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Thanks to the trust placed in us by many manufacturers, our portal is now recognized both nationally and internationally. In fact, there are already many internationally recognized and established companies in the sector, including the AIPEF group (Italian Flexible Expanded Polyurethanes Companies) which promotes scientific information on the use of flexible polyurethane foam in the sectors in which it is used.

Ron Arad signs 10 LAYERS, an unusual Silestone® ping-pong table

The famous Israeli designer Ron Arad has created his latest project 10 LAYERS, a spectacular ping-pong table in Silestone®, the technological material, made up of more than 90% of natural quartz, produced by Gruppo Cosentino.

“The idea of ​​10 LAYERS came to me while I was at the extraordinary Gruppo Cosentino factory. Although I was there for a different purpose, that is to identify the suitable material for the coating of a tower, observing the high technological standards of the production process of Dekton® and Silestone® I could not help but wonder what else I could do with this 'magical' material. So I decided to do something that would allow us to enjoy the material in a completely new and different way“ said Ron Arad.

Hence the idea of ​​designing a ping-pong table in stainless steel and bronze, characterized by the central curvilinear lengthwise. This arrangement should, according to the designer, slow down the game and make the dribbles last longer. The layered stone and CNC milling allow to create a curvature in all directions, thus reproducing a concave and convex surface in the central part, with layers of ten different shades. By working surfaces with the use of bright contrasting colours, the flat layers are transformed into perfect circles.

To create the playing field for this particular project signed by Ron Arad, 10 Silestone® sheets were used in four different shades: Iconic White (pure white), Kensho (light gray), Cemento Spa (dark gray) and Negro Tebas (black). The designer wanted to reinterpret the Silestone® quartz surfaces with a completely different perspective, giving shape to a ping pong table that interacts in a completely new way with the players.

Eternal Noir and Silken Pearl: two new proposals from the Silestone® Eternal quartz collection

The new colours enhance the beauty of marble, which is becoming more and more a protagonist of the furniture of the future.
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 14/01/2020
Company: Cosentino Group

"Cosentino We", the new global community for professionals in the sector

Digital platform offers new opportunities for architects, designers and marble workers
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 04/09/2019
Company: Cosentino Group

The Anamorphix event by Fenix: in order to know the essence of FENIX materials

Previewed the new colours that enrich the collection
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 21/05/2018
Company: Arpa Industriale S.p.A.

12th edition of the Cosentino Design Challenge

The competition is a point of reference for international architecture and design
Category: Industry news
Publication date: 22/01/2018
Company: Cosentino Group

Arpa Industriale: new textures, new colours and a new super-opaque surface

The company anticipates and designs avant-garde aesthetic and technical solutions
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 19/01/2018
Company: Arpa Industriale S.p.A.

Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 05/12/2017
Company: Cosentino Group

SILESTONE® CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

Category: Industry news
Publication date: 29/04/2015

Silestone by Cosentino

Quartz surface looking sophisticated
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 23/07/2014
Company: Cosentino Group

Dekton and Silestone by Cosentino

Technological surfaces at Milan Design Week 2014
Category: Kitchen tops
Publication date: 29/04/2014

Technological surfaces Dekton and Cosentino Silestone Group

A Eurocucina and Milan Design Week 2014
Category: Technological materials for furniture
Publication date: 22/03/2014