionally artistic and entertaining from the very

beginning; manifesting in the love and improvement invested in what we create.

Things at KAZA don’t change with fashion trends, because good designs don’t have a chronology, they all equally capture the progression of time. This is why we produce prescient ideas first, before we turn to one of the most ancient and most contemporary materials to realise those ideas. No other medium serves our philosophy and aesthetic demand better than refined concrete.

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nder the name Mystile™ KAZA Concrete presents a cross section of contemporary artistic tile solutions. KAZA is

proud to offer the world’s first truly bespoke concrete tile

design system. Applying a sensitive balance of artistry and technology, we thrive to immerse into a dialogue with clients to design and manufacture modular concrete surfacing solutions as objects of art, through applied geometry and ornamentation. The richness and diversity of contemporary tile art is conveyed through examples from the entire spectrum of visual art: sculpture, painting, graphics and installations. The exceptional design freedom enabled by the combination of material and technology serves as inspiration for every creative individual. This gave birth to our collection, always representing the freshest tile designs together with previous timeless pieces. It reflects each designer’s personal take on trends in their own countries, but also developments on the international scene.

This palette constitutes KAZA’s base colour offering.

Hello Eternity

Cosmo Legend

Wonder Guide

Holistic Approach

Innocent Envy

Advanced Serum

Moon Garden

So Fresh

Stop Now

Reliable Shaman

Hundred Smiles

Oak Cabernet

Night Straight

China Pop

Nexto Everything

Total Eclipse

Vintage Lounge

Geo Tagged

Returning Dream

Winter’s Absence

Tea Time

Moreover, we can mix and match almost any colour sample sent to us. (Surcharge may apply to special colours.)

» Rewarding Peace

All Mystile™ products are treated against stains and moisture, and are available in matt and glossy finishing. Colours indicated at tile specifications are designers’ recommendations. Any tile design can be ordered in any colour or any combination of colours.

Earth View

MATT

Smiling Eye

GLOSSY

COLLECTION

FORM by Erica Wakerly

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s a wallpaper designer, I look to create a sense of space and dimension in an interior, using a flat printed surface. For

the design of the wall tiles I was, in contrast, excited to work with the actual relief only. I stripped back any surface image, reflection

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and colour, to retain a purity to the overall effect. Each Form tile can be applied individually in a continuous repeat, or in endless combinations with the other 3D Form tiles to create a cohesive bespoke pattern.

Designer » Erica Wakerly | Her successful application to the RCA came from a desire to develop her illustration and design skills together as one. As an RCA undergraduate she won first prize in both the “Dorma Award” and “Graham & Brown Award”. Upon graduation Erica founded her “Erica Wakerly” label launching her first groundbreaking and highly acclaimed collection of wallpapers in 2006 for which she received “Elle Decoration Best Wallcovering Award 2007” and “Homes & Gardens Young Designer of the Year 2007”. Erica launched her first collection of textiles in 2009. As well as having establishing a global distribution network with representatives in over 25 countries she continues to work for private clients on bespoke commissions and large scale public spaces projects. In 2012 Erica contributed a unique design for “Wallpaper* Magazine Handmade” exhibition in Milan. She lives and works with her young family in Margate, Kent.

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7 different forms

FORM by Erica Wakerly

Specification» Size: 260 × 100 mm Recommended colours: Moon Garden | Reliable Shaman | Night Straight | Holistic Approach | Hello Eternity

recently begun studying horticulture to try and satisfy my

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curiosity and have the utmost respect and fascination for

by Gillian Blease

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his tile design has come from a pastime that competes with illustration for my attention—gardening. I have

plant life both from botanical and aesthetic perspectives. My studies have allowed me to research shape and form in detail, literally through a microscope!

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Having lived in Japan, when young, and since travelled there I am very drawn to motifs and icons and as a result my work is often pared down to the simplest form. Conversely, a key inspiration is the late Joseph Frank of the Stockholm design company Svenkst Tenn who really did

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justice to the drama and diversity of flora in his exuberant fabric and wallpaper designs.

