WHAT’S NEW?


VITRA STARTS 2018 WITH FLURRY OF


DESIGN AWARDS After winning 11 Good Design awards in January, VitrA returned from the 2018 iF award ceremony on 8th


March


with a grand total of eight iF awards, including a Gold.


VitrA has won eight new iF awards, largely considered to be the worldwide symbol of product and design excellence. VitrA’s gold prize winner was the Stix ceramic tile range, which has a natural stone appearance that will never go out of style. Several ranges created by the VitrA Design Team also won iF awards, including the Sento bathroom range and the Suit brassware range. The Tech-slate tiles range also received iF awards, as did the exhibition containers that VitrA used to display its new products and highlight its sustainability approach at the 2018 Unicera fair.


This year, the iF Award international jury of 63 design, industry and architecture experts evaluated more than 6,400 products from 54 countries. Among the many criteria they consider are the innovative, functional, aesthetic


CRAVEN DUNNILL UNVEILS NEW TILE CATALOGUE


and environmental attributes of new products.


Including this year’s awards, VitrA has won 22 iF awards to date. It has also won numerous other prestigious design and innovation awards, including EDIDA, Design Innovation, Design Plus, Iconic Awards, Interior Innovation, Plus X, Red Dot, and Wallpaper.


When it comes to fresh inspiration for ceramic floor and wall tiles, Craven Dunnill’s new 175- page catalogue is an excellent customer sales tool.


Packed with over 80 distinctive and versatile ranges, all predicted to have broad appeal, Craven Dunnill’s Renaissance catalogue and website features a wealth of new designs and easy-to-replicate ideas on how to use tiles creatively.


As a leading distributor, serving both the contract and domestic sectors, the company is a major stockist and supplier of over 10,000 different products to kitchen and bathroom specialists, installers, architects, designers and contractors. The company is known for its ability to recognise the significant style trends coming through.


Steve Whitehurst, Sales and Marketing Director at Craven Dunnill, said: “We have fine-tuned


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Scandinavian themed furniture designed by VitrA’s inhouse team of designers, features delicately rounded profiles in combinations that can be tailored for both smaller bathrooms (50cm compact version) but can be scaled up to suit larger proportioned rooms too. VitrA Stix ceramic tile range. VitrA stand at UNICERA 2018.


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our tile collection to deliver added value across the board, not least in the trending categories of wood and stone effects.


“We anticipate decorative detailing such as striated and chiselled surfaces, mega-sized plank formats and sophisticated relief tiles will all prove major sellers in 2018 and our Renaissance Collection will continue to expand throughout the coming year.”


Craven Dunnill’s Renaissance Collection features five key genres of tile: ‘Boutique’ small format tiles, ‘Naturals’ such as stone and wood effects, timeless ‘Classics’, stylish ‘Contemporary’ designs and the ‘Mosaics’ category.


The printed catalogue is available from Craven Dunnill and can be downloaded on the company’s website: www.cravendunnill.co.uk


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