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Tim Christensen

Etched in clay, the lino-like creations from Maine-based Tim Christensen tell stories in porcelain. In timeless black and white, captivating details decorate every inch of plates, cups, sculptures, and tiles. Intricately carved birds, charming sea creatures, dainty flowers, and unexpected alien invasions fill Christensen’s wildly beautiful portfolio as elegant motifs fill empty space with artful layers and dreamy energy. Using different firing techniques – gas, … Continue reading Tim Christensen

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Urban Pottery

Inspired by the sea and sun, Athens-based artist Evi Louka of Urban Pottery creates cheerful ceramic kitchenware and uniquely decorated tiles, translating the textures and charm of Mediterranean life and memories of travel into functional pieces that enliven a home. Hand-painted lobsters and fish, fruits and palm trees garnish plates, mugs, and dishes with seaside vibes and the warmth of summer sunshine. Vibrant shades, brush … Continue reading Urban Pottery

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Six artists with tile as their canvas

Using tile in art is one thing, but putting your art on tile is another. Creating ceramic canvases that last forever, these artists are a Tile Addict’s dream. 1) Nikki Monaghan Cheerful streets and townscapes decorate the delightfully dreamy cards and canvases of Nikki Monaghan. Some of these striking works were also selected for permanent perfection, printed onto ceramic tiles for functional art dripping in … Continue reading Six artists with tile as their canvas

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Bottega d’Arte

Inspired by the ceramic traditions and surrounding landscape of Faenza, Iris Ceramica‘s Bottega d’Arte offers a trio of curated series – Terre, Dedica, and Città di Faenza – that each present an elegant take on the artisanal heritage of the collection’s name. Made from locally sourced clay, Terre showcases five finishes that explore the differing ways in which red clay was worked in the past, … Continue reading Bottega d’Arte

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Pauly Lingerfelt x Haustile

Haustile‘s newest collaboration with New Orleans-based tattoo artist Pauly Lingerfelt has born an incredible collection that melds disparate styles and material inspirations for truly personal interiors. A large bulk of the designs belong to the La Reina series, inspired by Persian rugs and featuring references to Indian block print, Folk Art, Moroccan tiles, and body ornaments. Six individual tiles (Latus, Latus Corner, Pomegranate, Tassel, Tassel … Continue reading Pauly Lingerfelt x Haustile

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Six tile companies and artists drenched in colour and fun

If you love playful interiors and unique, functional art, you’ll love this curated collection of companies and artists. 1) Hal Haines In bold and beautiful colours, Hal Haines translates the everyday into wonderful, whimsical scenes that live in perpetual summer. Read more about his work here. 2) César Bazaar Through collaborations with artists from around the world, César Bazaar has created a cement tile portfolio … Continue reading Six tile companies and artists drenched in colour and fun

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Seven moon tiles full of lunar loveliness

Today I’ve chosen to celebrate the Flower Moon (May’s full moon) with a little collection of lunar loveliness. Taking us through the full cycle, these moon-inspired tiles are made to add celestial magic to your home. 1) Phase to Phase These waterjet mosaics from New Ravenna are part of Cean Irminger’s third Kiddo collection. Available in two colour ways – Orchid, Tiger Lily, and Magnolia, and Nero … Continue reading Seven moon tiles full of lunar loveliness

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César’s Captivating Cement

Finding one exciting, novel tile design is wonderful. Finding an entire catalogue feels like magic. And when we came across César Bazaar we knew we’d stumbled across a font of wonder. Rather than utilise labour from abroad, the cement tiles of César Bazaar are made in France, with pieces of the country residing within each tile including sand from the Oise, marble powder from the … Continue reading César’s Captivating Cement

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Millan’s many eyes

Intensely characterful and vibrantly expressive, the unique tiles of Erick Millan combine Mexican folk style with designer panache for a bold, beautiful fusion. Eyes Eyes Eyes sees multicoloured checkerboards in vivid contrast surrounding a hypnotic eye in the tile centre. The collection’s unusual eye-shaped mosaics feature bands of pink, red, yellow, blue, and green for a vision in technicolour. Eyeless decors with varied check details … Continue reading Millan’s many eyes

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A few things that would make fun tiles

Square tiles are all well and good. So are metros, hexagons, fishscales, picket and arabesque tiles, star and cross combos, triangles, diamonds, and circle tiles. But when you’re a tile addict, everything looks like tiles, everything can be tiles. You see a cake and you think it’s a tile, you see a pair of socks and know a tile that matches them perfectly, or you … Continue reading A few things that would make fun tiles

