International Tiles Day – Prague

For more info: http://bit.ly/madeamano-archtiles-2015-event
Giornata internazionale delle piastrelle, 21 maggio 2015
MANIFESTO:
Archtiles Ltd., in associazione con scultore e incisore Andrea Oliva ed il grafico Jakub Uksa, mirano a ricordare al pubblico che le piastrelle di ceramica, sono tra i materiali che accompagnano l’umanità per molti millenni. Non è possibile essere dimenticata, a causa moderne tecnologie, che sono materiali naturali, originali e con adeguato trattamento ed uso sono autentici come vetro, pietra o metallo.
CONCORSO:
Il concorso, abbiamo invitato maggiori artisti cechi, architetti e designer, direttamente negli stabilimenti di produttori famosi che hanno progettato e realizzato collezioni di design. I concorrenti sono divisi in tre categorie ed i risultati della loro collaborazione saranno valutati e poi esposti il 20 e 21 maggio nei locali ONE caffetteria al piano terra della Galleria Nazionale di Praga.
PARTECIPAZIONE DI MADEAMANO®:

4 opere di designer, in pannelli da 2×1 metro, realizzate su piastrelle in cotto e/o pietra lavica, in vario formato e con varie tecniche di lavorazione e nuovi smalti. Per regola internazionale del consorso le opere non possono essere viste o pubblicate prima della loro pubblica esposizione. Comunque per lo spirito di innovazione e l’aiuto alla crescita di nuovi maestri, i diritti dei designs (copyright) delle realizzazioni sono stati già acquisiti da madeamano® e verranno presto messi a catalogo (madeamanodesign) ciò nello spirito della nostra azienda di selezionare e far crescere nuovi maestri, d’arte che fondono la loro grafica con le nostre tecniche di lavorazione.

Tiles and international day? Is it a joke? No!
The Czech artists under the leadership of Archtiles Company and traditional paving and cladding producers from France and Italy really mean that. The first International Tiles Day takes place on May 21st, 2015 and it sets a task to remind the public that ceramic paving and cladding count among materials used by mankind for many centuries.
On the occasion of reminding the importance of ceramic in the history of mankind, one of the Czech importers Archtiles Sompany is holding a competition for the prominent Czech artists, architects and designers. The goal is production of authorial range of samples manufactured just in factories of famous producers that are REFIN (IT), Inalco (ES), Normandy ceramics (FR) and MADE MANO (IT). The competitors present their designs in several categories and the results of their cooperation will be evaluated and subsequently displayed in the premises of Café JEDNA on the ground floor of the National Gallery in Prague from May 21st to 22nd.
Invitations to the competition were accepted by artists Ira Svobodová, Jakub Uksa (Obic), Pavel Tichoň (Ticho333) and Michal Škapa (Tron), artist Jiří Lauterkranc, architects Miloš Munzar, Jaroslav Wertig, Dagmar Štěpánková and Katarína Varsová and the legendary Czech street artist Jan Kaláb. The representatives of the Czech investors, producers, architects and media specialized in design and architecture will sit in the jury.
“I am glad to participate in organization of this event as it gives the opportunity to the Czech creators to design a collection for worldwide renowned producers”, says a sculptor Ondřej Oliva, one of the organizers of the event, and he adds: “ the ceramic paving is not only a surface covered by a carpet or a place where you stick a shopping list for the Sunday lunch. It is an inseparable element of a design of any interior and I am looking forward to decorating my own interior with the collection of some of the competition participants.”
“We organized the competition to show, that the ceramic paving and cladding is an original, natural material and when it is properly processed and used, it is as authentic as glass, stone or iron, even if modern technologies are used at present. Remember your childhood when you draw your first pictures on a tile in the kitchen or bathroom,” says Petr Kunt from Archtiles company. He hopes this competition will initiate series of new design collections with world potential.
More information on www.archtiles.cz
Contact for media: Pavel Eichler, pvl@nedori.cz, tel.: 606 715 282

We’re proud of “Pavel Tichon”, an young & good designer! We gained the second place at the International Tiles Day, Prague! We’re excited 🙂