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Get inspired - Durat at ARCHITECT@WORK Berlin 6–7 November 2024 Come by and check out our vibrant colours and our new material with higher recycled content - Durat Plus. Meet our new German distributor Thomas Spahn Holzwerkstoffe e.K team. Booth 159 Station Berlin  Luckenwalder Str. 4-6,  10963 Berlin Wednesday 6 & Thursday 7 November Each day from 10:00 until 19:00 hrs #architecture

We are thrilled to announce that our showroom has won Store of the Year at the 2024 Visu Awards. Our showroom in Helsinki, designed by Linda Bergroth, showcases the endless possibilities of Durat material. The space is designed to inspire with versatile application ideas and striking colour experiences. Organized annually by Visualistit ry, the Visu Awards celebrates excellence in visual marketing in Finland, with categories recognizing outstanding achievements in areas like Store of the Year, Visual Act of the Year, Newcomer of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement. Visualistit ry, dedicated to advancing the field of visual marketing, nominates successes across these categories, with winners chosen by its board of professionals. The Store of the Year award honors spaces that elevate the customer experience through distinctive visual identity, innovative store design, and thoughtful visual communication — criteria we are honored to meet. Thank you Visualistit ry for this recognition. Come visit our showroom to explore the ways Durat can transform spaces. Durat showroom photos by Paavo Lehtonen

New Durat basin waste for spectacular vanity units Durat has designed a new basin waste cover, made from the same durable and attractive Durat solid surface material as Durat sinks and bathtubs. The plug gives Durat sinks a stylish coherent look. The basin waste cover is made from Durat material, which contains 30% recycled plastic and is 100% recyclable. Durat products are renowned for their longevity and the fact that they can be reused and recycled again. This ensures that our products are sustainable, both in terms of design and the environment. The basin waste is available in all Durat colours. For the more adventurous, the plug can be chosen in a different colour to the basin itself, creating a refreshing and personalised splash of colour. The new waste valve is available in both a pop-up closeable version and an always open version for public spaces. #design #interiorarchitecture #interiordesign

Durat will be present at Habitare this year with a different stands. We will be back with the Habitare Materials exhibition, which has been very popular in previous years. In the Habitare Materials, guests can create their own moodboards using materials from different manufacturers. Habitare Materials has been curated and implemented by NEMO architects Maria Klemetti Laine and Jussi Laine. In the “Naapurit - Neighbours” section, designers Anna Pirkola and Ulla Koskinen have created a bathroom interior with Durat, and the “Teema - Theme” exhibition will feature a tea table from Durat by design studio Yatofu. Habitare Fair 11.-15.9.2024 Meet our representatives at the Durat kiosk in Habitare Materials exhibition: Wed: 10:30am-12pm, 1pm-3pm, 4pm-5pm Thu: 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-4pm, 5-6pm Fri: 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-5pm, 6pm-7pm Sat: 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-4pm Sun: 10am-12pm

Endless colour Durat is available in hundreds of vibrant colour bases including the RAL Classic chart with a range of speckle patterns. With custom tinting, small, large and custom speckles, the possibilities mean you can really let your imagination run free. Explore different combos and a guide to speckles in brief below, explore more on our website https://lnkd.in/d5idKT83 00 ‐ Clear speckles 01 ‐ Black speckles 02 ‐ Sparse multicolour speckles 03 ‐ White speckles 04 ‐ Black and white speckles 05 ‐ Grey speckles 06 ‐ Mix grey speckles 08 ‐ Dense multicolour speckles #durat #speckles #recycledwaste #recycledplasticwaste #circularsurfaces #surfacematter #recycledtolast #endlesscolour

