Dekton: The $200 Million Porcelain That Took Six Years to Invent
What on Earth Is Dekton?
A kitchen upgrade leads Charles C. Mann to explore Dekton, a super-material by Cosentino that costs five times more than tempered glass. He traces porcelain's 3,000-year history from ancient Chinese kilns to European alchemists, revealing how modern materials science has transformed an ancient craft into a high-tech substance that resists heat, pressure, and scratches.
Paradoxically, porcelain is both one of humankind’s oldest high technologies and one of its newest.