A crime against tiles, architecture, and all things beautiful is being righted by the masters at Koninklijke Tichelaar. In 1902 Jan Jacob Luden commissioned a spectacular, sprawling hunting lodge in brilliant white, decorated with around 35,000 colourful tiles. These tiles, as well as a number of the architectural features, formed elements typical of the Jugendstil movement – Germany’s take on Art Nouveau. Devastatingly, various attempts … Continue reading Restoring an icon
Opting for something entirely different, these companies have selected colours for 2023 that stand apart from the pinks, greens, and earth tones that are dominating Colour of the Year choices. Behr Keeping things ultra safe is Behr’s all white Blank Canvas. As neutral as a neutral can get, Blank Canvas does what it says on the tin. Coloro + WGSN Continuing on from Pantone’s 2022 … Continue reading Colour of the Year 2023: Everything Else
Continuing our modern love for rich earthy delights that have shown themselves in countless interior design trends over the past few years, plenty of companies have chosen wonderful earth tones for 2023. Dutch Boy This calming grey beige tone – Rustic Greige – is a silky soft earth tone full of maturity. Sherwin-Williams An earthy neutral with a hint of pink, Redend Point will warm … Continue reading Colour of the Year 2023: Earth Tone Edition
Colours of the Year just keep on coming, so here’s a selection of the greens. Dulux A stunning yellow-toned green shade named Wild Wonder is set to bring positivity, light, and ‘the magic of nature’ into our homes in 2023. Krylon Deep, dark foresty tones hail supreme in Spanish Moss, 2023’s chosen tone from Krylon. Perfect outside and in, this moody shade is a fabulous … Continue reading Colour of the Year 2023: Green Edition
We kicked off 2022 with a whole bunch of companies and the colours they selected to be Colour of the Year. In true Tile Addict fashion, we found a whole bunch of tiles to match, from the soft sagey October Mist 1495 from Benjamin Moore to the intensely magenta Orchid Flower from WGSN. And as it’s that time of year again, we’re sharing all the … Continue reading Colour of the Year 2023: Pink Edition
From cottagecore to grandmillennial, homeownersโ interior choices have been heavily influenced by social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Pinterest. With people staying in more as the night draws in, Alan Boswell Landlord Building Insurance were inspired to discover the trendiest paint colours on Instagram for a room makeover this year. The experts collated a seed list of popular paint shades from reputable sites … Continue reading Instagram colour faves
Tajimi has a new place for Tile Addicts to get their fix. No stranger to tile-related celebrations, Kasahara Town’s seasonal festivities, ceramic themed park, and countless pottery shops now welcome a museum among their ranks. For hundreds of years Tajimi has held a place as Japan’s leading producer of tiles, with Kasahara Town alone housing more than 100 tile factories in the mid-1900s. Eventually modern … Continue reading A Museum for Tile Addicts
An innovative wood-effect tile is a fine thing, adding another twist on this classic building material, and Bestile has a whole raft of unusual takes on wood-looks. Among their standard designs or natural looking planks are a few collections taking the design to another level. Atlas HexaA hexagonal wood-effect tile with rich veining in a range of eight shades – five natural, spanning light and … Continue reading Could be wood
Joining the ranks of companies voting purple for 2022, Pantone‘s selection for Colour of the Year is Very Peri. Almost indistinguishable (but with a touch more red) from their 2008 colour Blue Iris we’re hoping this doesn’t follow Pantone’s habit of somewhat predicting world events and that we’ll steer clear from recession. Continue reading Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2022
Another warm, earthy shade has been selected by our next Colour of the Year 2022, this time by Dunn-Edwards. Their chosen colour – Art and Craft – is a dusty brown that offers a sense of calm and stability. Continue reading Dunn-Edwards’ Colour of the Year 2022
An entirely different colour was selected by UK eco paint brand Earthborn for their Colour of the Year 2022. Instead of earthy shades, variations on sage green, or comforting blues Earthborn headed towards a delicate, รผber light lilac – Lily Lily Rose. Continue reading Earthborn’s Colour of the Year 2022
Continuing our fabulous 2022 Colour of the Year collection we have another US paint company – Sherwin Williams. Similar to Benjamin Moore’s selected shade, Sherwin Williams have chosen a delightfully down-to-earth green shade called Evergreen Fog. Continue reading Sherwin Williams’ Colour of the Year 2022
Standing out from the crowd in their Colour of the Year 2022 choice are trend forcasting specialists WGSN. Bold, vibrant, and intoxicating, their selected shade is Orchid Flower. Continue reading WGSN Colour of the Year 2022
Our next 2022 Colour of the Year comes from Dulux who have previously selected the delightful neutral Brave Ground for 2021, and Tranquil Dawn for 2020 (a shade surprisingly similar to Benjamin Moore’s October Mist). But for 2022 the experts at Dulux have selected Bright Skies -an airy blue that works with everything. Continue reading Dulux Colour of the Year 2022
We’re kicking off 2022 with one of our favourite annual traditions – Colour of the Year! This time we’re not just sticking to one or two companies, we’re trying to include all the Colour of the Year predictions out there. As usual we’ll be giving a psychological rundown of the colours’ effects, the curious reasons it’s been chosen, and of course, all the tiles we … Continue reading Benjamin Moore’s Colour of the Year 2022
In a collaboration with Erin Adams from Erin Adams Designs Imagine Tile has released a simple, but iconic, tile design. Surfboards takes clear inspiration from famed architect Gio Ponti in terms of both shape and varied tones utilised in the design. Continue reading Surfboard Chic
For almost 20 years Dionne Ible has been honing her craft as a mosaic artist. What began as a simple hobby to creatively punctuate her work as a Legal Secretary is now Qemamu Mosaics, a company of creativity. Continue reading Qemamu Mosaics
Since the 80s Katia McGuirk from Maryland has been a dedicated ceramicist and fellow self-titled tilenut. Now with the Tileworks of Bucks County in Pennsylvania McGuirk is able to share her decades of knowledge, skill, and teaching experience to continue and advance “the mission of the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works”. Continue reading The Tileworks of Bucks County
Demonstrating the unending versatility of tiles with a custom set of curved tiles, Max Lamb has produced an exciting variety of tiled furniture. Created for Japanese company Tajimi Custom Tiles, these particular tiles were formed with architects in mind, allowing them to produce highly personalised, seamless designs. Continue reading 3D Tile Furniture
Today’s article is inspired by a recent challenge we were set. A reader reached out to us to find some particularly beautiful tiles used in a bathroom found on Houzz. And they weren’t the only ones looking, as others had commented below the images asking what the tiles were only for the bathroom designers to tell them that they only supplied the fixtures and couldn’t … Continue reading Tile Addicts’ Tile Detection Task
