Tile supplier Solus wowed visitors at Clerkenwell Design Week during its second year as a featured showroom, creating a showstopping installation in collaboration with ALEKSA Studio.

The imaginative creations, designed by the emerging London-based architecture and design practice, combine innovative tiles from Solus with special fabrications techniques and large-format digital printing.

ALEKSA Studio director, Aleksa Rizova, said: “Our key ambition was to create eye-catching installations, showcasing Solus fabrications techniques and materials and how those can be utilised in an unconventional way to create dynamic wall screens and partitions. We used lots of colour and playful designs to draw people in and encourage them to interact with the installations.”

Taking over the showroom corner on Clerkenwell Road is SUSPENDED COLOUR. The display consists of nearly 600 individual ceramic tiles in seven different pastel colours from Solus’ Carnival range. The tiles can spin 360°, creating a dynamic colour gradient display. The showcase was a huge hit on social media, being mentioned in many posts by influential bloggers and design studios.

For the façade facing St John Street, ALEKSA studio and Solus created ILLUSION - a collection of bespoke printed porcelain wall tile designs that feature dynamic parametric patterns. The geometric textures and colour gradients were created by ALEKSA studio using digital design tools and were printed on full-size porcelain slabs by Solus. The displays reveal the potential of large format digital printing and the endless variations possible using digital design tools for interior and exterior applications.

Stephen Baker, Commercial Director at Solus, said: “Clerkenwell Design Week is one of our favourite events for architects, interior designers and design lovers in the world, and being a part of the Clerkenwell community it is so important for us to push the boundaries when it comes to this festival. We were so thrilled to work with ALEKSA studio on SUSPENDED COLOUR, which showcases the beautiful, rainbow hues of our stunning Carnival range, and ILLUSION - an exploration of bespoke fabrication and printing techniques.”

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