Press Release
Tramae Wallcovering Collection by Glamora Receives the Silver A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design
Glamora recognized for building materials and construction components design by the international grand jury of the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2026 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Tramae Wallcovering Collection by Glamora has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category. The result belongs to the 2025 - 2026 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Tramae Wallcovering Collection
Tramae is a wallcovering collection for interior surfaces. The design translates the sand casting technique of Italian artist Costantino Nivola into a three dimensional relief with a sandy texture. Tramae is produced on GlamOrigin, a matt material made of quartz powder layered on a non-woven fabric backing. Four free match patterns are offered in Pure White or Silk Grey. The patterns and the two tones can be combined to create calm or more dynamic surfaces. The hand worked effect is transferred to a ready to use material, so tactile depth is achieved on large areas.
About Glamora
Glamora is an Italian design company specializing in bespoke wallcoverings for residential, hospitality, and commercial interiors. Founded on a dialogue between art, architecture, and material research, the company develops customizable surfaces that adapt to specific spatial requirements. Its collections combine visual experimentation with technical performance, offering solutions suitable for diverse environments, including high-humidity areas.
Award Record
With this recognition, Glamora is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award
The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/building-components
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/177728
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/177728
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!177728
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/375122
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.glamora.it/en/special-editions/tramae-collection
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Tramae Wallcovering Collection
- Function
- Wallcovering Collection
- Category
- Building Materials and Construction Components Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Architecture and Manufacturing
- Colors
- Light Gray, Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray and Black
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Glamora
- Country
- Italy
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2025 - 2026
- Design ID
- #177728
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Tramae Collection translates italian artist Costantino Nivola’s sand-casting into contemporary wallcoverings with a three-dimensional, sandy texture relief on GlamOrigin, a pure and tactile material. Four free-match patterns in Pure White or Silk Grey colours deliver a crafted, ‘délabré’ character at scale. By transferring the hand-worked effect to a ready-to-use substrate, Tramae offers tactile depth, durability and flexible composition for timeless, expressive interiors.
- Inspiration
- The collection pays tribute to Italian artist Costantino Nivola (1911–1988) and his invented sand-casting technique: pouring plaster or concrete onto sand sculpted in negative to obtain pleasantly irregular reliefs. It secured his reputation as a “sculptor for architecture”, with collaborations on Modernist icons such as the Olivetti showroom in New York. Glamora now reinterprets this approach, creating a timeless wallcovering that evokes the aesthetic of handcrafted surface treatments.
- Realization and Technology
- Tramae Collection are made on GlamOrigin material: a matt, three-dimensional textured wallcovering, characterised by incisions and reliefs that evoke the sculpted plaster or handcrafted concrete. Its composition, obtained through a semi-artisan production process, is a layering of quartz powder on a non-woven fabric backing. Distinctive features, such as the irregular effect of the surface and slight variations in tone, derive from the use of natural raw materials. These elements emphasise its uniqueness and enhance its aesthetic value, giving it an authentic character.
- Project Duration and Location
- The collection is distinguished by its exceptional design versatility. Its structure, composed of four free-match patterns and two combinable tones, allows for compositions ranging from subtle, understated solutions to configurations that bring movement and depth to surfaces. For example, different patterns can be combined in the same shade to create a minimal monochromatic effect, or variations of the same pattern can be alternated in different colours for a more expressive and dynamic result.
- Specifications
- Size: Roll width: 98 cm / 3858 in Roll length: 10,2 m | 33.5 ft Thickness: 0.9 mm / 0.035 in Weight: from 1.96 to 2.94 (± 10%) oz/sq ft | from 600 to 900 (± 10%) g/m² Composition: Quartz sand 70%, Nonwoven fabric 20%, Water-based components 10% Certifications: - Euroclass B-s1, d0 (EN13501-1) - FSC®
- Keywords
- Wallcoverings, sandy-texture, craftsmanship, Made-in-Italy,
