April 2007, Milan: DuPont™ Corian® once again innovative

“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres”
April 2007, Milan: DuPont™ Corian® once again
innovative, talented and polyedric player at the 2007 week of design
“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres” (www.corian-nouvel-lumieres.com ; press kit available)
“DuPont™ Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers” (press kit available)
Axolute
B&B Italia
Boffi
Bulthaup / Eurostyling
Ceccotti Collezioni
Cisal
Dornbracht Elemental SpA
Elle Décor International Awards (EDIDA) 2006-07
Established & Sons / Michael Young
Food à Porter, Il Sole 24 Ore
Free:Go
GROHE Ondus / GROHE Design Center
Hans Ineke
ILK in Milan - Turkish Touch in Design
Ingo Maurer
Jaga – “Experience exclusive radiator design”
LCC
Light Style by Ruggiu
Loftcube / Werner Aisslinger
Marotte
Meritalia / Fabio Novembre
MOMADesign by Archiplast
Moroso
PASS (Pasini Metals Productions)
Pollice Illuminazione
Salvarani (Gruppo FEG)
Saporiti Italia - Food Furniture
Saporiti Italia (Inside Art)
Schiffini Cucine
Tokyo Design Premio (Tokyo designer's Week in
Milan”): Tokyo Love
Varenna / Poliform
W-ALL Fashion™
Zumtobel Lighteriors
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(press kit available)
Jean Nouvel presents an innovative and multisensorial concept of a complete interior environment
characterized by six domestic environments (with kitchen, bath, library, bedroom and living room
areas) entirely made with DuPont™ Corian® solid surface in creative dialogue with light and hitech solutions. The project is organized and sponsored by DuPont™ Corian®. Partners of
DuPont™ Corian® are Targetti (lighting solutions), Legrand and Bticino (domotics), Ernestomeda
(kitchen), Margaritelli/Listone Giordano® (wall coverings and flooring systems), Scholtès (Indesit
Company) (built-in appliances), Hasenkopf (fabrication of Corian®) and Marotte (decorative panels
in Corian®).
“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres” – cont.
“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres” – cont.
“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres” – cont.
“Corian® Nouvel Lumieres” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” (press kit available)
At its new “Corian® Design-Milano Store”, DuPont is celebrating its 40 years since the launch of Corian®,
exhibiting new objects for the home and office created by 40 designers (individuals or teams of
professionals, design firms) from around the world. The exhibition, titled “Corian®: 40 Years - 40
Designers”, acknowledges the contributions made by architects and designers the world over to the
perception of Corian®, its potential and applications. After the show in Milan, the exhibition will travel to
other European cities (London and Hamburg, other loacation are being evaluated) and to the USA (New
York, in May 2007). A selection of objects will be produced and commercialized in limited edition.
The 40 designers participating to “Corian®: 40 Years - 40 Designers” are:
01) Aquili Alberg, Italy
02) Arik Levy, France
03) Atrium (Anton Nadtochy & Vera Butko), Russia
04) Beat Karrer, Switzerland
05) Christian Ghion, France
06) Christine Van Gemert, Holland
07) David Rockwell, USA
08) Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Austria
09) Demet Bilici, Turkey
10) Emma Lewis, UK
11) Francesco Draisci & Paolo D'Ippolito, UK
12) Gamze Güven, Turkey
13) Graft, Germany
14) Hans Schoonemeijer (HP Design), Holland
15) Harry Allen, USA
16) Igor.MarQ arquitectos & Pedro Nuñez, Spain
17) Imogen Lawson, UK
18) India Mahdavi, France
19) Ingenhoven Architekten, Germany
20) Jeffrey Bernett, USA
21) John Sebastian, Denmark
22) Katrin Olina Young, Iceland
23) Luca Casini, Italy
24) Marie Garnier, France
25) Martin Ryan, UK
26) Matali Crasset, France
27) Matteo Ragni, Italy
28) Miguel Milá, Spain
29) Miriam Mirri, Italy
30) Monika Kobiakov, UK
31) Nils Kjeldsen, Denmark
32) Noé Duchafour-Lawrance, France
33) Nucleo (Piergiorgio Robino, Stefania Fersini), Italy
34) Piers Mansfield-Scadden, UK
35) Savinkin-Kuzmin project group (Poledesign), Russia
36) sieger design (Benedikt Sauerland), Germany
37) Tanju Ozelgin, Turkey
38) Werner Aisslinger, Germany
39) Ximo Roca, Spain
40) YES Architecture (Ruth Berktold), Germany
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
“Corian® 40 Years / 40 Designers” – cont.
