VitrA Takes Home Three Prestigious Red Dot Awards
VitrA's Red Dot award-winning streak continues with three exceptional designs, including the Liquid bathroom collection by Tom Dixon, Resincrete, and ModePaper tiles.
The Türkiye Pavilion Presents Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory Of Architecture At The 18th International Architecture Exhibition Of La Biennale Di Venezia
Curated by Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş, Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture will be presented at the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture
VitrA wins Green Good Design Award
VitrA's 100%* recycled washbasin, the first and only recycled washbasin in the market today, further earned the distinction of being the only Turkish brand to receive an award in the product/graphic design category at the Green Good Design Awards in 2024.
VitrA shows its 100%* Recycled Washbasin at Interni Cross Vision 70 in collaboration with Tom Dixon
Milan, Italy - In their latest collaboration, Turkish conglomerate Eczacıbaşı Group’s leading brand VitrA and the distinguished British designer Tom Dixon, have unveiled an installation at INTERNI CROSS VISION 70, which is set to define the trend for future sustainable design. Commemorating the 70th anniversary of Interni Magazine, this installation merges artisanal flair with industrial ingenuity, charting the next advancements in sustainable design and circular economy principles within the ceramics industry.
VitrA sets new eco-standard with its 100%* Recycled Washbasin
VitrA has just launched its new washbasin made 100% from recycled manufacturing waste, establishing it as the first and only washbasin of its kind globally. This innovation reduces global warming potential of its production by 30% per product, transforming materials once considered waste into valuable resources.
VitrA celebrates a successful year with six new “Good Design” awards
VitrA has unveiled a new partner programme exclusively for independent bathroom showrooms.
..VitrA to launch Londan Showroom in Spring 2020
VitrA explores the power of colour at Clerkenwell Design Week
VitrA Pledges Commitment to Sustainable Future with Investment in Renewable Energy
Eczacıbaşı Building Products (EBP) has set up a solar power plant on the roof of its factory in Bilecik, Turkey. EBP aims to install solar energy panels on the rooftops of all its buildings by the end of 2025, with the objective of generating a total of 5.4 million kWh of energy in 2023 through the solar power plant.
The Türkiye Pavilion Presents Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory Of Architecture At The 18th International Architecture Exhibition Of La Biennale Di Venezia
Curated by Sevince Bayrak and Oral Göktaş, Ghost Stories: The Carrier Bag Theory of Architecture will be presented at the Türkiye Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia between 20 May and 26 November 2023.
VitrA wins Wallpaper* Design Award
The world's number one global design publication Wallpaper* magazine gives VitrA's new tile system Resincrete one of its highly coveted design awards.
Leading Ceramics Producer Sets Sights on Thriving US Market
Global ceramic sanitary ware market size is anticipated as USD 74.52 billion by 2028 and North America is estimated to gain robust growth. The company that manufactures VitrA, Turkiye’s world-class ceramic sanitary ware brand recently appointed Jeremy Cressman to oversee the brand’s imminent launch in the US
Eczacıbaşı Buildings Products Bathroom Division publishes its first stand-alone Sustainability Report for 2021
Eczacıbaşı Buildings Products Bathroom Division (‘EBD’), Turkey's first and largest producer and exporter of ceramic sanitary ware, is pleased to present its Sustainability Report for 2021. Formerly communicating under the aegis of its parent Eczacıbaşı Group’s sustainability reporting, EBD has taken up the challenge of producing a stand-alone, GRI-compliant Sustainability Report for the first time.
VitrA introduces Liquid, in collaboration with Tom Dixon
VitrA introduces Liquid - a new range designed in collaboration with Tom Dixon. Liquid is the first ever bathroom range by the acclaimed British designer.
VitrA and Tom Dixon’s collaboration wins Gold at the iF Design Awards 2022
Liquid, a unique collaboration between Tom Dixon and VitrA, took two awards at the world-renowned International Forum (iF) Design Awards 2022. Liquid has already won design awards from both Wallpaper* and Red Dot, and at iF, it took a gold award, one of only 73 awarded, beating 11 thousand entries from 57 countries.
VitrA wins four new Good Design Awards
VitrA received four new awards at Good Design Awards 2021, an award program in its 71st year of recognizing design excellence.
VitrA 3 receives new “Good Design” awards
VitrA won three new Good Design awards in December 2020, on the 70th anniversary of this award program for outstanding design, raising to 40 the number of Good Design awards we have received to date.
5th Istanbul Design Biennial opens to the public on 15 October
Curated by Mariana Pestana with Sumitra Upham and Billie Muraben, Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one, the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial opens its doors to the public – digitally and physically – on 15 October.
New Dates, Format and Participants of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial Announced
Curated by Mariana Pestana with Sumitra Upham (Curator of Programmes) and Billie Muraben (Assistant Curator & Deputy Editor), and organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) with the support of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism and under the sponsorship of VitrA, the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial will open on 15 October 2020. With a new structure that brings together different formats of display, the biennial will be held under the title Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one with participants from various countries and disciplines intervening in exhibition venues, outdoor spaces and digital platforms.
VitrA’s ‘Meet the Designer’ talk series continue with Italian architect and designer Claudio Bellini
The ¨Meet the Designer¨ series by leading bathroom brand VitrA continue this Autumn with a talk featuring Italian architect and designer Claudio Bellini in discussion with the brand’s Design Director, Erdem Akan. The digital talk, hosted on VitrA’s Youtube channel, will be live-streamed on Tuesday, 29 September at 7pm BST (9pm ISTA).
VitrA wins two 2020 iF awards
VitrA has won two iF Design awards for their Equal bathroom collection and CementMix tile collection.
VitrA launches the Voyage collection by Arik Levy
VitrA introduces the Voyage collection, a collaboration with the award-winning multi-disciplinary artist and designer Arik Levy.
VitrA invests in growth
VitrA has invested in its manufacturing plant in Bozüyük, Turkey, to produce an additional 1.1 million units of sanitaryware.
The Global Lighthouse Network consists of 153 leading companies
VitrA Tiles was recognized as a pioneer manufacturer embracing digitalization into its production processes. VitrA Tiles was entitled to be the first ceramic tile manufacturer to be included in World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network as a forward thinking manufacturer leading the charge on adopting Industry 4.0.