It is always good to get a perspective on tile design trends from a leading authority in another country. Here one of America’s most respect retailers, Golden State Tile shares its top six tile trends for 2027. Founded in 1957, Garden State Tile is a third-generation, family-owned business. It operates across 16 locations on the USA’s East Coast of U.S.A. including Princeton, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Savannah, Georgia; and Charleston, South Carolina. The company offers a curated portfolio of tiles to architects, designers, builders, and homeowners for projects of every style and scale.
“We don’t just watch the market, we actively identify and create on-point tile series,” states Chris Fischer, co-president of Garden State Tile. “Our team of design experts travels extensively to source the latest tile fashions and manufacturing innovations first-hand. Working directly with production partners both in the United States and abroad allows us to develop proprietary Garden State Tile branded looks, ensuring our inventory directly meets the high standards and specific needs of our customers.”
The Handmade Revival: Artisanal Character Meets Modern Design. The handmade tile trend brings warmth, texture and individuality to interiors with the artisanal look of zellige-inspired surfaces leading the way. Garden State Tile’s Alchemica and Savoir-Faire collections embrace this aesthetic, celebrating authenticity, organic variation and the beauty of imperfection. Alchemica features glossy finishes and 12 rich, on-trend colors that add depth and visual interest to walls and other design applications. Savoir-Faire highlights the subtle variations and expressive surfaces that make handmade-inspired tile an appealing choice for spaces that feel personal, layered and timeless.
Touch & Texture: Adding Dimension through Pattern and Design. Texture takes center stage as designers look beyond flat surfaces to incorporate tactile finishes and expressive details into interior spaces. Garden State Tile’s Interlace, Pulse and Alameda collections bring this trend to life through touchable textures, patterns and colours.
Interlace features unique, textile-inspired surfaces that evoke the look and feel of woven fabrics, bringing a tailored and tactile quality to walls and floors. Pulse employs a 3-D relief with old-school glazing technique that plays with light, angles and shapes to add nuanced movement. Alameda combines earthy tones with vibrant pops of color and an array of artistic, floral-inspired decorative tiles.
Modern Marble: A Timeless Classic, Reimagined. Garden State Tile’s Stanza, Grandeur and Regal collections offer sophisticated ways to bring the enduring appeal of marble into contemporary spaces. Combining the soft look of stone with the technical performance of porcelain, it’s no wonder Stanza is a customer favorite, now with a new gold deco that adds an updated, subtle statement.
Grandeur spans the spectrum of marble looks and color palettes while Regal captures intricate veining and variation to refresh traditional lines.
Terrazzo Remix: Color, Pattern and Creative Possibilities. Terrazzo, the art of setting tiny chips of marble, stone or glass within tiles, has shaped design for over 500 years from Venetian palazzos to Mid-Century modernism. Garden State Tile’s Prism and Revel collections offer different ways to explore this trend. Prism is a three-part porcelain series that combines colorful field tiles with terrazzo-inspired designs, allowing designers to mix and match colors and patterns to create personalized spaces. Revel draws on the splendor of antique European masquerades, reimagined in contemporary colorways that elevate today’s interiors.
Woodwork Reimagined: Natural Warmth Meets Tile Versatility. Wood-inspired tile continues to bring warmth and organic character to interiors, with designs that celebrate the natural grain, texture and tonal variations of real wood. Garden State Tile’s Oakbricks collection reinterprets the timeless appeal of oak in a distinctive, slim 2” x 18” porcelain tile format. Available in six shades, from light birch to rich burnt tones, Oakbricks offers flexibility for creating inviting, contemporary spaces while combining the authentic look of wood with the durability and practicality of porcelain.
Large-Format Tile: Bigger Impact, Seamless Style. Large-format tile is making a bold statement in contemporary interiors through combining expansive design possibilities with practical benefits. Fewer grout lines create a cleaner, more continuous look that can make smaller spaces feel larger while allowing dramatic patterns and finishes to take center stage. Garden State Tile offers large-format options in a wide range of trend-forward designs; from biophilic, nature-inspired motifs, such as the Forma decorative collection, to natural stone looks featured in the Solstice collection. Oversized squares measuring 48” x 48” are quickly gaining traction, whether it’s a focal point in a residential setting or a vast commercial floor.
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