Floating Rock by plonc.

A Material Cross-Section Study

Floating Rock is authored through Intra-Tile Architecture as an investigation into material presence and geological exposure. Its surface reads as a cross-section, multi-tonal greys embedded with smaller stone fragments, structured in restrained relief. Rather than imitating natural stone, the tile interprets the phenomenon of embedded rock masses revealed through erosion and time.

The composition explores compression, fracture, and suspension. Fragments appear held within the body of the surface, neither decorative nor incidental, but positioned as records of pressure and duration. Relief here is quiet but deliberate, allowing the surface to carry weight without spectacle or excess.

Floating Rock belongs to plonc.’s GeoLux research trajectory, where surfaces are authored as spatial matter rather than styled finishes. It sits between geology and architecture, offering tactility and depth without reliance on pattern or ornament. The work asks how solidity can be suggested through restraint, and how atmosphere can emerge from density rather than gesture.

This tile was developed as a completed design study.

It has not been released into production and has not been stocked or sold.

Floating Rock remains part of the plonc. studio archive, held as a reference point for future explorations into embedded materiality and low-relief geological expression. It will not be reproduced in its current form.

Format: 1200 × 600 × 9 mm