Special designs by Aparici grace Lisbon restaurant Assuka

A project directly inspired by sensual forms

Lisboa (Portugal)
28 May 2012

Company: Aparici

Product/Designer: Americo Vilhena /Novocemento Slim Up

This month, we highlight Spanish company Aparici’s project, the Lisbon restaurant Assuka, one of the Portuguese city’s most iconic hotspots of leisure and nightlife. It’s a gently organic design which exalts the taste for minimalism and all things special – resulting in an unmistakable style. Its success is all down to a special material, Aparici’s Novocemento Slim Up, which allows designers to create countless, highly arresting, creative configurations as well as exclusive decors with a very distinctive look.

Slim Up is a large-format piece that adds 3D elements to vertical surfaces. Fired twice and made of a strong natural material, Slim Up is highly durable despite its large size.

This product presaged a major trend we observed earlier this year at Cevisama, the trade fair for ceramic tiles and surfaces held in Valencia, where Spanish companies unveiled many similar products, all boasting 3D qualities and targeted chiefly at architects and interior designers.

Based in Castellón in eastern Spain, Aparici is a leading Spanish company in its field. With a presence in over 100 countries, it offers exclusive products with truly cutting-edge technological and innovative features. It has two factories which allow for very high productivity.

Its most notable products are its high-tech porcelain which comes in an extensive range of sizes suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, and its technical, white-body surface with its Slimline.

Aparici goes the extra mile when undertaking public projects. It’s extremely professional when it comes to the benefits it offers in terms of technology, innovation, design and service.