Gillian Blease | Born 1970 in Congleton, Cheshire, Gillian studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

I imagine the tiles as a fluid rippling expanse on a tall wall,

After graduating she was employed by the Whitworth Art

‘seeds’ en masse as if packed into a flower.

Gallery in Manchester and continued her art practice at local studios until she was awarded an artist’s ‘work/live’ residency in London in 1997. When a piece of work was featured in a current affairs magazine in 2001 she recognised a medium with which she felt instantly comfortable.

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Having taught herself creative software she set herself up as a digital illustrator and never looked back. Chiefly an editorial illustrator Gillian’s clients include The Guardian newspaper, the Economist, Wired Magazine and the Trade Union Congress. As an antidote to current affairs and having always been influenced by applied and surface pattern design she began developing her own patterns in 2006 which have since found their way onto book covers, table mats and now concrete tiles!

Specification» Size: 200 × 173 mm Recommended colours: M  oon Garden | Night Straight | Reliable Shaman

SEED by Gillian Blease

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BUTTON by Codolagni Design Studio

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he design of Button concrete tile was induced by an

experiment: it examined the development of a formation

system created by objects pressed into a rubber sheet. The rubber sheet’s own physical characteristics mould firm forms and fine arcs impossible to reproduce by any other method. When

creating the form, the objective was to minimize human intervention and leave the emergence of design to the materials themselves. The shape resembling a pulled-in button connects

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to the base layer with perfect arcs. As an extra compositional feature, additional dimension is added to the tile by a visually confusing characteristic, namely it is hard to decide whether we see a stand-out or depressed pattern from certain perspectives. Throughout my work I seek beauty derived by noble simplicity. Forms created in the designing process are handled as objects resembling musical instruments that oscillate along the edges, and keep the bounded surface stretched. This tension triggers the atmosphere and ‘voice’ suggested by the design object.

Designer » Codolagni Design Studio | Gabor Kodolanyi, founder of Codolagni Design Studio, is a true designer and maker with a special eye on combining beautiful aesthetics with utmost precision. Throughout his works he seeks beauty derived by noble simplicity. A year after graduating as designer from the Institute of Applied Arts (Sopron), Gabor founded his own Codolagni Design Studio (CDS). Since then, his work has focused on designing and manufacturing unique pieces of furniture and lighting objects under the Codolagni brand. Primary use of solid materials contributes to the

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4 different forms

candid relationship between material and form. He presented his own collection at Tent London in 2012.

BUTTON by Codolagni Design Studio

Specification» Size: 300 × 200 mm Recommended colours: Night Straight | Hello Eternity

P E TA L by Akos Horvath

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y objective with this design was to dilute the plane

Akos Horvath | Creator in a wide range of visual arts,

of the surface by soft, organic forms. I was looking

Akos’ professional career spans more than 30 years.

for a pattern suitable to create an intimate mood both for indoors and outdoors.

Following the path of great masters, he combined his study and work as apprentice at various artists including

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I turned to nature for inspiration, and ended up applying the

the galleries of painters Lajos Cziraky and Otto Vagfalvi,

simplest of petal motives.I managed to enhance the rippling

later worked with industrial artist Laszlo Hefter and painter

effect of the motive by adding a soft bas-relief to the petals

Sandor Farsang.

for wall covering. The surface will appear to be moving when lit by a moving light source (e.g. approaching car) due to

He applied his experience as illustrator and interior

the ‘shell’ shape of the petals. Placed into an interior, stat-

designer in the eighties when his visual language took a

ic light conditions will constitute a slow-paced, pleasant

definite shape. Besides designing coloured glass installations

background.

and sculptural elements, he created several unique pieces of furniture, as part of his interior design practice.

When installed on smaller surface, a single colour selection may suffice.

