New Ravenna, America’s premiere designer and manufacturer of mosaics for both residential and commercial installations, is pleased to introduce The New World collection designed by Sasha Bikoff. The seven handcrafted designs traverse time from 17th century Dutch cartography through elegant antique laces and the classic American aesthetic.

Starting the historical journey with an interpretation of the 17th century map of the world by Joan Bleu, Atlas Maior is a charming rendition of Baroque geography, animated with sea serpents, full masted galleons, and frolicking dolphins. To simulate the aging of a crinkled antique map, New Ravenna’s design team applied a honed finish to the 12 different stones, and selected a darker grout to finish the piece.

Bikoff also looked to the Dutch cartographer to capture in mosaic Bleu’s painting of Ptolemy’s “systems of the world.” Ptolemy’s Cosmos illustrates the universe, using 13 colors of stone, accented with brushed brass. The map progresses from terrestrial to celestial, and concludes in astrological.

Journeying from the old world to new meant identifying the quintessential American textile pattern. According to Bikoff, “Tile is a cultural emblem that represents a country’s aesthetic. There are unlimited beautiful tiles that feel Italian, Delft, Portuguese, Spanish. America’s history is younger and the culture has a more relaxed vibe. I’d like to define that through tile.” The result is the iconic American bandana print in two versions: East Coast and West Coast. Grout lines are equally as important to the design as the paisleys are, mimicking a cloth that has permanent creases from being worn and folded hundreds of times. Bikoff and New Ravenna chose a honed background on the Bandanas to give the allure of softened cotton.

The vintage bandanas are contrasted by three delicate lace designs: Point d’Angleterre Lace, Queen Mary’s Lace, and Swiss Dot Lace. The Laces bring a femininity found in women’s garments and home textiles to the collection. Inspired by the complexity of antique lace, the designs include honed and tumbled stone to create texture, and differing grout colors to highlight the intricate webbing. Bikoff adds, “The lace is a juxtaposition to the bandana prints and offers the same playful idea of turning a textile into a tile mosaic.”

All mosaics in The New World collection can be installed on walls and floors, indoors and out. This collection, and all New Ravenna products, are available through boutique showrooms throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, and Dubai. www.newravenna.com 

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About New Ravenna

New Ravenna is America’s premier designer and manufacturer of custom stone and glass mosaics for both residential and commercial installations. The handcrafted mosaics are fashioned into decorative borders, murals, fields, and medallions. Mosaic materials are polished, tumbled, honed and cut to create distinctive styles, subtle shade variations and textures. The installations are custom works of art in mosaic tile, which often incorporate the designs of architects, interior designers and their clients.

New Ravenna mosaics are found in homes, restaurants, hotels, casinos, and businesses around the world, and are available for purchase through designer showrooms across the country and internationally.

About Sasha Bikoff

Sasha Bikoff is known for an innovative and colorful approach to design that highlights the coveted aesthetics of New York, the Hamptons, Miami, Palm Beach, and Palm Springs. Influenced by her vast worldly exploits, Bikoff mixes 18th-century French Rococo with 1960s Space Age Modern, 1970s French Modernism and 1980s Italian Memphis Milano. Following her design debut with an apartment in the famed Dakota, Sasha was dubbed the “interior designer for the young & wealthy” by the New York Times and the “go-to decorator for Manhattan’s well-heeled millennial set” by the New York Post. A native New Yorker, Bikoff studied Fine Arts and Art History at George Washington University and the American University in Paris and began her career at Chelsea’s Gagosian Gallery before establishing her own interior design firm, Sasha Bikoff Interior Design. Bikoff has exhibited her work in leading industry events, including Art Basel Miami and Salone del Mobile in collaboration with Versace, DIFFA, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala, Holiday House, and the Kips Bay Decorator Show House.

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