Flecked and fabulous, these terrazzoesque tiles designed by Astrid Stavro for Huguet utilise some unexpected materials to create their texture and freckles.

The first of these materials is Posidonia Oceanica, a seagrass known as “the lungs of the Mediterranean”. Growing in underwater meadows around the Balearic Islands, posidonia plays a vital role in the marine ecosystem and as a natural defence against climate change.

Unfortunately excessive tourism, fishing, shoreline construction, boat anchoring and rising temperatures around the area between Mallorca and Formentera have led to the destruction and decline of these posidonia meadows. So these tiles are raising awareness in style.

These Posidonia tiles are decorated using two parts of the plant found washed up on the beaches of Mallorca – the dried leaves and the Neptune balls (bundled seagrass fibre). Randomly scattered into moulds, these organic speckles are then covered by cement and turned into unique tiles.

Huguet Mallorca
Huguet x Pentagram

A new post by Hanna Simpson, Diary of a Tile Addict, June 2024.