Axolute
Axolute H7® is the refined collection of bath interiors in DuPont™ Corian® that uses for the first time the
horizontal integrated siphon HIS® (created and patented by Luca Maccagnan, eliminating the metal siphon
typically visible under the sink), hollowing out the Corian® surface from inside to make it lighter.
The products being presented are:
- Axolute H7® sink in Corian®, with horizontal integrated siphon HIS®;
- Axolute H7® bath in Corian®, with integrated overflow, hidden filling system, removable seats and
slightly flexible backseats to obtain maximum comfort;
Axolute – cont.
- Axolute H7® shower pan in Corian®, with horizontal integrated siphon HIS®;
- H7®, a series of sinks and shower pans in Corian®, with decorated element (texture applied to the Corian®
surface via sublimation). The sink and the shower pan can be customized simply by replacing the decorative
element. Design: Giorgio Zaetta.
Axolute – cont.
B&B Italia
Three new trays in Corian® offered by B&B Italia: Vertigo Round and Vertigo: two sets of seven containers
in Corian® Glacier White. Design: Naoto Fukasawa; Take Away is a set of trays in Corian® in three
different dimensions, also in Corian® Glacier White. Design: Jakob Wagner.
Also on display in the showroom were presented Boffi bath and kitchen interior solutions in Corian®.
Boffi
For the “Boffi Open Week”, the company presents numerous bath and kitchen design solutions made with
solid surface DuPont™ Corian® and quartz surfaces DuPont™ Zodiaq®.
For the kitchen: Kitchen Case system 5.0 and the new kitchen model WK6, design Piero Lissoni;
Minikitchen, design Joe Colombo; L.T. with tops in Zodiaq® Gravel Grey, design Piero Lissoni; the new
K14 kitchen and the columns of the K12 kitchen, design Norbert Wangen.
In the Monforte showroom, Boffi presents three kitchens in Corian® Glacier White: Minikitchen, design Joe
Colombo; Kitchen Case System 5.0, design Piero Lissoni; Xila 2.3, design Piero Lissoni.
Boffi – kitchen cont.
Boffi – kitchen cont.
Boffi – kitchen cont. / bath
L.T. with tops in Zodiaq® Gravel Grey, design Piero Lissoni.
The bath interiors with Corian® (Glacier White) within the showroom in via Solferino include: Folio sink,
Neunzig Design; Cathino, Zone, Phc sinks and the new models PHW and PHWS, Design Piero Lissoni; from
I Fiumi collection the Tevere bath, tops and dressers, design Claudio Silvestrin.
Boffi – kitchen and bath, cont.
Bulthaup / Eurostyling
Ceccotti Collezioni
B3 kitchen by Bulthaup, with top in Corian® Glacier White. Design: Studio Eurostyling.
A new object in Corian® for the magnificent 2007 collection of Ceccotti Collezioni by Franco Ceccotti.
“Sunday Morning” is a desk in solid American walnut (L 140 cm – W 70 cm, H 86 cm) using Corian®
Cameo White for its drawer and a stylish pocket elegantly emerging from the surface.
Design: Noè Duchaufour-Lawrance.
Ceccotti Collezioni – cont.
Cisal
Cisal presents the bath collection Interior Design Gallery in Corian® Glacier White, composed of a series of
sinks, bath and shower pan in Corian®. Design: Giampiero Peia.
Dornbracht Elemental SpA
The products of the Dornbracht Elementa Spa collection are a contemporary interpretation of elementary
water springs. The water sprouts from horizontal cubic accessories, just like a natural spring. Using modern
materials such as Corian® and "archaic" materials like copper and olive wood, Dornbracht achieves
interesting and elegant contrasts. Design: sieger design.
Dornbracht Elemental SpA – cont.
Elle Décor International Awards (EDIDA) 2006-07
Elle Dècor awards (category "Wall Covering”) the wall covering system in Corian® with integrated LEDs
designed by Zaha Hadid and presented within the “Z. Island by DuPont™ Corian®” project. The system
will become a production of Margaritelli/Listone Giordano® in collaboration with DuPont™ Corian®.
Established & Sons / Michael Young
The Kog coffee table is made of two parts in Corian® Glacier White that are joined together invisibly. The
top, in the shape of a round tray, is positioned on a three-legged base. Design: Michael Young.
Food à Porter, Il Sole 24 Ore
Within the exhibition Food à Porter organized by Il Sole 24 Ore, an interesting large multiple seating
solution on two levels, developed for public spaces, is proposed in Corian® Glacier White. Design: Giulio
Iacchetti.
Free:Go
Free:Go door handle (version in Corian® and LEO illuminated version in DuPont™ Surlyn®) presented on a
door in Corian® made by Vittorio Pinto Interni. Design: Giangi Razeto.
