True Touch

Tactile material-effect tiles for authentic, natural interior design

The tactile material effect is very popular with designers due to its unique look and feel and its innate ability to enrich an interior at both aesthetic and sensory levels.

Since we’re passionate about beauty and inspirational surfaces, we researched this effect and perfected our techniques for interpreting various types of material to create ceramics of outstanding sensory realism.

In other words, True Touch!

Tactile design: why we love it

Tactile textures and three-dimensional effects give personality to projects and make design schemes unique, as they speak directly to people’s senses.

Basically, tactile design communicates with people at a higher level.
This makes it immune to fashions.

The natural vitality generated by tactile material-effect tiles provides positive energy and the feeling of wellbeing we want to find in any location, from residential to commercial.

So we went in search of natural looks with the power to inspire us to innovate our processes for the reproduction of materials, to achieve a ceramic technology capable of transforming Nature into surfaces.

The tactile material effect of True Touch tiles

The ground-breaking True Touch ceramic technology reproduces the authentic texture of natural materials with amazing realism, providing a visual and tactile experience astonishingly faithful to the originals.

Thanks to the True Touch technology, we’ve reproduced rough-hewn natural stone and the true character of wood with incredible accuracy, giving tiles more structure, flaws, grooves, ridges and veining that make the material effect much more authentic and striking.

The sensory impact of True Touch tactile surfaces

Rich details reveal materials’ innermost identity.

The grooves of stone and veins of wood are a visual delight, while the tactile sensation transforms the look into pure emotion.

Caressing these surfaces with our eyes closed, we seem to touch real rough-hewn stone or natural wood, an impression that sublimates the aesthetic effect and adds a powerful, exquisite beauty to any design scheme.

True Touch in the words of Gaia Miacola

The perfect ceramic reproduction of the texture of a natural surface.

“True Touch is the perfect ceramic representation of the tactile texture of natural elements.
You’re really feeling and seeing ceramics, but with all the flaws and details of the real material ... marks left by time, a chisel, the art of a craftsman and the vibrant energy of the earth itself.”
Gaia Miacola, Architect

Wood effect with realistic knots, veins and relief details

True Touch enhances the character of Plein Air, a collection of tactile wood-effect tiles that embody the encounter of Japanese minimalism with the natural aesthetic of Biophilic design.
An exquisite alternative to traditional parquet, with vibrant surfaces rich in details such as knots and veins, which evoke the power of wood.

As well as the strength of stoneware and the beauty of the material effect, Plein Air also provides a soft “feel” and astonishing realism thanks to the True Touch technology!

Perfect for anyone wishing to create welcoming, sustainable interiors with cosy, Hygge-style moods or the flawed beauty of wabi-sabi, transforming every room into a sensory experience that endows daily life with wellbeing.

Really, the only thing missing in this wood-effect porcelain stoneware is the fragrance of resin and the forest.

Create elegant, understated spaces with the stone effect

True Touch also provides its impressive realism in Vento del Sud, a collection of tactile stone-effect tiles that celebrate the appeal of the Italian South, designed for lovers of the relaxed pace, elegance and authentic spirit of the Mediterranean style.
Inspired by old farmhouses, white stone walls and sun-kissed gardens, this line combines a traditional aura with a contemporary design vision.

The bright stone-effect porcelain stoneware tiles are brimming with character. Their intentionally flawed look bestows warmth and personality on indoor and outdoor spaces.

To underline the textured beauty of Vento del Sud, we recommend wide joints and unusual combinations, such as a staggered installation pattern, to give the design scheme an intentionally imperfect look that conveys authenticity, puts people at their ease and inspires relaxation, ensuring that every location has its own attractive, immersive, unique, unrepeatable visual tale to tell.

For people who prefer a more ornate, luxurious aesthetic, Vento del Sud also offers decorative tiles where the nature-inspired theme is interpreted in exquisite relief patterns, lacquered with gold and light.
These are Tropical Inserto Mix 2 in two colours, Tortora and Beige, in the large 120x120 size, ideal for creating decorative backdrops with just a few tiles and minimal joints.

In short, True Touch enriches interior design with a sensory emotional charge, authentic textures, tactile relief patterns and motifs taken from nature, shaping enticing, stylish interiors.

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