Idle Tile

2025

The Idle Tile is Polymorfs contribution to the SLOW DOWN exhibition at the Copenhagen Architecture Festival (CAFx), presented at Form/Design Center, in Malmö. The work consists of three full-scale sculptural cutouts from an imagined architectural space, exploring the aesthetic and spatial potential of ceramic material.

It is a building system of mass customization, with each tile uniquely formed and highly detailed. It is a three-dimensional tile that flows seamlessly from floor to wall, from element to ceiling, a material designed for bespoke spaces.

The tiles are produced through ceramic 3D printing, a process particularly relevant to the theme of ”Slow Down”, as time is the costly element of the process, while the material itself is inexpensive. The process generates minimal waste since failed attempts can be recycled. The more time invested in a tile, the finer its details become. With this inverted time-to-material cost ratio, the Idle Tile challenges the predominant production conditions.

Photo by Johanna Jonsson