Sottsass Associati: the creative qualities of rubber

The boundless creative freedom typical of rubber flooring and Artigo’s ongoing research have led to collaboration with the firm Sottsass Associati. This convergence has brought about the definition of new projects that combine technological innovation and ultimate functional performance by proposing original material blends.  Each of the proposals is based on the idea of an industrial artefact that takes possession of a natural process and random feature: Kayar coconut fibre, Zero.4’s apparently random distribution pattern, and Ebony’s conceptual abstraction. The surfaces’ typical common element is always a “small random event” produced by interventions on matter and form.