Material Intrigue

There’s a new showroom in town, and for those seeking fresh ideas, it’s one to put firmly on the to-do list. We visited Quantum’s new Newmarket premises and found a space that invites lingering — a generous interior where materiality, texture, and atmosphere are given room to unfold.

For more than two decades, Quantum has been a go-to for premium interior design products. Its renewed focus on natural stone, alongside increasingly imaginative applications of tile, cork, and landscaping materials, signals a confident evolution for the brand — one that expands its offering while remaining grounded in an ethos of quality, craft and design integrity.

The new showroom on Davis Crescent gives physical form to that ethos, articulated through an insatiable appetite for creativity and innovation. “Great design starts with a vision; a mood, a material, a feeling you want to bring to life. At Quantum, we help turn that vision into reality,” says Quantum sales manager Larry Harrison.

Relocating to Newmarket — and becoming part of the area’s emerging design precinct — presented an opportunity to create a space that invites architects, designers, and homeowners to engage with the materials in a tactile, intuitive way. It’s a space designed to encourage exploration.

The initial concepts, developed by Katie Scott of Sticks+Stones Design, were taken in-house and evolved by the Quantum team using the brand’s latest collections. The result is a series of layered displays delivering constant intrigue — spaces that prompt curiosity and deliver plenty of ‘wow’ moments.

Moving through cork, stone, and tile, the showroom unfolds with a sense of deliberate choreography. Curved tiled walls meet expanses of travertine paving; living gardens thread greenery through the interior; and individual vignettes shift from bold and metallic to pared back, earthen, and refined. Plumbline vanities explore colour and form against tiles while unexpected tiled applications appear in living spaces, challenging conventional boundaries. Throughout, there is an abundance of texture, colour, and sensuous detail — a showroom that sparks ideas and invites both inspiration and touch.

Quantum is located at 21 Davis Crescent, Newmarket.

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