ALPI ALPI SOTTSASS PINK Wooden wall tiles

ALPI Sottsass Pink is the result of an aesthetic pursuit involving one of the company's most historically relevant collaborations.‎ Based on handwritten notes by Ettore Sottsass that are preserved in the company archive, the ALPI research and development department has created a new colour variant for his design.‎ His original colour proposals included two Pantone swatches in pink and pale blue.‎ These formed the suggestion behind ALPI Sottsass Pink, which maintains the iconic grain that distinguishes the ALPI Sottsass veneer.‎ The characteristic pattern, an emblem of dialogue between nature and human artifice, is made by reproducing wood's natural texture on an oversized scale, resulting in fanciful markings unfindable in nature.‎ The new chromatic variant features a pink ground contrasted by a light blue grain, in line with the unusual colour combinations found in the designer's work.‎ The ALPIlignum Collection is available with IMO-MED certification, the European Union directive for the safety of maritime products.‎ ALPIlignum is FSC® 100% certified (FSC-C004666), thanks to full control of the supply chain.‎ In addition, it is classified as flame-resistant Bs1d0, meaning safety and conformity to design requirements.‎ ALPI Sottsass Collection, designed by Ettore Sottsass in the 1980s, the years in which he established close collaboration with the company, the range has become one of the most representative and iconic collections made by ALPI.‎ The new colour variant is the result of work conducted by the ALPI research and development department, based on the original project by Sottsass taken from the archive.‎ The document showed an array of Pantone colours accompanied by several notes written by the designer.‎ Taking the notes as a departure point, ALPI Sottsass Dark Brown was developed, a new shade of brown that maintains the iconic pattern that characterises the entire collection of Sottsass veneers, which were used for the first time for the 1985 Memphis collection.‎ Further info from manufacturer on ALPI SOTTSASS PINK ALPI