We served wild food delicacies to celebrate Baltic Sea Day For the fourth time, Durat is taking part in the Baltic Sea Day celebrations launched by the John Nurmisen Säätiö. We offered a Baltic Sea-themed lunch at our showroom in Helsinki. Chef Sami Tallberg, known as a wild food guru, created tapas dishes from natural Finnish ingredients, eg. wild fish from the Baltic Sea. Wild fish play an important role in cleaning up the Baltic Sea. Fishing can help to recycle a significant amount of nutrients from the sea to the land. In Finland, fishing removes more than 700 tonnes of phosphorus from the sea every year. In addition, sustainably caught domestic fish is a climate-friendly alternative to factory-farmed meat or imported fish. Durat also has its own “Save a Piece of the Baltic Sea” team. Durat pays a bonus of €10 on the donation when the donor makes a donation to the John Nurminen Foundation through the Durat team. Make your donation: https://lnkd.in/d3-XkJ9j   Durat will also donate €10 for each participant in a Durat Baltic Sea Day event through the Durat team on the Save a Piece of the Baltic Sea Durat has been working with the John Nurminen Foundation for a clean Baltic Sea since 2019. We are involved in supporting the work of the Foundation because we are impressed by the results of its work. "Being part of the John Nurminen Foundation is a natural extension of the fact that for us at Durat, environmental protection and caring for nature is a key part of our core business and values," says CEO Heikki Karppinen. "Our factory is located on the island of Rymättylä in Naantali, so the sea has an important role of our everyday life," Karppinen recalls. Read more about our cooperation with John Nurminen Foundation: https://lnkd.in/d6YAu2Ue #BalticSeaDay

Durat fits like a glove for such uses. The cheerfully colourful pattern finishes off the playful installation nicely.

Pale grey, gold-speckeld tables made from Durat Palace DP001 creates a softly bright and creamy atmosphere in the restaurant of the Royal Vaasa Hotel. Durat material is easy to fabricate. Edge form can be shaped exactly according to designer’s wishes. Colour: DP001 Greyhound https://lnkd.in/dkMctNvX Project: Sokos Hotel Royal Vaasa Original Sokos Hotel Royal, Vaasa Design: KOKO3 Photo: Riikka Kantinkoski

Durat at the Fiskars Village Art and Design Biennale from 16 June to 1 September. A surprise guest from Durat and BLESS' bathroom managed to sneak out before the exhibition visitors arrived Durat is participating in the third edition of the Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale. We are a part of the main exhibition called Surprise Guest. The Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale is a series of events that seeks new ideas and experiences at the ever-changing interface between art and design. The Fiskars Village Art & Design Biennale brings together contemporary art, design and architecture to create new and surprising experiences. "When we heard about the event, we were immediately interested. The event boldly combines art and design by breaking boundaries and creating an opportunity for interesting encounters. The uniqueness of Fiskars' ironwork site provides a wonderful and memorable setting for the event," says CEO Heikki Karppinen, explaining Durat's participation in the event. Durat is involved in the realisation of the "Bathroom" exhibition together with the design duo BLESS, Ines Kaag and Desiree Heiss., Thanks to the the works of BLESS, Durat's colourful bathroom designed by Linda Bergroth, gives the impression that the user has left the space just before the exhibition guests arrive. Artist duo BLESS: Berlin-based Ines Kaag and Paris-based Desiree Heiss, do not limit their work to a specific design or artistic framework. True to their original idea, they have created a distinctive way of working that combines fashion, art, design and architecture. Bless' products and distribution channels do not fit neat definitions; instead, they flow almost imperceptibly from one theme and technique to another, from practical formal language to conceptual, almost abstract visions. There are top domestic design companies, as well as an exciting array of international artists. Most of the artists have never been seen in Finland before. Sini Rinne-Kanto is the art curator and Lauri Johansson is the exhibition architect. Luovi Productions, which founded also Helsinki Design Week, is in charge of conceptualisation, production and communication. Photos: Justus Hirvi / Luovi Productions

NYCXDESIGN: COLOURFUL NIGHT IN CONSUL GENERAL’S RESIDENCE DURAT UNVEILS LATEST COLLABORATION WITH VERSATILE VISIONARY, HANNA ANONEN Finnish Design Embassy event, organised during New York Design Week, attracted more than a hundred architecture and interior design journalists to the Finnish Consul General's residence in Manhattan to learn about the latest in Finnish design. The event featured the presentation of the "Facades" vases made of Durat material. They are designed by Hanna Anonen, a young Finnish designer who has won also international acclaim. Also on display were colourful carpets and interior textiles from Finnish manufacturer Finarte. New, Finnish environmentally conscious design delighted the audience. The event was hosted by the Consul General of Finland in New York, Ambassador Jarmo Sareva and Jaana Sareva. Finarte was represented by CEO Larissa Immonen and Durat products were presented by Hanna Anonen and US distributor Rob Hacker from CaraGreen. Read more about collaboration between Hanna Anonen and Durat: https://lnkd.in/dh4wtPeQ