Currently Akos is the art director of award winning video games and an avid collector of everything pattern. He owns a collection of 10.000 publications on illustra-

Specification» Size: 200 × 132 | d=74 mm Recommended colours: Hundred Smiles | Cosmo Legend

tion and pattern, the greatest in Eastern Europe. His works have been exhibited in various galleries since the beginning of the eighties, and have been awarded the grand prize of Fandom Directory Artwork Contest (USA) and Champagne Silhouettes magazin (Canada).

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P E TA L by Akos Horvath

CRISP by Levi Fignar

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risp tile was born out of Levi Fignar’s enthusiasm for polygonal architecture. Despite planning the design to function as a supplementary

element of the space, be it a bathroom or a loft, at the same time it is also empowered to attract attention through its visual effect. Refractions in waveform induced by small triangles composing the surface enhance the luxury atmosphere of the space.

Designer » Levi Fignar | Learn the old, discover the present, experiment with the new, and organise the matrix. Constantly return to the impossible to reverse the course. Speak the language of the material, be it concrete or LCD. Levi Fignar is a designer who believes in the superior power of the material. The means and tools are the language of the material, fluency in this language is fundamental to the birth of the unity. Within lies every value to be created and added.

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CRISP by Levi Fignar

Specification» Size: 200 × 200 mm Recommended colours: Night Straight | Hello Eternity

SKYLINE by Marco Piva

Designer » Marco Piva | Exciting, fluid, functional. This is the language that distinguishes Marco Piva’s architectural creations, product design and interior design. The effort in material research and technology, the value of differentiation, the design innovation, lead the establishment of Studiodada Associates. In the ‘80s opens Studio Marco Piva.

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or Skyline, the new textures designed by Marco Piva

Traveller and designer, innovator who is educated in

for Kaza Concrete, we figured out a graphic that rep-

rational approaches, Marco Piva studies and creates

resents the overall view of a city’s buildings and structures

design solutions which are pervaded by stylistic freedom

against the sky, skyline, indeed.

and compositional sobriety.

The contrast given by Skyline three-dimensional texture

Currently, he is engaged in the construction of the residential

is really of impact, and can be used in different contest,

complex Rawdhat Residential Buildings in Abu Dhabi, on

both horizontal or vertical, to give new possibilities to the

the architectural and interior project of the Hotel Gallia in

concrete material: not just the world’s most commonly

Milan, in a 4000 sqm masterplan in Beijing and in prestig-

used building material, but a dynamic and changeable

ious private houses in India. Moreover, he has started a

one, in different situation.

collaboration with the acclaimed fashion maison Bulgari, and he is designing all its store windows worldwide.

Moreover, the pattern interlace across tiles, and different combination are possible. So, also with concrete, custom is possible, and Skyline could be the way. The aim, in Skyline, is to demonstrate that concrete is a

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versatile material. We can shape it both for new innovative architectures, and for unexpected and unusual interior design. The innovation comes from the matter, for building a better skyline of our future.

Specification» Size: 300 × 600 mm Recommended colours: Moon Garden | Night Straight | Smiling Eye

HAUS by Kirath Ghundoo

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aus’ derived from my love of architecture and persian

Kirath Ghundoo | is a surface pattern designer, primarily

design. I am constantly photographing interested

designing striking wallpaper collections for interior

surfaces and patterns, collecting exciting primary research.

residential and commercial spaces worldwide. She explores

When thinking about a design for tiles, I wanted to create

contrasts with pattern and colour in a distinct way, creating

a simple yet striking visual, that would work well as a large

an innovative brand with a strong identity. With inspirations

repeat structure, or mixed within other tile designs.

stemming from fashion, street-style, architecture, travel and everyday daily encounters such as cocktails at her favourite bar, people watching or a conversation, her designs are an eclectic mix of exuberant pattern and explosive colour.

