Stone and ceramics: Rob Gregory slides his way across the latest innovations in ceramics and stone.See the new ar.products section on www.arplus.om 501 DASAG Dasag's range of natural asphalt tiles continues a 100-year tradition that has seen finely ground bituminous limestone a mineral of a brown or black color, emitting an unpleasant smell when rubbed. That of Dalmatia is so charged with bitumen that it may be cut like soap. See also: Bituminous pressed into durable and elegant tiles. With the qualities of strength and beauty, the range has been used in both industrial spaces and stylish interiors. With a colour-matched quick drying cement, and a protective transparent sealant Sealant A thin plastic substance that is painted over teeth as an anti-cavity measure to seal out food particles and acids produced by bacteria. Mentioned in: Tooth Decay sealant see bone sealant. , the tiles have a vivid surface texture which gives any floor a distinctive quality. Furthermore, an optional wax polish helps installations to avoid fatigue, and improves slip resistance and sound absorption Sound absorption The process by which the intensity of sound is diminished by the conversion of the energy of the sound wave into heat. The absorption of sound is an important case of sound attenuation. . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 501 www.arplus.com/enq.html 502 ARIOSTEA Ebano and Pietra del Reno are just two of the recent products presented by Ariostea at the international ceramics exhibition Cersaie held in Bologna Bologna (bōlô`nyä), city (1991 pop. 404,378), capital of Emilia-Romagna and of Bologna prov., N central Italy, at the foot of the Apennines and on the Aemilian Way. last year. From their extensive range of marble and stone, these two high-tech stone products respond well to the current popularity which has seen natural textures and neutral tones predominate the interiors market. While the darker Ebano series reproduces natural brown to grey tones. Pietra del Reno recalls lighter sandy shades. Available in 600X300mm, 300X300mm, 300X150mm and 150X150mm, all tiles are squared and rectified to extremely tight tolerances to ensure perfect results. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 502 www.arplus.com/enq.html 503, 504 IMPRONTA ITALGRANITI SPA Two distinctive new ranges of tiles have been released by Impronta Italgraniti Spa: Urbana (503) and Stone Gallery (504). In response to the growing demand for projects using sustainable materials to create minimalist min·i·mal·ist n. 1. One who advocates a moderate or conservative approach, action, or policy, as in a political or governmental organization. 2. A practitioner of minimalism. adj. 1. , natural results. Stone Gallery aims to reproduce the world's most beautiful natural stones, emulating their colours and structural variations. Enhanced with quartz for added luminosity luminosity, in astronomy, the rate at which energy of all types is radiated by an object in all directions. A star's luminosity depends on its size and its temperature, varying as the square of the radius and the fourth power of the absolute surface temperature. and prestige, the modular sizes allow for a wide range of installation combinations Urbana is a high-tech ceramic product that combines practicality with refined elegance, characterized by subtle colour variations on a matt surface that is silky silky female spirit who does household chores. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 364–365] See : Domesticity to touch. Available in seven shades, the Urbana collection is available in edge-ground 45X45mm and 60X60mm formats with natural or lapped finishes [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiries 503, 504 www.arplus.com/enq.html 505 BIGELLI Bigelli have launched a distinctive range of bathroom fittings, designed by Franco Poli. By playing with the shape of the water vortex, the hollow funnel-like forms combine to produce a family of pieces that include a slender washbasin, a shower tray and a bath that collectively combine playfulness with minimalism minimalism, schools of contemporary art and music, with their origins in the 1960s, that have emphasized simplicity and objectivity. Minimalism in the Visual Arts . [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Enquiry 505 www.arplus.com/enq.html |
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