Marble Hexagon Tile Covering Material by Celil Kilinc Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Building Materials and Construction Components Design

Celil Kilinc honored for building materials and construction components design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Building Materials and Construction Components Design category for Marble Hexagon Tile Covering Material by Celil Kilinc, designed for Ionic Stone. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Marble Hexagon Tile Covering Material

Marble Hexagon Tile is a natural stone covering material produced in a hexagonal format. Traditionally, marble hexagon tiles are cut with waterjets, a slow and costly process. Ionic Stone developed a technique that cuts rectangular marble tiles into hexagonal shapes using traditional diamond disc cutting. The method holds high precision in dimensions and costs a fraction of waterjet cutting, so large volumes can be produced. Each hexagon side can measure from 15 to 30 centimetres. The aim was to make hexagonal marble tiles affordable.

About Celil Kilinc

Established in 2001, Ionic Stone owns warehouses in the UK for distribution, a state of art processing facility and several marble quarries in Turkey. The company exports to national chains, wholesalers, stockists, project management firms and retailers all over the world. The compnay is not only the world's first mass marble tile mass-producer of hexagon tiles, it is also the only marble tile makers of certain stones that were previously considered impossible to process. The company is working very hard to develop innovative products via most advanced processing methods in order to increase the level of quality required and reduce the associating cost.

Award Record

This recognition makes Celil Kilinc a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Building Materials and Construction Components Design Award

The A' Building Components Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good building components by best brands and designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to building material manufacturers, building material brands, construction product designers and industrial designers from all countries. Typical entries include bricks, beams, windows, doors, insulation materials and roofing materials. The awarded building components designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/building-components

About A' Design Award & Competition

Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/135169
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/135169
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!135169
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/325757
Further Information from the Laureate: http://t.ly/RiOi

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Marble Hexagon Tile Covering Material
Function: Covering Material
Category: Building Materials and Construction Components Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Architecture and Manufacturing
Colors: Silver, Rosy Brown, Dark Gray, Sienna and Dim Gray
Images: 5
Client: Ionic Stone

The Recognition

Laureate: Celil Kilinc
Country: Turkiye
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2021 - 2022
Design ID: #135169

Credits

Image Credits: Developer Hasan Orhan, Lilia 9" Hexagon, 2021. Optional; Developer Hasan Orhan, Warm Mix 6" Hexagon, 2021. Optional; Developer Hasan Orhan, Lilia 6" Hexagon, 2021. Optional; Developer Hasan Orhan, Tundra 6" Hexagon, 2021. Optional; Developer Hasan Orhan, Island Dolomite 9" Hexagon, 2021.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Traditionally, marble hexagon tiles are cut with waterjets. Waterjet cutting is very expensive and takes a lot of time. Ionic Stone's R&D department developed a technique by which rectangle tiles can be cut into hexagon formats with utmost precision in dimensions, and the cost of the process is a fraction of the cost of waterjet cutting, therefore marble hexagon tiles are now extremely affordable.
Inspiration: Ceramic tile industries strive to imitate the look & feel of natural materials such as marble. There is a popular trend in different formats and shapes such as chevrons, trapezoids and hexagons in the ceramic tile sector, and these products are quite affordable. However, these shapes were not easily producible or cost-efficient in the marble sector. Ionic Stone's R&D team just wanted to explore if these shapes could be made using natural materials.
Research: Hexagons are popular in ceramic fields but they were expensive to produce with marble. Ionic's R&D division was charged with the task of coming up a method via which making marble hexagon was cost-effective. The challenge was to cut the tiles accurately in high-volumes. Many different cutting techniques were evaluated and a method using disc cutting was devised. A machine was designed and was made in 3 months. With necessary modifications it took 9 months to amend the machine. The result was perfect marble hexagon tiles at affordable costs.
Challenge: Cutting very accurately in hexagon format without NC machines (such as waterjets and CNCs) is a very drastic challenge. The process, for which we applied for the patent, encompasses a very unique and simple method, is the key to success.
Realization and Technology: Using traditional diamond disc cutting, Ionic Stone's R&D team came up with a technique that allows marble tiles to be cut into hexagon formats very easily and in high volumes. The cutting machine is the product of Ionic Stone's R&D department and completed it in 9 months, from conception to installation.
Operation and Interaction: Cutting marble tiles into rectangle formats with precision is easy. However, any shapes such as hexagons are cut with CNCs-computer-controlled machines, which is extremely expensive to operate. Ionic Stone's method is to use an innovative technique that uses traditional disc cutting with utmost precision. This way, cost is reduced considerably and as a result marble hexagon tiles become extremely affordable.
Project Duration and Location: This line of products have been in the American, Canadian and UK markets since 2019. The first mass-production was undertaken in 2018.
Specifications: It could be any size from 15cm (one side of the hexagon) to 30 cm.
Keywords: Marble, Chevron, Hexagon, Tiles, Innovative formats