Pico is one of the best sellers of Mutina and it is the result of collaboration with Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec . Brothers and designers based in Paris, they began working together in 1998, after completing their studies at École supérieure des Arts décoratifs in Paris and École nationale supérieure des Arts in Cergy: in the last two decades they have collaborated in project with great manifacturers such as Artek, Alessi, Axor Hansgrohe, Cappellini, Established & Sons, Flos, Hay, Kettal, Kvadrat, Kartell, Glas Italia, Ligne Roset, Magis, Iittala, Mattiazzi, Nani Marquina, Samsung and Vitra. Thanks to their genius, simple and yet revolutionary, Pico was born: the year was 2011. Today, after many years, it keeps its appeal and stays at the top of sales.
While in recent years tiling industry mainly produced icy surfaces hiding the material depth, Pico focuses on revealing the matter as a substance itself: the compressed sand and minerals that constitute ceramic tiles. They intended to maintain the raw aspect of traditional earth floors or handmade cement, letting the material convey its natural characteristics. The collection comes in three differently coloured bases (white, grey and anthracite), composed of specific mineral mixtures that produce surfaces with a real material depth. The subtly composed shades have a matt finish with a sensual surface feel. Together with its slightly irregular dotted texture “Pico” produces gentle surfaces that stand in contrast with the extreme brightness and slickness of today’s coating materials. In this collection we have worked on defining a regular-irregular texture, the result is the declension of two relief surfaces: “Down” with sunken dots and “Up” with elevated dots. Both reliefs are available in their natural, monochrome base colours: “Blanc”, “Gris” and “Anthracite”. Furthermore, to add dynamics, we also decided to use two tones of colour, red and blue, applied as little dots in the hollow or as a base colour. The use of colours activates the relief by creating delicate shadows, turning the tiles a nuance colder or warmer. We wanted to use the ceramic material in a very flexible way consequently the Pico collection is equally adapted for use in public spaces such as airports and restaurants, as for use in domestic spaces, indoors and outdoors.
Pico is available in our store BHC Milano, Via Maestri Campionesi, 20 – and on our shop online bhc-shoponline.it!
