PopJob by Mirage will be presented at the Mirage Project Point in the Brera design district as part of the 2017 Milan Design Week held from 4-9 April.
A joint project by Mirage and the Belgium-based Studio Job design duo, PopJob is an expression of contemporary decorative art for glossy kitchens and bathrooms with visual pop. The idea was to find a way to express opulence and complexity of design while maintaining the company’s renowned craftsmanship at the highest levels.
Studio Job is made up of Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel and their style has been described as everthing from New Gothic to symphony-like opulence. Tynagel describes how the PopJob collection came to be created: “While visiting Mirage I noticed there was little use of relief and depth in some of their collection. I, of course, understand this in practical terms, but it gave me an idea: a transparent enamel coating on top of embossed tiles would create a smooth floor, while also giving a sense of depth. Some of the Mirage collection consists of ceramic parquet tiles and they look almost no different from a real wooden floor. Instead of this, we approached the wood structure in a more graphic way, exaggerating it and making a POP-like parquet with bright colours, nothing like reality”.
The PopJob collection created for Mirage explores a graphic, coloured and provocative style, with a colour range that includes seven colours, in both neutral and pastel tones. The shiny, smooth surface is obtained through the “twin-surface” technique by Mirage – an innovative technology for ceramics, ensuring unparalleled colour intensity.
The different layers making up the PopJob tiles are clearly visible when the piece is cut crosswise. The result is a highly glossy product with an intense pigmentation. The PopJob project is versatile and functional, and has been designed according to a product logic that takes into account the material’s end use. It is a game of elements that combine and interchange with each other to create ceramic floors and walls coverings.
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