Category: Tile Technology

Collaboration with Alejandro Zaera in Aiuchi, Japan
3D tiles, Architecture, Art and Artists, Artisanal Tiles, Awards, Ceramic Screens, Colour Trends, Design, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Façades, Gaudi, Glazed Tiles, Hand-made Tiles, Heritage, Hexagonal Tiles, Production Technology, Public Art, Restoration, Spain, Spanish Tiles, Street Art, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, Urban Art, Weird & Wonderful

Toni Cumella: Ceramic Visionary

Toni Cumella’s ceramic expertise has been utilised by architects such as Enric Miralles, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, and Jean Nouvel. These collaborations have made Ceramica Cumella’s material a key component of Barcelona’s stunning built environment. Continue reading Toni Cumella: Ceramic Visionary

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Hyper Dec Street from the Wide range by Flaviker
Architecture, Bathrooms, Business & Markets, Continuous Pressing Technology, Creative Grouting, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, interior design, Interior Design Trends, Italian tiles, Italy, Kitchens, Living Rooms, Marketing, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Restaurant Interiors, Retail Interiors, Sintered Surfaces, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles

Dawning Diversification

Flaviker will be pushing back the frontiers of porcelain at Cersaie 2018, with new 12mm thick panels and its new Bath Design project. At Cersaie 2018, Flaviker will not only present the material inspirations behind the new collection but also propose more versatile and creative applications of large-size tiles in the world of furniture and bathrooms. Continue reading Dawning Diversification

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Matrice by Cedit
Architecture, Colour Trends, Concrete-effect tiles, Creative Grouting, Floor Tiles, Incised decoration, Italian tiles, Italy, New Tile Designs, Paints, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Retail Interiors, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles

Sensory Structures

For Cedit’s Matrice collection, Brondi and Rainò have taken various concrete-inspired surfaces and imagined additional design reverberations, using 3mm deep incised graphic marks cut into the slabs. These provide a framework for infinite design combinations when grouted in bold colours. This recalls embroidery where every stitch is at right-angles to another one to construct forms and decorations. Continue reading Sensory Structures

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Cava range designed by LucidiPovere.
Colour Trends, Concrete-effect tiles, Creative Grouting, Design, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, Grouts, Incised decoration, interior design, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Spain, Spanish Tiles, Tile Technology, tile trend, Wall Tiles

Grouted Geometry

Cava’s strength lies in graphic patterns of incisions, instead of surface decoration. The true reveal does not occur until the tiles are installed … at the moment when the chosen coloured grout joint is complete and the design is fully expressed. Continue reading Grouted Geometry

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Architecture, Concrete-effect tiles, Conglomerates, Design, interior design, Marketing, New Tile Designs, Production Technology, Tile Technology, United Kingdom

Patina Party Participation

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

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Mosaic installation featuring Litokol Starlike
Colour Trends, Creative Grouting, Design, Glass Mosaics, interior design, Italy, Mosaics & Glass Tiles, Murals, splashbacks, swimming pool tiles, Tile Contracting, Tile Technology

Starlike Sensations

Starlike is a two-component acid-resistant epoxy adhesive that can be used to fix and grout most materials, including porcelain stoneware, klinker, glass and metallic mosaic, natural and reconstituted stone, pebbles and even wood. It is ideal for wet areas and food environments. Continue reading Starlike Sensations

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Design, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, interior design, Leather-effect tiles, Living Rooms, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Spain, Spanish Tiles, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Trends, Wall Tiles

The Language of Leather

Apavisa’s new Pelle collection – a beautiful leather-effect range – has been created using innovative 3D digital printing. This allows tile designers to not only create subtle surface colours and patterns but also to print texture on tiles. Continue reading The Language of Leather

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Mini Hexa Contract by Wow
3D tiles, Colour Trends, Coloured Tiles, Concrete-effect tiles, Design, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, Geometric tiles, Glazed Tiles, Hexagonal Tiles, interior design, New Tile Designs, Production Technology, Small Format Tiles, Spain, Spanish Tiles, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, tile trend, Wall Tiles

Winsome Wow

Mesmerising, hypnotic and uber cool, Wow’s decorative tile portfolio that would grace the showroom of any aspirational retailer around the world. It should also prove a hit with architects and designers as it offers a great opportunity to express creativity in surprisingly innovative ways. Continue reading Winsome Wow

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Concreto by Ceramiche Lea
Architecture, Concrete-effect tiles, Continuous Pressing Technology, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, interior design, Italian tiles, Italy, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, sustainability, Tile Technology, tile trend, Wall Tiles

Consummate Concreto

At Coverings. Lea Ceramiche presented what has to be the most carefully-considered and fully realised concrete portfolio to date. Concreto, designed by Fabio Novembre is a varied and original reinterpretation of this iconic construction material. Continue reading Consummate Concreto

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3D tiles, Art and Artists, Colour Trends, Design, Exhibitions, interior design, Italian tiles, Italy, New Tile Designs, Production Technology, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, Weird & Wonderful

Rilievi Reallignment

Florim is not, strictly speaking, a ceramics firm; it is an Italian design firm that is proud to work in ceramics. The Rilievi collection fits perfectly into our mission, which is to transform the perception of industrial ceramics from functional objects to design objects, an essential part of any aesthetically optimal interior. Stefano Torrenti, CEO. Continue reading Rilievi Reallignment

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Concrete-effect tiles, Design, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, interior design, Italian tiles, Italy, Marketing, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, sustainability, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles

Concrete Collaboration

Concreto by Lea explores the possibilities of concrete through a hyper-realistic representation of cement surfaces. The design process started with aesthetic and material analysis to fully capture the features of the material. These were then warped and selectively emphasised so that the different textures and colours of cement could become the range’s background. Continue reading Concrete Collaboration

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