GROHE Ondus / GROHE Design Center
Ondus, a new collection of high quality elements , such as sinks and baths made with Corian® Glacier White
and Nocturne. Design: Paul Flowers and Grohe Design Center.
GROHE Ondus / GROHE Design Center – cont.
Hans Ineke
ILK in Milan - Turkish Touch in Design
The "minimal room” gathering the poetic and original expressions of the Dutch designer Hans Ineke.
Among these, two trays belonging to the C-Lection collection - “James for tea” (small) and “James for
dinner” (large), both in Corian® with a decorated surface. Design: Hans Ineke.
One of the items displayed at the exhibition is the Hamam lamp, characterized by a particular diffused light
enhanced by the unique transparency of Corian®. Design: Pinocchio Design / Luca Proto, Jülide Arslan,
Meltem Eti Proto.
Ingo Maurer / Sebastian Hepting
Jaga – “Experience exclusive radiator design”
Delirium Yum is a lamp, a fascinating object that uses technical solutions and unusual components. A coneshaped glass filled with water is placed on a 40 x 40 cm tray in Corian® Glacier White. Underneath the tray
is a halogen spot light and five control elements. A magnet in the lower part of the vase makes the water
move. Design: Ingo Maurer and Sebastian Hepting.
Jaga, the company that explores the new boundaries of design in the field of heating components, presents
two radiators creatively using Corian®: the wall radiator/air conditioning unit "Briza", with front panel in
Corian® Bone, and "Walk on” floor radiator in Corian®" Glacier White. Design: James Davis.
LCC
Light Style by Ruggiu
New Oasis coffee tables in two sizes (50 x 50 cm and 40 x 60 cm) with tops in Corian® Glacier White.
Incorporated into the surface is a colored floral decorative pattern applied via sublimation. Design: Lino
Codato.
A contemporary table lamp, from a seductive formal line, a blade in Corian® Glacier White that revolves
around itself, the development of a body that folds and can be positioned at will. In the wall version, the
curved line is the only aesthetic protagonist, with an original solution for the emission of light. Design:
Matteo Ragni.
Loftcube / Werner Aisslinger
Meritalia
Loftcube is a modern concept of a 40 sqm mobile living space which satisfies modern needs and comfort, for
which DuPont™ Corian® and DuPont™ Zodiaq® have been used for much of the interiors. DuPont
sponsors the exhibition of Loftcube in Milan. The tops of the prestigious “b3 Loftcube Edition” kitchen by
Bulthaup and the top of the bar are in Corian® Glacier White. The floor of the kitchen is in Zodiaq® Cloud
White. The walls of the bath are characterized by a sliding paneling system. The wall panel surfaces, shower
pan and sink are in Corian® Glacier White.
“SW410” is made from 410 cm of white Corian® thermoformed and twisted upon itself to create a
continuous wave and a resulting table of approximately 1 meter in length. Design: Fabio Novembre.
Marotte
MOMADesign by Archiplast
Marotte, a French company with 60 years of experience specialized in the production of high-end wooden
decorative paneling for interior design and known all over the world, introduces "Designed by", a new line of
special decorative panels in DuPont™ Corian® realized with advanced fabrication techniques and surface
treatments. Technical knowledge of Marotte applied to the exclusive properties and versatility of Corian®
have permitted innovative 3d effects that open new perspectives to architectural design, and decorative
solutions for domestic environments and interiors. The collection “Design by Marotte” is composed of 7
decorative panels in 3 primary lines (Thalweg, Zen e Drop), all with an MDF support on which a Corian®
sheet is applied and beautifully carved via CNC.
The decorative panel collection in Corian® "Designed by" is available world-wide.
Numerous innovations in Corian® for bathroom interiors: sinks, baths, shower pans, and also interesting
combinations of Corian® with a series of the special fabrics Tempotest (waterproof, removable and
washable) by Missoni Home, and a shower head with fiber optics. Design: Ignazio Di Masi.
MOMADesign by Archiplast – cont.
MOMADesign by Archiplast – cont.
Moroso / Laura Aquili & Elgian Alberg
Moroso / Nipa Doshi & Jonathan Levien
Movement and dynamism are the main characteristics of the Vertigo side table, by Laura Aquili and Elgian
Alberg, entirely in Corian® Glacier White. Vertigo contains a strong conceptual abstraction, where the shape
evolves in a calibrated rotation until it reaches a perfectly balanced harmony. A challenge to the potential
offered by the material and to the use of technology, where rotation, incision and folding are all applied to a
sheet of Corian®. Design: Laura Aquili & Elgian Alberg.
With the work of Nipa Doshi (India) and Jonathan Levien (United Kingdom), designers who base their work
on the mixing of cultures, Moroso introduces Chaupar, a side table with a top in Corian® Glacier White and
decorated (through sublimation) displaying icons of the Indian culture: an object embedding different
cultural and material messages. Design: Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien.
