Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクション by Nataliya Naymark is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 建築資材・建設部品デザイン Competition Category.
銅建設部品· 2026
Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクション
Client: NNaymark.design
A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 建設部品 Category
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About Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクション
Book Text: マドンナ・タイルコレクションは、15世紀のイコン絵画に見られる衣のドレープ構造を、モジュール式のセラミックレリーフシステムへと翻案しています。緻密に制御された幾何学と、精密に調整された色彩の重ね合わせによって、絵画に描かれた布の襞は、触覚的な奥行きを備えた三次元的な表面へと生まれ変わります。各タイルは回転させたり組み合わせたりすることができ、壁面、床、天井にわたって変化に富んだ非反復的な構成を生み出します。メタリックな光沢のディテールと反応性釉薬による効果が色彩の豊かさをもたらし、歴史的な視覚言語を現代の建築空間の中で機能させることを可能にしています。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銅賞
Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクションは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクションは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Madonna 主要機能：タイルコレクションは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Madonna is a modular ceramic tile collection translating 15th-century Madonna drapery into calibrated relief. Symbolic painted folds become structured physical depth. The rotational geometry enables controlled non-repetition across small and large surfaces, functioning as architectural structure rather than ornament. The system creates directional movement and allows scalable application across interiors.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 300 x 300 mm
- Tags
- tile, pattern, Ornament, Ceramic, Renaissance
- Production Technology
- Production combines high-pressure press-molding to generate calibrated 3D relief replicating drapery folds, followed by HD digital inkjet printing for chromatic fidelity to 15th-century iconography. Select areas receive third-fire luster application (or PVD metallization) for permanent metallic gold accents. Reactive glaze layering creates controlled oxidation effects, producing an aged patina with depth and surface tactility.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was translating sacred iconography into contemporary ceramic without losing its dignity or becoming decorative imitation. Historically, folds in icons are symbolic, not naturalistic. Converting this painted illusion into structural relief required balancing authenticity with manufacturability. Limited glaze behavior, metallic firing constraints, and repeat-pattern logic demanded constant recalibration between art history and industrial feasibility.
- Research
- Historical visual research. Objective: translate 15th-century Madonna icon drapery into a modular ceramic system adaptable to modern interiors. Methodology: comparative analysis of icon paintings focusing on color layers, fold geometry, and compositional rhythm. Tools: archival study, chromatic mapping, 3D modeling. Experiments tested fold positioning and rotation. Result: a non-repetitive surface system. Insight: sacred color logic can inform contemporary design. Impact: bridges heritage and scalable interior production.
- Inspiration
- The project was developed after extensive visual research of 15th-century Madonna icon paintings, focusing on the way drapery, color gradients, and layered folds were rendered. I studied multiple variations of fabric depiction to understand their geometric logic and chromatic structure. The tile design translates these historical folding patterns into a contemporary ceramic surface, preserving the rhythm and tonal depth characteristic of early Renaissance garments.
- Project Duration
- September 2025
- Operation Flow
- Each tile is designed to be rotated and combined in multiple positions, allowing endless pattern variations. One module can create a subtle surface, while a full set produces complex, flowing compositions. This system prevents visual repetition, so a space can feel different from every angle. The same pattern logic extends to wallpaper, textiles, and upholstery, creating a cohesive yet dynamic interior language.
- Team Members
- Nataliya Naymark
- Image Credits
- Nataliya Naymark
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