Odyssey is a new collection of limited edition decorations
and accessories, conceived, planned and made by NCB
ARCHITETTURA as art director of SCENE MEDITERRANEE, in
cooperation with MADE A MANO.
Passion and awareness guide the authors through a shared
growth, where the aim is to value the tradition of the local
Sicilian handicraft and its know-how, with a new language.
Following the Sicilian ancient process to work ceramic and
relying on a deep familiarity with lava stone, the authors
made a series of architectural tiles that lead you across
Ulysses poem to meet the strong culture of Mediterranean
places and their great beauty.
This hero is a benchmark for whoever wants to challenge
the boundaries of human knowledge, and always keeps
going, searching for new horizons, pushing himself beyond
common places.
It’s this true inspiration that guided craftsmen and designers
through the project: the exclusive collection of tiles and
decorations preserve the Mediterranean ar tisan erudition
and historic values, but also aims to encourage and suppor
t a new concept of contemporary Italian quality, beyond
ordinary boundaries.
Two series of tiles talk about this journey across the
“Mare Nostrum”: Ulysses, Nausicaa, Calypso, Circe And
Polyphemus are drawn with the typical Hellenic colours and
simple, geometrical and evocative lines.
Penelope, Aeolus, Argos and the Sirens are defined by
lively colours which remind the Magna Graecia ancient
temples, and they can be used as decoration for unique
furnitures.