The encounter between craft expertise and industrial technology is one of the issues that defined the golden age of Made in Italy, and which still needs to be explored today: it is necessary to face today's challenges, the environmental one above all, without forgetting the rich cultural and material heritage rooted in the territories. Indeed, it is only by starting from the know-how of tradition that we can build a solid foundation for the future.

Naturally sensitive to this issue is Marazzi, whose new research into industrial craftsmanship rediscovers the beauty of authentic, coloured, decorated ceramics in collections with a hand-made flavour. The Crogiolo collection represents an identifying sign of the highest quality and aesthetic research, synonymous with Marazzi's constant research and technological innovation.

The name of the Crogiolo ceramics family is a tribute to Marazzi's history: it identifies the industrial building where Marazzi was born, in the 1930s, between the railway and the canal in Modena, and the place where the research and experimentation laboratory was created in the 1980s. It is a space in which architects, designers, artists and photographers have been called upon over the years to freely interpret the ceramic product, giving life, in an intense season of pure research, to the Marazzi "experimentations", designer tiles signed by Roger Capron, Amleto Dalla Costa, Original Designers, Saruka Nagasawa and Robert Gligorov, with photographs by Luigi Ghirri, Cuchi White and Charles Traub.

The collection includes a new proposal of small format ceramics – 5x15 and 10x10 cm – called Confetto. As the name suggests, the main feature is its semi-matt surface, with a broad colour palette of 12 warm and cool confetto shades. The 3D Savoiardo structure – produced in all 12 colours – is inspired by the historic Canne d'Organo collection designed by Nino Caruso for Marazzi in the early 1970s. The structure has a slight breakthrough in the central part that emphasises its three-dimensionality and hand-made effect. Confetto can cover walls and floors as well as furnishing elements.

Thanks to its minimalist and at the same time sophisticated design, Confetto is dedicated to residential and commercial environments where you want to recreate a cosy allure and rediscover the charm of “hand-made”.