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PASS (Pasini Metals Productions)
DuPont™ Corian® for the innovative Maniglia Plus in Corian®. A door handle that is not simply a door
lever, but is also a dynamic object to be used for hanging objects or for leaving messages. Design: Daniela
Seminara.
Pollice Illuminazione
For the "Sense of Light" event, Police Illuminazione proposes a cube and a basket in Corian® Glacier White.
The cube is a light that emits illumination from below, is available in two sizes (20x20x40 cm and 12x12x25
cm) and comes with a halogen light source and RGB LED. The basket in Corian® completes the range and
adopts the same formal characteristics. Design: Marco Pollice.
Salvarani (Gruppo FEG)
The Process 07 event by Salvarani proposes a range of solutions incorporating DuPont™ Corian® and
DuPont™ Zodiaq®. The Long Line kitchen has a top in Corian® Everest, while the top of the Grande
Cuisine kitchen is in Zodiaq® Charcoal Black. Displayed also, a new structure for kitchen interiors
composed of the Snack tables entirely clad in Corian® Vanilla (legs included). One of the tables
incorporates a cooking element, while the other integrates an entire block of Corian® arising from the floor
and into which is incorporated a sink. The space is delineated by a wall in Corian® Vanilla in the shape of a
squared "s", into which two ovens are insert. Design: Castiglia Associati.
Salvarani (Gruppo FEG) – cont.
Saporiti Italia - Food Furniture
The Catalan artist Marti Guixè continues his collaboration with Saporiti Italia presenting Food Furniture, an installation
that concentrates ten years of experiments in the techniques for food preparation. The exhibition is also an opportunity
to introduce Sedna_K, the new joint effort by Guixè and Saporiti Italia, specifically intended to redesign the kitchen
environment, transforming it into a contemporary, informal environment.
Sedna_K is the first new concept created by Guixè for Saporiti_K, the kitchen collection by Saporiti Italia with which
the Italian company presents itself as a supplier of kitchens, kitchen design solutions, exclusive and original accessories
for residential clients or contract. Guixè and Saporiti Italia have exploited the functional, sensorial and translucent
qualities of Corian® for the creation of this innovative kitchen unit (combining the water and fire functions and
incorporating lighting based on 126 LEDs) and of the work surface where to prepare food, but also to entertain guests,
write, work, eat …). Design Marti Guixè.
Saporiti Italia - Food Furniture – cont.
Saporiti Italia (Inside Art)
Saporiti Italia - Food Furniture – cont.
The project Inside Art goes on, as the Saporiti Italia lab creates interior decoration objects for art and
architecture spaces. Within the project, the Park Associati firm of Filippo Pagliani and Michele Rossi
designed the “Yayoi” table using Corian® in Glacier White. Yayoi is a table characterized by a simple shape
and which corners are defined by a rough and clear cut that provide character and visual originality. The
Corian® top is carved from the inside and lit by a series of light sources to create geometric shapes,
decorative effects or writing with precise functionality. A simple and refined bench in chromed steel,
multilayered wood and Corian®, completes with elegance the Yayoi table. Design: Studio Park Associati.
Saporiti Italia (Inside Art) – cont.
Schiffini Cucine
Top in Corian® Glacier White for the Spezie kitchen. Design: Ludovica and Roberto Palomba.
Tokyo Design Award (“Tokyo designer's Week in Milan”): Tokyo Love
Organized by the Design Association NPO / JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization), the exhibition
embraces numerous Japanese designers. Three projects are made with DuPont™ Corian®:
Pantheon lamp, design Naoki Terada.
Tokyo Design Award (“Tokyo designer's Week in Milan”): Tokyo Love
Butterfly table, design Kimi Hasegawa.
Tokyo Design Award (“Tokyo designer's Week in Milan”): Tokyo Love
Varenna / Poliform
Tasto 16 piano installation and light installation, design Harunobu Enomoto.
Shelves in Corian® Glacier White and Nocturne and trays also in Corian® Glacier White.
Design: R&S Varenna.
W-ALL Fashion™
The innovative W-ALL Fashion™ decorative panel solutions for walls are designed to allow the same
changing ease for interiors as that found in the world of apparel, according to taste, desires and needs. The
Oro&Luce haute couture line is available in various high quality materials and finishes, among these
Corian® with a modified surface, realized via CNC. Design: Jan Wolff.
Zumtobel Lighteriors
The area dedicated to the Zumtobel Lighteriors program by Zumtobel displays a wall
(H 2.06 m, W 2.84 m) in Corian® Glacier White. Thanks to the workmanship of the German company, the
light plays suggestively across its diamond-shaped surface. Design: Zumtobel.