Metallic and Marble Masterpieces

The 17th Expo Revestir – South America’s largest and most influential exhibition of ceramic tiles, surface solutions, and bathroom design – will take place from the 12th to 15th March 2019 at Transamérica Expo Center, in São Paulo, Brazil. At Expo Revestir, the focus is very much on market trends and the very latest surface solutions from more than 250 national and international brands.

2019 highlights will include Michelangelo Mármores’s Grigio and Calacatta that draw attention to the nobility of Brazilian stones. Grigio and Calacatta can be used both for residential and commercial areas. Michelangelo Grigio has a dark grey tone with white veins, which can be applied as a highlight of any internal or external environment; while Michelangelo Calacatta is the white marble with striking veins.

The Magma Line, launched by Guararapes in 2018, will be showcasing some new patterns – Petra, Bronze, Marmo, and Fog – inspired by the design of stone, minerals and hybrids. Among the highlights are 3D textures in hyper-realistic printing. Due to digital printing, the Petra pattern has more contrast and definition in its design. The metallic Bronze comes with a shade that resembles aged leather and, at the same time, it resembles a metal. The Marmo pattern is inspired by dark marbles, with an elegantly imperfect design, which converges with the oriental Wabi Sabi trend, which values the rustic aspect of the action of time and inexact forms. Fog is a hybrid pattern, that reads like painted or patinated metal, or even concrete.

Brasigran Granitos is betting on the technology and versatility of rocks to create a bold space, showing natural materials in different formats and finishes, in a booth designed by architect Vivian Coser. This Brazilian pioneer in the use of CNC technology will bring panels with different types of finishes and formats. Highlights will include the Raffaello, Renaissance, Donatello, Vitória Régia, Emerald Green, and Frangélico lines: all based on Brazilian materials.