Author: H.L. Simpson

Design, Design & Technology, Design Delights

Teamwork Italy

Specialising in texture and fabulous glaze effects, Teamwork Italy‘s highly bespoke service presents a perfect portfolio of unique tiling solutions. Elegant ripples and half pipes form their fluted tiles, three dimensional pointed peaks decorate their metros, and baby rectangles create adorable mosaics. Amongst these more traditional shapes sit the more unusual Klinker, Ice, Polimi, Trifoglio, and Famagosta. Matte, glossy, crinkled, speckled, inky, and puddled, Teamwork … Continue reading Teamwork Italy

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Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art, Weird & Wonderful

Collaborating Creatives

Permanently peeking out from a wall in Gradara, Italy, a pair of eyes in black and white stare soulfully across the road. Titled “Beyond the Walls”, this large public art piece was created by pixel master Giovanni Contardi and ceramicist Roberto Pompucci, with months of work and 50,000 hand painted tiles creating a striking homage to female empowerment. It’s the fourth time the two have … Continue reading Collaborating Creatives

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Colour Trends, Trends

C2’s Colour of the Year 2025

Next up in our 2025 Colour of the Year series we’re talking about paint company C2. After their choice of a creamy brown for 2023 and a sky blue for 2024, what have they selected for the upcoming year? Something rich and delicious. C2’s Raku is a deeply earthy tone with red notes, a hint of burgundy, and a whole lot of chocolate. Acting as … Continue reading C2’s Colour of the Year 2025

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Glazentile

Adding yet again to our never ending list of tile companies and delightful patterns, today we’re talking Glazentile. Sharing a passion for authenticity in design, skilled craftsmanship, and the endless possibilities afforded by creativity, the husband and wife team behind Glazentile work with master artisans to create a collection of cement, zellige, and bejmat tiles that blend tradition with modernity. With classic Arabesque patterns like … Continue reading Glazentile

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Popham x Mapoesie

Despite featuring their tiles in countless Interior inspo posts, Cyberspace Curiosities, and trends pieces, we’ve somehow never actually given the wonderful Popham Design an article of its own. But today that changes. Collaborating with luxury French lifestyle brand Mapoésie, Popham Design presents a trio of colourful abstract patterns – Calice, Nazaré, and Celeste. The curious curves of Calice take their inspiration from chain mail, and … Continue reading Popham x Mapoesie

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Design Trends, Get the Look, Trend Inspo, Trends

Get the Look: Decor Tiles V

Unique spaces await with these wonderful decor tiles! 1) Tri-tone Angles Go geometric and embrace multiple magical shades with an angular decorative design. Get the look with Pinnacle Marigold from Bert & May, Canyon 7 from Tabarka Studio, or Point in Mocha, Curry, and Caramel from Clé Tile. 2) Blue Diamonds Play with perspective on a feature floor with coloured cubes in a trio of … Continue reading Get the Look: Decor Tiles V

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Nok and Dandy

Mixing marble-effects in shades of smoky Black, off White, and inky Green, 41zero42‘s new Dandy collection offers magical patterns for moody interiors. Dramatic zig-zags, playful daisies, sharp contrast, and more intricate geometric motifs make up the six strong selection of designs. Made as a pick and mix amongst patterns and shade, Dandy creates endless opportunities for customising interiors. With matching Mr and Mrs multi-dimensional accent … Continue reading Nok and Dandy

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Emu Tile

Today’s tile company is a one woman show. Ran by a single employee for 20 years, Emu Tile‘s large collection is fully imagined, shaped, and glazed by founder Emily Margaret Ulm. Featuring adorable florals, classic motifs, bugs, wildlife, and plants, Emu Tile’s many designs are made to function as stand alone mini artworks or freckled into a large scale installation. With sizes ranging from tiny … Continue reading Emu Tile

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Colour Trends, Trends

Glidden’s Colour of the Year 2025

Offering up something delicious for 2025, American paint brand Glidden has gone to the obscure herb section of shades to pick out their Colour of the Year. The bold and beautiful Purple Basil brings a burst of Maximalism and a hint of Y2K charm, encouraging brave design choices an representing a journey of “self-discovery and self-expression.” Emboldening people to go big with their colour choices, … Continue reading Glidden’s Colour of the Year 2025

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Assemble Algae

We’re no strangers to an algae/surface crossover. We’ve seen the curvaceous creations from Julia Lohmann, we’ve seen tiles injected with algae for water filtration from The Bio-Integrated Design Lab, we’ve seen roofs made of seaweed thatch by Kathryn Larsen, we’ve seen tiles made to house algae, and we’ve seen the varied colour profiles of waterborne algae used in Atelier Luma’s Algae Platform tiles. And today we’re adding … Continue reading Assemble Algae

