Press Release - Marvel Travertine: an elegant, timeless choice

• Marvel Travertine inherits the grandeur of "travertine" and reinterprets its look in a contemporary key, transforming it into a versatile surface for interior design projects
• The collection was born from the partnership between Atlas Concorde and Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), one of the most important international interior design firms specialized in the design of world-renowned hotels, resorts, spas, casinos, restaurants, cruise ships, and residences.
• The collaboration with HBA produced a unique decor range for the collection: five decors with a strong cosmopolitan accent.

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Collection inspiration

Reinterpreting travertine – one of the most classic architectural materials that has spanned centuries and styles – in a contemporary key was Atlas Concorde 's challenge in bringing Marvel Travertine to life.

Travertine has been an elegant constant in architecture since ancient times. Marvel Travertine inherits its grandeur in a contemporary key, replicating its look but transforming it into a versatile, durable, high-performance surface that takes full advantage of the qualities and characteristics of porcelain tiles.

There are three colors – White, Sand and Pearl – produced in two graphic variants:

• Vein Cut: reproduces the most common cut of travertine, which is obtained by cutting the blocks parallel to the veins.
• Cross Cut: against the grain, with a cloudy effect, reproduces the cut made perpendicular to the stone’s veins.

The colors White and Sand are inspired by the warm tones of the stone and feature slight beige streaks. The Pearl shade, on the other hand, is a warm, somber gray.

THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HIRSCH BEDNER ASSOCIATES (HBA)

The collection was born from the partnership between Atlas Concorde and Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA), one of the most important international interior design and architecture firms specialized in the design of world-renowned hotels, resorts, spas, casinos, restaurants, cruise ships, and high-class residences. In addition to having shared research on the potential of the travertine look with Atlas Concorde, HBA exclusively signed a proposal for decors suitable for any type of residential, commercial, and hospitality project.

Both Atlas Concorde and Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA) have focused on adding value and raising design standards through extensive experience and knowledge of the hospitality sector and a widespread international presence. The collaboration is based on solid values shared by both organizations: over 50 years of experience in the field of design, international vocation, and attention to innovation and environmental issues.  HBA's design experience has identified Marvel Travertine as an extremely versatile range of surfaces, perfect for use in the hospitality design industry.

HBA designers wanted to express the potential of this product by applying it in ten international architectural settings.

Decors

The partnership with HBA produced a unique range of five decors with a cosmopolitan feel for the collection, combining the experience and creativity of its international and multicultural team.

Tassellation: mosaic composed of triangles and squares that fit together dynamically. The effect of movement is accentuated by the alternation of the two graphics (Vein Cut and Cross Cut).

Origami: mosaic inspired by Japanese art of the same name, creating the three-dimensional illusion of diamonds emerging from the surface.

Basketweave features a woven look created by the different directions of the veins of the Vein Cut finish. Some details of the Cross Cut version ensure that the decor can be combined with both graphic versions.

Chiseled Urban Grid: a decor characterized by a balanced succession of marks and engravings across the entire surface. It features a pattern of minimal lines typical of urban architecture, inspired by ancient stone engraving techniques.

Diamond is a decor with striking ray geometries on the surface speckled with refined inclusions of precious metals.

Atlas Concorde

Atlas Concorde is one of the leading players in the global ceramic tile market. It has always been the ideal partner for customers and designers seeking excellent porcelain floor tiles and ceramic wall tiles that can meet the needs of contemporary architecture and design. Continuous innovation, technological research, Italian style, international outlook, social and environmental responsibility: these are the values that have always guided Atlas Concorde towards the greatest achievement, the next one.

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