Tecnargilla Design Award

Fifteen companies took part in the first edition of the Tecnargilla Design Award, the competition launched at Tecnargilla 2010 to honour the latest technological innovations in the ceramic industry, focusing on the theme of digital decoration.

Exhibited in the Ceramic Workshop, the space devoted to ceramic creativity in the central hall of the Rimini exhibition centre, the submitted projects were judged on Monday 27 September by a jury of experts and professionals consisting of Silvia Stanzani, art director for Xtra Fiandre brand; Silvia Giacobazzi, designer for Mutina group; Davide Carra, technical director of Atlas Concorde; Elisabetta Bandini, product manager of Cooperativa Ceramica Imola; Alessandro Mattalia, owner of Berardo Ceramiche (CN); and Enzo Giacani, owner of Vibroedil (AN).

The chosen winner was Torrecid, which according to the jury: “Most successfully explored the new frontiers of digital technology, making the ceramic substrate unrecognisable and creating a highly creative product with strong colour rendering and good commercial potential. The high definition is very close to that of paper printing.”  

Fifteen companies took part in the competition (click on the companies name to see the projects): Colorobbia Italia, Esmalglass-Itaca, Intesa, Euromeccanica, Poligraph, Sertam, Projecta Engineering, Siti B&T Group, System Group, Vidres, Tecnoferrari, Torrecid, TSC, Kerajet and LB Officine Meccaniche. They all operate in the field of creativity, digital decoration and printing and displayed many examples of the outstanding aesthetic potential offered by digital technology.

The sponsor of the Tecnargilla Design Award was Xaar, the world’s leading independent supplier of printheads for digital tile printers as well as a wide range of commercial printing and industrial manufacturing applications. Xaar partners with several companies who exhibited at Tecnargilla (many of these also displayed their projects in the Tecnargilla Design Award), such as: Esmalglass-Itaca, Gruppo Colorobbia, Intesa, Kerajet, Projecta Engineering, Tecnoferrari.