Surface design, sustainability & creativity at Domus Clerkenwell, 21-23 May Clerkenwell Design Week 2024
Featuring new design installations: The Magic of Colour – Ten Years of Experimentation between Mutina + Barber & Osgerby; plus Sustainable Surfaces – Material Showcase
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Tuesday 21st through to Thursday 23rd May 2024
Discover the latest surface design inspiration at Domus Clerkenwell during this year’s Clerkenwell Design Week festival as we shine a spotlight on the newest materials merging sustainability with creativity.
Including ‘The Magic of Colour’ display installation, which celebrates ten years of collaboration between multidisciplinary designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and Domus brand partner Mutina. Plus our 'Sustainable Surfaces — Material Showcase', which presents creative surface solutions that ensure the least environmental impact.
We’ll also be hosting design talks at 1pm daily, offering wide-ranging insight into surface design and creativity from distinct perspectives. Including a discussion with Jay Osgerby; Global CMF Forecast from Colour Hive; and Designing for Sustainable Outcomes – Materials & the Environment, focusing on design solutions that ensure a more sustainable future.
Lunchtime Design Talk Series
1–2 pm daily during Clerkenwell Design Week, 21-23 May at our Clerkenwell showroom. Open to all.
Tuesday 21 May, 1 – 2 pm
Designing for Sustainable Outcomes – Materials and the Environment
Exploring the environmental impact of different hard surface and flooring materials that ensure the best choices for the future of our planet via a creative, design-focused lens. Learn more
Wednesday 22 May, 1 – 2 pm
Colour Hive – Colour, Material & Finish Forecast: Design Directions for 2025
Global CMF forecast for 2025 from creative agency Colour Hive, exploring the future of colour, materials & finishes informed by global macro drivers. Learn more
Thursday 23 May, 1 – 2 pm
Jay Osgerby in conversation with design journalist Becky Sunshine
Design discussion with multidisciplinary designer Jay Osgerby, focusing on Barber & Osgerby's ten-year collaboration with Domus brand partner Mutina. Learn more
Showcasing The Magic of Colour – Ten Years of Experimentation between Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby and Mutina
Domus is excited to present a colourful exhibit of vibrant tile designs created by Barber & Osgerby, celebrating a decade of creativity – featuring new range Time
New Range: Time
The Magic of Colour conveys the spirit of experimentation, playfulness, and authenticity that defines the artistic partnership. The installation features a new collection, Time, plus fresh pastel-toned colour additions to the historic range, Mews.
Conceived to commemorate a decade of creative collaboration with Mutina, the new collection Time presents a soothingly tactile, richly coloured range of small format, modular shaped, through-body porcelain tiles – representing the beauty of weathered surfaces formed over time.
A rich and varied tonal palette draws inspiration from the geology, geography and landscape of different locales around the globe – including Etna Black, Dakota Grey, Dover White, Salta Red, Highland Green, Virginia Blue, Sahara Sand, and Atlas Brown – achieved through the infusion of inks, into the ceramic bodies via a water “washing” process.
Two finish options present ‘smooth’ and ‘rough’ surface textures, inviting an exploration of texture through touch. Three modular size formats allow the creation of infinite design layouts by combining colours, shapes, and surface finish. View Time
Learn more at our design talk with Jay Osgerby on Thursday, May 23rd, at 1 pm as he discusses Barber & Osgerby's journey into the realms of tile design with journalist Becky Sunshine. He will discuss where they look for inspiration, creative processes and practices, and how they continue to push the boundaries of innovation.
Sustainable Surfaces – Material Showcase
Explore a diverse range of new materials with distinct sustainable characteristics, presenting the latest creative surface solutions that ensure the least environmental impact.
Latest Eco-Friendly Materials
Highlights include carbon-neutral porcelain tiles and slabs, technical porcelain with high recycled content, cold-pressed tiles made from raw and recycled materials, hardened wood flooring, and natural cork flooring.
Featuring tiles and engineered flooring, our Sustainable Surfaces – Materials Showcase shines a spotlight on some considerations when designing with sustainability in mind, presenting design choices for walls and floors that ensure a sustainable future for our planet. Learn more
Complementing this installation, our design talk Designing for Sustainable Outcomes – Materials & the Environment explores some of the significant considerations to make when designing for sustainable outcomes – on Tuesday 21st May at 1pm.
Learn more of the evidence-based facts about tiles and engineered flooring in design projects – including making more conscious material choices to minimise environmental impact and ensure a more sustainable future.
Attend our lunchtime design talk on Tuesday 21st May, at 1 pm, to explore the environmental impact of different hard surface and flooring materials that ensure the best choices for the future of our planet via a creative, design-focused lens.
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