Gadayka by plonc.

The Gadayka Tile carries with it both geological resonance and cultural memory. Its textured porcelain surface embodies the ruggedness of stone, rendered into a form that is both architectural and deeply tactile. This is not simply a finish, but an articulation of what we call intra-tile architecture, a material language that engages both hand and mind.

Gadayka is a word for “stone” in certain Yolŋu Matha dialects, spoken by the Yolŋu people of Northern Australia. Within these languages, stone is never inert: it is part of Country, tied to ancestral presence and to stories that shape the land itself. By drawing upon this term, the tile acknowledges that materials carry histories, names, and meanings far older than contemporary design.

Its visual field, shifting greys, earthen tones, mineral depth - echoes the terrains of the Top End, where weathered stone surfaces bear the marks of time and change. For me, the name holds a personal significance, recalling years spent in Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt, where the geological and the cultural are inseparable.

To live with Gadayka Tile is to bring this continuity into the domestic space. It stands as both surface and story, geological time layered into porcelain, cultural depth embedded in form. More than a decorative element, it reminds us that architecture and design are at their most powerful when they remain in conversation with the histories of land, language, and people.

— Noli Samson

Colour: Whitish and earthen.

Size: 1200×600×9mm.