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Specification» Size: 400 × 400 mm Recommended colours: Night Straight | Hello Eternity

1 form

LONDON by Zsanett Kincses

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ondon has become KAZA’s flagship design originally created for the 100% Design show. It intends to demonstrate the versatility the new concrete material offers

in terms of shape, texture, pattern and colour vis-à-vis traditional tiles. This debut

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design received great reviews and has been featured in numerous design and architectural publications. London reflects the trust placed in serendipity and symbolises life as a floral meadow. It vitalises the surface day after day for many years to come.

Designer » Zsanett Kincses | Since I was a child, to paint, fold, transform, shape, draw, or simply re-think, re-arrange materials has always delighted me. My environment is about continuously changing objects, shapes and colours which are related to each other. When there is an idea, I can’t concentrate on anything else; the whole outside world is going to turn off for a while. For me this is a complete peace of mind and much more. I like to restore battered objects. I like interesting materials. I live in Szentendre (City of Painters), and operate mainly as a graphic designer and try to become more expert in 3D designing.

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Specification» Size: 235 × 235 | 221 × 221 | 127 × 221 mm Recommended colours: Reliable Shaman | Rewarding Peace | Nexto Everything | Night Straight | Geo Tagged

VINE by Gillian Blease

Designer » Gillian Blease | Born 1970 in Congleton, Cheshire, Gillian studied Fine Art at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. After graduating she was employed by the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester and continued her art practice at

T

his tile design has come from a pastime that competes

local studios until she was awarded an artist’s ‘work/live’

with illustration for my attention—gardening. I have

residency in London in 1997. When a piece of work was

recently begun studying horticulture to try and satisfy my

featured in a current affairs magazine in 2001 she recog-

curiosity and have the utmost respect and fascination for

nised a medium with which she felt instantly comfortable.

plant life both from botanical and aesthetic perspectives. My studies have allowed me to research shape and form

Having taught herself creative software she set herself up

in detail, literally through a microscope!

as a digital illustrator and never looked back. Chiefly an editorial illustrator Gillian’s clients include The Guardian

”

Having lived in Japan, when young, and since travelled there

newspaper, the Economist, Wired Magazine and the Trade

I am very drawn to motifs and icons and as a result my work

Union Congress.

is often pared down to the simplest form. Conversely, a key inspiration is the late Joseph Frank of the Stockholm design

As an antidote to current affairs and having always been

company Svenkst Tenn who really did justice to the drama

influenced by applied and surface pattern design she

and diversity of flora in his exuberant fabric and wallpaper

began developing her own patterns in 2006 which have

designs.

since found their way onto book covers, table mats and now concrete tiles!

I imagine the tiles as a fluid rippling expanse on a tall wall, the ‘vine’ along the lines of Jack and the Beanstalk disappearing beyond reach.

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Specification» Size: 330 × 220 mm Recommended colours: Moon Garden | Nexto Everything | Reliable Shaman | Tea Time

VINE by Gillian Blease

FLORENTIN by Mercedesz Nagy

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lorentin’s flower-motife comes from an old book about medieval architecture and ornaments. It was decorating a wall in a monas-

tery’s cloister. These tetragonal, half-opened spaces were designed

for meditation and contemplation—exactly the same idea evoked in me observing the undulate but smoothed down lines of this flower. I multiplied the pattern and eked out the interspaces with assimetric rhombs to make a constant and telling marking.

” The name, Florentin—which can refer to the capital of the Renaissance—is also a male name with the concurrent meaning of ‘flourishing, thriving‘ and ‘considerable‘. It derivates from the tender ‘flower‘ but it still stands for the shielding, eternal man. Just as the main character of the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Love in the Time of Cholera, Florentino Ariza, who at the age of 80 enthralls his childhood love. He is tenacious and steady but extremely gentle—similar to flower patterns cast in concrete.

Designer » Mercedesz Nagy | Drawing and designing played a substantial role in my life since childhood, but at the time of career decision I opted literature and aesthetics against actual art-studies. Although as a profession I chose artphiolosophie, drawing and desinging remained a vital background, a meditative basis and an inexhaustible source of joy.

