UNICO 2012
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Project of 3D modular ceramic tiles for iluminado.eu
The essential features of UNICO tiles are the great number of possible arrangements
and the huge potential to create decorative compositions which can be highlighted with appropriate lighting.
The UNICO tiles consist of two modules - ARCO and CANTO.
The tiles were designed in such way that their sides are glazed and their edges may or may not touch one another. The patterns based on tangent sets will create compositions with continuous surface and the patterns in which the tangency is not kept will make a set with visible tile sides and in consequence will not make a continuous surface. Iluminado company is a patent holder for UNICO tiles.
There are a few examples of sets in which the edges of the tiles are tangent and create a uniform surface. Combining four tiles we obtain six basic arrangements with same side walls. Thus it’s possible to replicate, rotate and combine with other sets which have more or less similar, three-dimensional structures in order to create an expanded set composed of a number of unique and streamlined subsets.
Here are examples of arrangements in which the tile's edges are not tangent and therefore don't bring about the surface uniformity what introduces more complex and convexity effect. For that reason building a composition of UNICO tiles puts designer on a sculptor position because the surface that is being formed is more relief-like and can be freely shaped.
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