{"id":225116,"date":"2024-04-24T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/?post_type=id_news&p=225116"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:23:03","slug":"tipalti-office-installation-by-m-moser-associates-and-tav-ceramics","status":"publish","type":"id_news","link":"https:\/\/interiordesign.net\/designwire\/tipalti-office-installation-by-m-moser-associates-and-tav-ceramics\/","title":{"rendered":"How Clay Makes a Big Impact in This Vancouver Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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She hand-painted 160 of the beads with a matte stain from Mason Color\nand left 140 unfinished, before firing all of them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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April 24, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

Words: <\/span>Athena Waligore<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

How Clay Makes a Big Impact in This Vancouver Office<\/h1>\n\n\n

M Moser Associates<\/a> plus TAV Ceramics<\/a> equals abacus-inspired installations for the Vancouver, Canada, office of accounting-software company Tipalti.\u00a0\u201cClay\u2019s not fragile, it\u2019s capable of holding its own in large-scale architectural installations,\u201d asserts Arora. Read on to learn how the team created a series of tactile ceramic installations throughout the Tipalti office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind the Design of Hundreds of Ethereal Ceramic Beads\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An iPad sketch by M Moser Associates senior associate Alex Watkins reveals one of two\ninstallations that would be realized by Canadian-based artist Tanvi Arora of TAV Ceramics for Tipalti\u2019s Vancouver office, a two-level 24,000-square-foot project also by M Moser. Sketch courtesy of M Moser Associates.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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To form the giant ceramic \u201cbeads\u201d that would compose the abacus-reminiscent works\u2014one an all-white\npartition, the other a blue ceiling-scape\u2014Arora poured clay into molds in her studio, also in Vancouver. Photography by Luis Valdizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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She tested multiple pigments before finding the shade that matched Tipalti\u2019s branding. Photography courtesy of Tanvi Arora.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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She hand-painted 160 of the beads with a matte stain from Mason Color\nand left 140 unfinished, before firing all of them. Photography by Luis Valdizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tipalti’s Office Installation by the Numbers…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n