This year’s Natural Stone Show will take place at ExCeL, London, from 30th April to 2nd May 2019. Alongside an impressive array of exhibitors, and many outstanding products, visitors can benefit from an expertly-curated set of value-adding seminars and talks on many different aspects of the solid surface market. Continue reading Inspiration and Imagination
The Stone, Water & Light workshop will focus on the challenges and conceptual advantages of stone design. Continue reading Architects’ & Designers’ Day
The Natural Stone Show – Hard Surfaces is hosting a series of seminars on Wednesday 1st May 2019 organised and Chaired by Diary of a Tile Addict’s Joe Simpson. All these sessions are free to attend. Continue reading Marrying Tradition to Technology
Heatherwick Studio’s Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary African Art) in Cape Town, South Africa – one of the most outstanding architectural achievements of recent years – has been crowned winner in the New and Old – Completed Buildings category at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. Continue reading Cape Town’s cathedal of culture crowned
Odhran Connelly from Southern Regional College in Northern Ireland was victorious at the SkillBuild 2018 National Finals in Wall and Floor Tiling. He is now eligible to compete at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia. Continue reading SkillBuild Success Story
the Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition’s Residential award went to Ziger/Snead Architects for the Baltimore Slate House in Baltimore, Maryland; a striking design featured tiles by Imola Ceramica. Continue reading Slate Sophistication
The winners of this year’s Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, sponsored by Confindustria Ceramica, included an apartment building with self-cleaning and air-purifying tiles designed by Studio Libeskind; a contemporary home that pays homage to its fire-stricken past by Ziger/Snead; and a prestigious Engineering School, with a focus on sustainable design, by ZAS Architects + Interiors. Continue reading Italy Inspired
Inspired by factories and urban lofts, and translated for residential and commercial interiors, each of Caesarstone’s Metropolitan surfaces has been created to reflect the authentic textures of raw manufacturing, such as oxidized steel, poured plaster and raw concrete. Using cutting-edge technology, weathered patinas have been achieved in quartz for what is claimed to be the very first time. Continue reading Patina Party Participation
This year Diesel Living and Iris Ceramica have explored that world suspended between past and present; a land of strong colours and bold personality. The result is Glass Blocks, Synthetic Tape, Synthetic Studs, Metal Perf and Cement Mexican. Here diverse materials, such as glass, cement and metal, provide the sources of inspiration. They have been interacted and blended to deliver a new vision of urban living. Continue reading Diesel Departures
Aldabra, the Italian architectural lighting brand, has collaborated with Cotto D’Este, the Italian manufacturer of high-quality porcelain stoneware floor and wall tiles, on a project called Kerlight: Design your light with Kerlite. Continue reading Illuminating Intelligence
“This year we are hosting events nationwide to celebrate this day. Amidst the festive decorations, we are also prominently highlighting the ‘4 Ts of Tile’ which we have created to help customers clearly remember why tile is such a fabulous choice. The attributes of tile as presented by our Why Tile campaign are: Tough, Timeless, Trouble-Free and Trustworthy.” Daltile Continue reading National Tile Day USA
Combined with floor tiles from the Take Care collection, the PAD surfaces used in Lea Ceramiche’s Milan showroom emphasize the expressive potential of the material: its tactility and softness, the iridescent effect with gentle relief of the designs that generate movement and fluidity on the ceramic. Continue reading Sloping Showroom Surprise
Marazzi’s new Warsaw showroom confirms the company’s strategy of reinforcing the brand’s presence in major European capitals, and reinforcing its profile with architects and interior designers. With more than 250 customers and architecture professionals attending the official opening. Continue reading Polish Proposition
Ceramica Portinari’s Backstage range, comes in three colours and two formats and brings to mind the subtle surface sculpting and deliberate imperfections of Mutina’s ground-breaking Déchirer range. But the real wow factor is the translucent option. Continue reading Translucent Tile Sensation
Ceramic tile is, without a shadow of a doubt, essential to sustainable architecture and construction, not just because it is a natural material but also because of the range of construction systems in which it can be used. Continue reading Sustainable Surface Solutions
For more than ten years Surface Design Show has been the place where industry people immerse themselves in the latest materials for the built environment, gain new insights and network with like-minded designers and suppliers. From 6th to 8th February 2018, the show will return to London’s Business Design Centre, presenting the newest and best surfaces that the design industry has to offer. Continue reading February Fashion Feature
The Ceramic Museum, Jinzhou, China, designed by Casanova + Hernandez Architects, aims to arouse the visitor’s curiosity about the region’s history and forgotten traditions, while also providing a contemporary cultural focus and meeting point. Continue reading Cross-cultural Collage
Mosa’s μ (mu) tiles respond to changing light and subtly go through gradations of colour during the course of the day. This is caused by the ceramic pigments mixed in with the clay and skilful combination of different colours. This ensures that the tiles absorb certain light waves and reflect others, so that the shades change depending on the viewing angle and observation distance. Continue reading Interactive Tiling Wins Recognition
The organisers are now seeking entries for The Coverings Installation and Design Awards which celebrate outstanding achievements in the design and installation of tile and stone in both residential and commercial projects. Continue reading Coverings Competition
Tile Addict salutes Yurtbay Seramik: which has just been named as winner of the Wallcovering Award in The International Design & Architecture Awards 2017 by design et al in The Product Design Categories within The International Design and Architecture Awards 2017. Continue reading Turkish Delight
