balconia a tile with a view by flip sellin from germany

Balconia is the 15 x 15 cm ceramic tile, which brings Architecture onto the wall. A manipulated photograph of a hotel tower block balcony is screen printed onto a 15 x 15 cm classical ceramic Tile.

Switching your Point of view from close to distanced, the single module and the grafic composition in repetition alter the viewer’s perception of the formally aloof and clean impression often produced by tiled walls. The single ‘Balconia’ generates the urge to come close, and dive into the microcosm behind the tile. One could expect different lives behind different tiles. The perception gets turned inside out. A completely ‘Balconia’ tiled wall reconstructs the image as a gripping, compelling graphic image, and deconstructs the wall.

‘Balconia’ in constant repetition is suitable for large interior and exterior walls like entrance areas, balconies and terraces. In bathrooms and kitchens the design can be used to liven up white tiled interiors as a frieze or as an occasional highlight.

The motive of ‘Balconia’ produces imagination, the reduced yet strong colors on the shiny photographic surface are an alternative to the common tile.