FENIX: Your Complete Guide to The Carbon-Neutral Material
FENIX is a material that has taken over the interior world. Recognised for its durability, versatility, and sustainability, FENIX has become the go-to interior design material, particularly in kitchen design. But what is it?
WHAT IS FENIX?
First launched in 2013 by Arpa Industriale, FENIX is an innovative high-pressure laminate brand offering a range of versatile, colourful materials. Its surfaces are extremely matte, soft to the touch, anti-fingerprint, and feature thermal healing properties to remove superficial micro-scratches. This material is highly resistant to scratches, abrasions, dry heat, acid-based solvents, and household agents – ideal for kitchens!
SUSTAINABILITY
Since 2021, FENIX materials are carbon-neutral and heed a philosophy of “Do no harm, do good, do better.” The brand’s simple approach to sustainability follows a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, which includes measuring its impact, selecting target areas to reduce its impact, and monitoring the progress. This straightforward method captures the entire environmental impact of its production, which builds a solid emissions report of its carbon footprint used to inform its carbon offsetting projects.
What’s more, Founder Arpa developed Bloom in 2019, a core technology used to produce a range of FENIX colours using lignin technology to significantly reduce the amount of phenol included in the core’s resin by 50%.
FENIX KITCHENS
Whether you use FENIX on kitchen doors or worktops, the material is suitable for contact with food and makes for a sleek kitchen design. The style is suited to a contemporary modern space where the kitchen is a centrepiece and materials matter. The colours are beautifully muted and unique, creating a sleek, contemporary space. As FENIX is a laminated material, it needs to be bonded onto a core material to create a strong robust door for kitchen applications. When using this material in our kitchen projects, we opt for a birch plywood door. Birch ply is an extremely robust and sustainable material and is perfect for producing long-lasting kitchens.
How to care for Fenix
FENIX surfaces can be cleaned by simply using warm water and a cloth. For tougher messes, you can use almost any household cleaner including acetone! Just make sure to avoid abrasive creams, hard brushes, and scouring pads as these can damage the structure. Once cleaned, be sure to dry your surface with a clean dry cloth to prevent limescale buildup.
Our projects
FENIX is a popular material choice for many of our clients wishing to add a burst of colour to their kitchen while providing robust protection. Our clients use this material in a variety of ways, whether it is to create a Mid-Century-inspired kitchen like our Mid-Century Kitchen, or for a more contemporary aesthetic like our FENIX Kitchen project. Head to our Honest Range and download our Honest Lookbook to see our full FENIX library.
Whatever design inspires you, we love featuring this material in our kitchen designs. Get in touch with our team to see how we can introduce this material into your dream kitchen.