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NEW FINCIBEC WEBSITES Monocibec, Century and Naxos, the three brands of the Fincibec Group, have all renewed their websites recently. The new sites feature responsive technology for perfect navigation even on mobile devices and a streamlined, rational architecture for easy consultation of areas packed with new material. The latest content includes a company profile video in the Group section, and additional sections specially created to respond to technical queries and to provide adequate information about the Fincibec Group’s engineering solutions for complex structures like ventilated walls and swimming pools.
perb artistic traditions that have always characterised the Imola-based cooperative, and illustrates collaborations with artists of the calibre of Carlo Zauli, Gio Ponti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Germano Sartelli, Nedo Merendi and Mauro Andrea, J. Morton and Hisiao Chin. Aldo Colonetti, co-curator along with designer Mario Tombaccini of ArchDesign, explains that the exhibition tells a story of tradition and innovation: “tradition provides the foundation for all innovative processes, from research to design and from new technologies to the advanced production systems needed to transform ceramics into a versatile material capable of satisfying all kinds of design and construction requirements.”
COOP IMOLA: 140 YEARS OF HISTORY
REFIN STUDIO: A NEW LOCATION IN MILAN
At this year’s 21st Triennale International Exhibition in Milan, Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola is presenting its history in an exhibition that runs from 2 April to 12 September, entitled “Ceramics After Ceramics: Cooperativa Ceramica d’Imola 1874/2016” . The event is designed to introduce the general public to the su-
“Refin Studio”, the Milan showroom of Ceramiche Refin, opened in Foro Buonaparte in 2009 and went on to become a point of reference and a favourite meeting place for architects and interior designers. The showroom has now moved to 2 Via Melone, still in the Brera quarter, a strate-
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gic location at the heart of Milan’s design district. The new showroom is designed by Simone Testi, an architect with whom Refin has worked in the past. The new site is more spacious and functional than the previous, and is better suited to demonstrating the versatility of the Refin brand in terms of collections and interior design. “The new showroom enjoys a unique location,” explains Simone Testi. “It is housed in a space designed by Ettore Sottsass in the nineties, an intense, highimpact and colourful space that creates a surprising and unexpected ambience.” New features dialogue with existing ones in an arrangement that adds value to both, with Ceramiche Refin’s collections presented against a backdrop of high design content that offers trade professionals a chance to discover the full potential of Refin’s products in first person. The new showroom is intended not only as an exhibition space but as a meeting point too, where information and training can be provided for interior designers and for the real estate sector in general.