Natural stone-effect tiles: the new FAP collection, Eclectic as its name suggests

These natural stone-effect tiles aren’t just surfaces: they become the matter of creativity for contemporary interior design - an aesthetic language that shapes the identity of spaces.

Materia Eclettica: the aesthetic of natural stone, in contemporary style

With Materia Eclettica, Fap Ceramiche presents a collection that redefines the very essence of stone-effect porcelain stoneware, transforming it into a vibrant, dense, living conglomerate that brings a strong, sophisticated yet natural personality onto the contemporary interior architecture scene.

Stoneware surfaces that don’t imitate stone but rather rewrite its personality, transforming defects into qualities, flaws into distinctive patterning and details into value.

An interpretation expressed to the full in natural stone-effect tiles

Materia Eclettica is an exquisite reinterpretation of natural stone, not a mere replication of its appearance.

Every slab is the end product of research that reconciles industrial know-how with craft inspiration: pigments, powders, streaks and micro-inclusions of iron compounds construct a three-dimensional landscape of matter that’s both visual and tactile.

The surfaces of these natural stone-effect tiles are never flat: they absorb the light with vibrancy and interact with their setting.

The final impression is of a material that’s both primordial and contemporary, organic in look, urban in vocation and ideal for ambitious projects from high-end residential to the most cutting-edge contract contexts.

Surfaces, graduated shades, tactile sensory appeal

Materia Eclettica porcelain stoneware surfaces are highly expressive, a power reinforced by the 120x178 size: rich, rough, mineral textures, the perfect fusion of realism and design, evoking a new Brutalism.

One of the collection’s distinctive features is its sensory allure, derived from the True Touch treatment, a technology that emphasises the material’s tactile texture while making it surprisingly soft to the touch.

Every fragment can be traced in depth: micro-relief features that are a caress, not an irritation, variations in colour that entice the eyes to look further, and mineral inclusions and oxidations that add authenticity to interior design.

The result is a surface made to be stroked, an architectural skin that amplifies the perception of space, transforming the floor or wall into a vital part of the project.

Visual continuity and contemporary interior design

The collection embodies a key concept of contemporary interior design: visual continuity across surfaces, functions and areas.
The elegant, timeless colour palette evolves from beige to grey with delicate cross-fertilisations, enabling sophisticated pairings with woods, oxidised metals, glass features and tactile surfaces.

Materia Eclettica doesn’t impose a style: it defines it.
It’s equally ideal for minimalist moods or dramatic compositions, providing architects with an expressive tool that embraces contemporary, sometimes radical hybrid visions.

Modular large sizes providing versatility for architectural design

The large 120×178 cm size redraws the proportions of space. There are fewer joints and surfaces appear larger; the floor becomes an unbroken flow, seamlessly accompanying the gaze.

This stone-effect covering offers well thought-out modularity, planned to integrate with other Fap Ceramiche surfaces and modern tiles and generate:

dramatic, tactile backdrops
fluid interiors and high-impact continuous floorings
coverings that dialogue with the furnishings, and furnishings that dialogue with surfaces

This approach provides a rare degree of design freedom, at the service of those who view spaces as complex organisms with a story to tell.

Applications for residential and contract locations

Materia Eclettica is ideal for the high-end residential segment: open-plan living areas, home spas, master bedrooms, contemporary kitchens and impressive entrance halls.
It becomes the characterising feature, both backdrop and content.

In the cutting-edge contract segment it’s transformed into the distinguishing feature: rugged, high-performing, eye-catching, perfect for boutiques, restaurants, designer hotels and corporate headquarters.

Stone becomes concept; surface, experience; and detail, language.
A collection that raises architecture above the functional, into an emotional dimension that truly makes its mark.

Materia Eclettica isn’t just a collection of natural stone-effect tiles. It’s a complex aesthetic project, an ecosystem of surfaces conceived for everyone in search of authenticity, outstanding performance and creative freedom. An invitation to design immersive interiors and genuine moods.

Like this bathroom, covered throughout in Materia Eclettica and featuring a projecting wall immaculately finished with matching edge tiles and trims.

A sort of material embrace, that combines style and function and reveals the collection’s immense expressiveness and potential in a fine example of interior design and customisation.

Consult the catalogue to explore the collection’s colours, sizes and inspirations.