Adapta Among the Protagonists of Materials Village 2017 at the Milan Design Week
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Opening photo: Adapta Color presented its new collection of finishes for architecture, A16, in the exhibition space of Materials Village 2017.
materials to improve the functioning of the city and the lives of its inhabitants: solutions for the urban and domestic comfort and for the exchange of information and data in the urban sphere, but also smart and sustainable building materials. This included the powder coatings produced by Adapta, a company that is now an example at the European level of integration © Ilaria Lagioia
dapta, the Spanish leading manufacturer of smart and specialeffect powder coatings for metal architecture, was among the protagonists of Materials Village 2017, one of the most anticipated events of the Milan Design Week 2017, held from 4 to 9 April (Fig. 1). Materials Village is a “hub” created by Material ConneXion Italia to deal with materials, new technologies and sustainability. This year’s most important event was the exhibition “New Materials for a Smart City”, curated by Material ConneXion Italia with the sponsorship of the municipality of Milan. This provided the visitors of the Milan Design Week with an overview of the latest material innovations for the creation of a smart city (Fig. 2). Divided into thematic areas, it presented useful technologies and
Figure 1: Materials Village 2017 took place from 4 to 9 April during the Milan Design Week.
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among experience, dynamism and propensity to innovation in the manufacturing of powder coatings. In the “boxes” that characterise the exhibition format of Materials Village, Adapta presented its new collection of architectural finishes A16, launched at the end of last year (ref. Opening photo and Fig. 3). The A16 catalogue consists of 32 collections with a very wide spectrum of colours, including 8 shades each. Each collection is inspired by an iconic building or a famous place on the planet, used by Adapta to develop and choose the various colour combinations.
N. 45 - MAY/JUNE 2017 - international PAINT&COATING magazine