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Anastasia Ropalo

Using tiles as her canvas, Anastasia Ropalo adds brilliantly detailed florals and geometrics to ceramic and wood, forming unique surfaces for highly decorative furnishings. Each stem, bud, petal, curve, and diamond is lined with tiny dots to create an elegant sense of movement and subtle texture. Both flowy, continuous William Morris-esque designs and playful patchworks form Ropalo’s extensive portfolio. These hand painted tiles are then … Continue reading Anastasia Ropalo

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Six little bird tiles ready to take flight

It has been so much fun finding all the tiles to fill our animal-themed posts. If you’ve missed them we’ve got dog tiles, cat tiles, insect tiles, fish tiles, and sealife tiles, and today we’re taking to the skies with a whole bunch of bird tiles! 1) Reptile Tiles In the trippy, humorous style of Medieval art, Reptile Tiles’ Medieval Animal Tiles collection features a … Continue reading Six little bird tiles ready to take flight

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Architecture, Architecture & Interiors

The Pastel House

A joyful pastel scheme runs through this London home, flowing across the hallway, bathroom, and kitchen, and bursting through to the exterior of a fresh extension designed by Office S&M. Inspired by train stations and swimming pools, three dimensional baby pink tiles decorate the facade, creating a bubbly contrast against the pale bricks and minty green window and door frames. The tiles were made by … Continue reading The Pastel House

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Design & Technology, Sustainable Design

Layers of Leather

These wooden floors are not what they seem. They’re not solid wood. They’re not vinyl. And they’re not technically tiles. They’re a mix of recycled wood fibres, cork, and something entirely unexpected – leather. Beginning with a simple “Hello Karta, Goodbye Plastics” pledge, UK-based flooring company Karta looks past tradition to revolutionise the way flooring is made. Seeking solutions beyond vinyl and plastic, Karta crafts … Continue reading Layers of Leather

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Five unique takes on terrazzo

The freckled nature of terrazzo makes it a marvellous place to play around with material, shape, and design. Mixing up mediums, adding colour, and pattern, these five companies are creating unique personalities for traditional terrazzo. 1) Zia Tile A half and half half moon in unusual colour combinations, stripes, jagged steps, wobbly lines, and large stepping stone pebbles make up the motifs of Zia Tile‘s … Continue reading Five unique takes on terrazzo

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Art and Artists, Design, Design Delights, Weird & Wonderful

Karak Constellation

The crafty creatives at Karak cause a stir on a courtyard ceiling in a collaboration with artist Michael Fliri and architecture firm Bergmeisterwolf. Flowing across a bathhouse in the old town of Brixen, double-ended ceramic hands reach towards one another in a symbol of connection and exchange. In a deep inky blue, these textured, 3D hands rise up from uniquely shaped tiles with their bubble-like skin … Continue reading Karak Constellation

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Design & Technology, Sustainable Design

Mushroom Magic

Ever wanted to live inside a toadstool? Well the mushroom tiles from Materials Assemble bring that dream a little closer to reality. Using sustainably grown mycelium, the foam-like material forms a selection of geometric acoustic panels in a muted set of shades. Foresta seeks to combine the aesthetics of wood and the sensation of walking through a forest with the characteristics of mycelium. The result … Continue reading Mushroom Magic

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Get the Look, Trend Inspo, Trends

Get the Look: the colours of autumn

The cosy months are upon us so let’s welcome them with a little colour-coordinated interior inspo! 1) Spiked Mustard Add a flash of drama and earthy tones with a spectacularly spiky mustard-toned pattern. Get the look with Penacho Topaz from Clay Imports, Sunny Mustard from Otto Tiles & Design, or Coraje Mostaza from Maitland & Poate. 2) Earthy Geometry Focus the eye and embrace warm … Continue reading Get the Look: the colours of autumn

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Saving with Spolia

Absorbing demolition waste from the UK, this new terrazzo surface from Solus Ceramics offers a new life to all sorts of materials. A full range of Spolia’s 21 standard colours in two formats (300 by 300 by 25mm and 600 by 600 by 22mm) enables cohesion across projects, with tonal families including smoky greys, off-whites, and surprising speckles in unexpected shades. But what makes Spolia … Continue reading Saving with Spolia

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Petra Palumbo’s Perfect Harmony

With delicate beginnings designing hand-painted glass carafes to replace the plastic water bottles that live on the bedside table or office desk, Petra Palumbo has blossomed into a stylish homeware brand that adds a sense of occasion to even the most mundane of daily rituals. Infusing aesthetic influences from her Lebanese ancestry and home in Scotland, rich colours, dainty patterns, and natural imagery play together … Continue reading Petra Palumbo’s Perfect Harmony

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