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Królik: the next big thing in tile

Turning traditional wainscoting and decorative dados on their head, fresh faced Polish tile company Królik offers feature ceramics like no other. This brand new brand – launched late January of this year – is a branch stemming from vintage company Kaflarnia Karny who have been making tiles since the 1930s. With the marvellous mind of designer Aleksandra Żeromska at the forefront, Królik is launching in … Continue reading Królik: the next big thing in tile

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Bikinis by Browne

Swimmers, skiers, and waddling penguins decorate the delightful, minimalist tiles of Alexandra Browne. Colourful characters doing flips, speeding down slopes, and joyfully traversing snow feature across Browne’s Chatel tiles. Inspired by the French ski resort of the same name, each Chatel tile makes up a small part of a larger, playful scene where jolly skiers make their way across a large expanse of white. With … Continue reading Bikinis by Browne

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DTA’s tiling favourites from 2024

It’s our last article before DTA’s long Christmas break so to celebrate the end of yet another tiletastic year, here are our top ten tile finds of 2024. 1) Petra Palumbo’s Tartan Tiles Intensely vibrant and wonderfully dramatic, Petra Palumbo‘s tartan tiles are an exciting addition to our mental tile catalogue. Four colours with matching trim pieces and complementing art pieces make this selection a … Continue reading DTA’s tiling favourites from 2024

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Five tiles that take you underwater

A few weeks ago we took a look at a few fabulous tile collections inspired by landscapes, but today we’re going underwater. These curious designs take cues from the sea and the rich and vibrant world that lives there. 1) Paper41 Lux Jacques from 41zero42 Amongst their many magnificent large format tile wallpaper designs, 41zero42 keep a bold and beautiful coralscape in intense shades of … Continue reading Five tiles that take you underwater

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Ceramic Curiosities, Design, Design & Technology, Design Delights, Iconic Designs

Cyberspace Curiosities XVIII

It’s time to bring you more fantastic tiling with our most wonderfully whimsical collection of curiosities yet! 1) People Bianco Creating crazy cartwheeling characters with limbs repeating indefinitely as they spin, the unusual, artsy People Bianco tiles from Codicer95 are breakdancing dancing hexagons full of life. A selection of faces forms a feature unlike any other, with silly scenes just waiting to be discovered. 2) … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XVIII

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Tiles for cat lovers

Can’t get enough of cats? Looking for a fun feline feature for your home? These tiles are for you! 1) Cats from Otto Tiles & Design Subtly hidden within a repeat motif, the prancing cats form the central core of these adorable creations fro Otto Tiles & Design. In a light and airy blue and white combo and a warm and toasty pink duo, the … Continue reading Tiles for cat lovers

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Bussoga: Beyond Brilliant

If you’re into unique, striking, and boundary-pushing art, today’s tile company feature is exactly what you need. Based in Girona, Spain, Bussoga blends the modular magic of mathematics with a wildly creative attitude, giving life to an enormous catalogue of incredible ceramics unlike any you have seen before. Founded in 2010 by Josep Motas, who was later joined by Irina Grosu, Bussoga was created to … Continue reading Bussoga: Beyond Brilliant

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See Scotland through Skye Tiles

It all began on the Isle of Skye in 2007, supplying ceramic picture tiles of castle views to the local castles. Now Skye Tiles is a whole operation with over 250 designs of art tiles depicting scenic Scottish views, wildlife, flowers, sea-life, holiday scenes, clan crests, and a whole bunch of nostalgic imagery. The tiles are tube-lines, creating a delightfully tactile 3D relief to capture … Continue reading See Scotland through Skye Tiles

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It’s ValenTILE’s Day!

It’s Valentine’s Day so I thought I’d run towards romance and share eight tiles that’ll fill your home with love. 1) Love from Maitland & Poate Coming in hot with hearts, Maitland & Poate‘s cement Love tiles offer up sweet lovey-dovey decors in classically romantic shades of pink as well as green, blue, and caramelly camel. 2) Hexa Floral from Loja Do Azulejo Handcrafted in … Continue reading It’s ValenTILE’s Day!

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Cevisama Curiosities: Fun Finds

Unusual styles, familiar designs, and Curiosities in their most fundamental form are what today’s collection from Cevisama are all about. The Vitro range from Aparici caught my attention because at first I thought it was InLine from Pratt + Larson. But these tiles seem to be a much larger dupe with differing glaze and colour ways. With almost all the same line motifs, the two … Continue reading Cevisama Curiosities: Fun Finds

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