Reptile: An Award-winning Ceramic For Its Technology and Design

Reflecting the Collection’s division into snake and crocodile-inspired forms, the tiles are available in two series of shapes. The irregularly sized rectangular tiles of the crocodile series can be arranged at will to create a perfectly fitted surface with regular edges, while creating the impression of a flowing, organic form. A pleasing symmetry allows this perfect fit, while leaving the complex irregularity we expect in nature. The shining tiles themselves are sensually shaped in a concave form that invites light to come and play and the hand to touch.

The snake series tiles are shaped in interlocking, diamond-like scales, to form a regular and dramatic skin that looks ready at any moment to bend and wrap itself around its prey. The shining surface is split from an elevated central ridge, highlighting an aggressive, and arrowhead form. Seen as a whole, the platelets seem bonded in mutual strength to protect each other. Smooth, strong, defiant, yet irresistible to the touch, the surface fascinates us just as snakes have always fascinated mankind with their strange and dangerous beauty.

A final award for Reptile: From Design Distinction...

Çanakkale Seramik&Kalebodur which aims to increase the quality of living with its designs which aren’t just aesthetic, they’re also ergonomic, functional, productive, and practical and with its Reptile line it aims to carry it to a third dimension by creating an illusion from visual perception of a two dimensional surface. Among the awards that Reptile has won are the ELLE DECOR International Design awards the (EDIDA) “Wall Covering” award and the “ETMK Winners with Design” award from ETMK (Industrial Designers’ Society of Turkey) of which only 5 products from a total of 66 product designs were awarded from 12 sectors. And lastly, it was deemed worth receiving the “Design Distinction”, one of the world’s most prestigious awards presented by the I.D Annual Design Review.

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