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Specification» Size: 260 × 300 mm | 174 × 82 mm Recommended colours: Moon Garden | Reliable Shaman

FLORENTIN by Mercedesz Nagy

Technical data FORM 260

11

100

DIMENSIONS:

260 × 100 mm each

THICKNESS:

11 mm on side, highest point 41 mm

WEIGHT:

580 up to 1190 gr/pc

22.30 up to 45.77 kg/m2

PACKAGING

41 Seven different forms*

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

10-20

0.26–0.52

14–18

27 × 21 × 11

HAUS

400

9

pcs/box

400

DIMENSIONS:

400 × 400 mm

THICKNESS:

9 mm on side, highest point 12 mm

WEIGHT:

3470 gr/pcs

21.69 kg/m2 PACKAGING

12

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

6

0.96

21

44 × 44 × 14

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9

173

DIMENSIONS:

200 × 173 mm

THICKNESS:

9 mm on side, highest point 50 mm

WEIGHT:

800 gr/pc

46.24 kg/m2 PACKAGING

50

200

10

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

20

0.35

16

44 × 22 × 20

SKYLINE

300

600

DIMENSIONS:

300 × 600 mm

THICKNESS:

10 mm on side, highest point 15 mm

WEIGHT:

4000 gr/pc

23 kg/m2 PACKAGING

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

4

0.72

16

42 × 42 × 8

15

BUTTON 16

300

200

DIMENSIONS:

300 × 200 mm

THICKNESS:

16 mm on side, highest point 30 mm

WEIGHT:

1970/2040/2110/2360 gr/pc

32.83 up to 39.33 kg/m2

PACKAGING 30 Five different forms*

30

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

8

0.48

17

34 × 24 × 20

CRISP

200

200

DIMENSIONS:

200 × 200 mm

THICKNESS:

30 mm on side, highest point 55 mm

WEIGHT:

3600/1650 gr/pc

65.63 kg/m2

PACKAGING 55 Two different forms*

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

8

0.32

21

30 × 24 × 24

PETAL

425

6

455

132

DIMENSIONS:

200 × 132 mm; d=74 mm

THICKNESS:

6 mm on side, highest point 20 mm

WEIGHT:

300/100 gr/pc PACKAGING

d74 20

10

25.50 kg/m2

200

235

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

24+4

0.33

10

34 × 16 × 24

LONDON

221

221

DIMENSIONS:

see specification on the left

THICKNESS:

10 mm on side, highest point 12 mm

WEIGHT:

1950 gr/set

23.1 kg/m2 PACKAGING

7

7 12

22 1

12

220

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

5 + 5 + 10

0.5

12

25 × 25 × 25

VINE

220

330

DIMENSIONS:

220 × 330 mm

THICKNESS:

7 mm on side, highest point 35 mm

WEIGHT:

3000 gr/pc

41.32 kg/m2 PACKAGING

35 Two different forms*

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

6

0.435

21

36 × 28 × 24

FLORENTIN

260

11

pcs/box

300

DIMENSIONS:

255 × 295 mm; 142 × 82 mm

THICKNESS:

11 mm on side, highest point 22 mm

WEIGHT:

1270/120 gr/pc

25.56 kg/m2

PACKAGING 82

174

22

pcs/box

m2/box

kg/box

box dimensions (cm)

4+24

0.42

17

34 × 30 × 16

*This tile design contains multiple elements. Please ask for a Technical Sheet for detailed specification.

General Material Performance Data

Technical data correct at time of print. Changes may be reflected on the technical sheet of each tile design.

Products shown in this catalogue are the result of KAZA’s patented technology and its application by various designers. As the world’s first customized tile production company, we also offer an exceptional Collection benefiting from our patented technology. We pride ourselves on having a detailed knowledge of the tile creation process from design to manufacture. Our commitment to contemporary design, quality, technology, and the environment, sets us apart from both small manufacturers and mass producers. Joe Meszaros Peter Oszko

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