OSMOS BY CERAMICHE REFIN

Matters comes alive

Osmos by Ceramiche Refin recounts an innovative interpretation of concrete, where precious marks are stratified and give life to an organic graphic design, both deep and textural, which conveys a surprising hybrid effect. 

The collection is visually rich and particularly detailed on closer viewing, featuring a surface marked by marble veining, mineral inclusions, and elements of nature. 

With Osmos, concrete comes to life thanks to the strength of nature: inclusions, micro-granules, small fractures overlapping and giving rise to minor color shading, describing a process of metamorphosis. Delicate marble and quartz veining emerges from the neutral, dense background, with light nuances, color variations and opaque darkening which make the color changing and dynamic. 

The wide and versatile range lends itself to an extensive variety of segments and styles, for contract, retail, or contemporary residential projects with a conceptual, post-industrial flavor.

The five shades make up a complete palette: Calce is a soft white color; Cenere and Nebbia are two cool grays; Tortora greige and the most saturated shade, Ruggine, are the warm colors.

Inspired by a structural grid blossoming on the surface, the Trame decoration is not just a decorative element but enhances the intrinsic meaning of Osmos itself.

The adopted technology enables the generation of surface three- dimensionality through the controlled application of minimal material quantities: the irregular geometric grid creates a slightly rough relief that allows an authentic and genuinely perceptible texture to be obtained. The three-dimensional impression changes on the basis of the light, the viewing angle and distance. 

Thanks to its strong 3D effect, Ribbed brings out the depth of the graphic design, creating more attenuated interplays of light and shadow or contrasts. The scoring at irregular distances makes wall tile installations dynamic, setting up dialog with light, generating evocative shadows and alternating shades which enhance the nature of the material.

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