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American walls have been loyal to flat subway tile for over a century. Punto is what a wall says next: a slim 31.5×4 cm ceramic listel carrying a single dot — raised on the Up texture, recessed on the Down — so the surface stops being a backdrop and starts working the light. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec call it their first truly decorative design, «a really bold pattern that finds its maximum expression on large walls», and Interior Design magazine agreed, naming it Best of Year 2022.
The system is drawn for real jobsites: meshes of five listels, 8 by 12 inches each, twelve to a box. Ten colors — five matt, three glossy, two crackle-glazed (Vert and Brun, double-fired reactive glaze) — across two textures make twenty references from one spec line. It is a glazed pressed body for interior walls only (UNI EN 14411, BIII), with class 5 stain resistance, A–B chemical resistance, 64% pre-consumer recycled content declared to ISO 14021 for LEED 4.1, and VOC class A+ backed by an HPD.
Where it earns its keep: the lobby feature wall, the elevator bank, the hospitality bar back, the executive restroom. For the floor below it, Mutina's own catalogue pairs Punto with Pico porcelain by the same designers. La Mercanti ships samples with the cost fully credited at order confirmation and keeps the LEED and health documents one click away on this page.
Collection: Punto
Manufacturer: Mutina
Design: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, 2021 — registered design no. 009069826-001/0008 (06/27/2022)
Award: Interior Design Best of Year 2022
Material: glazed pressed body — UNI EN 14411, group BIII GL
Textures: Up (0.59 in, raised dot) · Down (0.51 in, recessed dot)
Format: 12.4×1.6 in listel on meshes of 5 (8.3×12.4 in — 8''×12'')
Colors: 10 — matt White, Grey, Red, Blue, Green · glossy Blanc, Gris, Rose · glossy crackle Vert, Brun (double-fired reactive glaze)
Use: wall covering — interior only
Declared values: water absorption 17% (ISO 10545/3) · stain resistance class 5 · acids and bases A–B · thermal shock and crazing: unchanged
Sustainability: 64% pre-consumer recycled content, all colors (LEED 4.1, ISO 14021 declaration) · VOC class A+ · HPD available
Installation: dry, flat walls · slow-setting adhesive · joint as per mesh · fine-grain cement grout, 0.5 sqm at a time (no epoxy on Vert and Brun)
Packing: 12 pieces per box = 0.79 sqm — approx. 8.5 sqft
Documents: VOC, HPD, SDS, BPD3 and Declaration of Contents on request
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The relief is the design, not an embossing effect: each listel carries one modeled dot, raised 15 mm deep on Up or recessed at 13 mm on Down, drawn by the Bouroullec brothers as their first openly decorative collection. Light does the rest — the same wall reads differently at 9 a.m. and at cocktail hour, which is exactly why Interior Design gave it a Best of Year in 2022.
Yes, and with an unusual headline number: 64% pre-consumer recycled content across all colors, declared per ISO 14021 and applicable to LEED 4.1 credits, plus VOC emission class A+ and a Health Product Declaration for the BIII wall-tile family. The papers are downloadable from this product page.
No — it is a wall tile by design, a BIII glazed pressed body with 17% absorption for interiors only. That honesty is the spec: for floors the same designers drew Pico in porcelain stoneware, and Mutina's catalogue shows the two installed together, wall and floor from one hand.
Five listels arrive pre-spaced on each 8-by-12-inch mesh, twelve meshes per box covering 0.79 sqm. Installers set whole sheets with a slow-setting adhesive, keep the joint the mesh dictates, and grout with fine cement half a square meter at a time — epoxy stays off the two crackle colors.
The ones where a first impression is written: lobby walls, elevator banks, bar backs, executive restrooms with class 5 stain resistance doing the housekeeping math. La Mercanti helps zone the pattern — full-height statement or wainscot-style band — before you commit the order.
For US designers and GCs: texture, finish and sheet math for a dimensional ceramic feature wall.
Choose the one elevation that carries the space — lobby axis, bar back, boardroom end wall. Punto's bold repeat is designed for large, uninterrupted surfaces.
Raised dots throw shadow under track lighting; recessed dots stay calm under diffuse ceilings. Tape two sample meshes to the wall and look at both at the hours that matter.
Matt, glossy and crackle photograph alike and read completely differently in person. Sample cost is fully credited at order confirmation.
Each box is twelve 8-by-12-inch meshes, 0.79 sqm. Count by sheets along the elevation, add margin for edge cuts and outlets, and keep the mesh joint as the module.
Slow-set adhesive, fine cement grout, no epoxy on Vert and Brun — and the LEED recycled-content declaration, VOC A+ and HPD filed with the submittal, downloadable from this page.
