![rows of hand-painted blue ceramic beads](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf10-1024x724.jpg)
How Clay Makes a Big Impact in This Vancouver Office
M Moser Associates plus TAV Ceramics equals abacus-inspired installations for the Vancouver, Canada, office of accounting-software company Tipalti. “Clay’s not fragile, it’s capable of holding its own in large-scale architectural installations,” asserts Arora. Read on to learn how the team created a series of tactile ceramic installations throughout the Tipalti office.
Behind the Design of Hundreds of Ethereal Ceramic Beads
![An iPad sketch of a ceramic installation](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf01-1024x512.jpg)
![An iPad sketch of a ceramic installation](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf01-1024x512.jpg)
![glaze being poured onto a ceramic disk](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf11-682x1024.jpg)
![glaze being poured onto a ceramic disk](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf11-682x1024.jpg)
![shades of blue and gray on ceramic rectangles](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf09-756x1024.jpg)
![shades of blue and gray on ceramic rectangles](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf09-756x1024.jpg)
![rows of hand-painted blue ceramic beads](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf10-1024x724.jpg)
![rows of hand-painted blue ceramic beads](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf10-1024x724.jpg)
![rows of hand-painted blue ceramic beads](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf10-1024x724.jpg)
Tipalti’s Office Installation by the Numbers…
- 2,000 pounds of clay
- 21 designers, contractors, and engineers led by M Moser senior associates Vicky Bautista and Alex Watkins
- Three days of installation
- 2 pounds of blue pigment
- 300 slip-cast clay beads
![a person stringing a ceramic bead in place.](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf08-682x1024.jpg)
![a person stringing a ceramic bead in place.](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf08-682x1024.jpg)
![On-site, the beads for the partition were strung on floor-to-ceiling metal rods fitted with rubber gaskets.](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf06-683x1024.jpg)
![On-site, the beads for the partition were strung on floor-to-ceiling metal rods fitted with rubber gaskets.](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf06-683x1024.jpg)
![Arora’s ceramic beads are approximately 1 foot tall.](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf05-683x1024.jpg)
![Arora’s ceramic beads are approximately 1 foot tall.](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf05-683x1024.jpg)
![a woman hand paints a ceramic bead in a blue hue](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf07-683x1024.jpg)
![a woman hand paints a ceramic bead in a blue hue](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf07-683x1024.jpg)
![close up of the blue beads hanging from the ceiling](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf04-1024x683.jpg)
![close up of the blue beads hanging from the ceiling](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf04-1024x683.jpg)
![Some of the 140 unstained ceramics span the lower floor’s entire 13-foot height.](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf02_2-1024x758.jpg)
![Some of the 140 unstained ceramics span the lower floor’s entire 13-foot height.](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf02_2-1024x758.jpg)
![blue beads hang above the communal kitchen](https://interiordesign.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Interior-Design-M-Moser-Associates-Tav-Ceramics-idx240401_ctrf03-1024x906.jpg)
![blue beads hang above the communal kitchen](jpg/interior-design-m-moser-associates-tav-ceramics-idx240401_ctrf03-1024x906.jpg)
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