Natucer Naturally
Natucer is something of a one off. The company’s use of extruded clay techniques mean that is is able to offer 3D shapes, moulded pieces and textures that few other manufacturers can emulate. Continue reading Natucer Naturally
Tag: Artists
Luminescent Lunada Bay
Lunada Bay Tile designs and produces hand-crafted glass, ceramic, pewter, stone and wood tiles with the emphasis on simplicity, texture and colour. Continue reading Luminescent Lunada Bay
Brick Bonanza
Metropoltan’s Royal Thin Brick colour palette consists of single tones and blends that beautifully capture the character of walls from bygone eras – from rich reds and earthy browns through to soft greys and charcoal. Continue reading Brick Bonanza
The Terminus: Total Tiling
The Porto Pojana project used ceramic tiles as the basic element in an effective yet innovative design. Drawing on the tradition of fishmongers, the revisited modern style plays with the shades of thousands of 3D tiles that cover the walls. Continue reading The Terminus: Total Tiling
Covering Coverings
Joe Simpson dons his Tile Addict costume and heads off to Orlando to enjoy everything Coverings has to offer. Continue reading Covering Coverings
Counterfeit Ceramicist
Diogo Machado – aka Add Fuel – is a Portuguese artist, a highly skillful illusionist with an untreatable case of tile addiction; a street artist with a sideways sense of humour and much to say about perception, value and media. Continue reading Counterfeit Ceramicist
Tribal Tonality
Mosaico+’s Africa Now concept features bold graphic motifs and colourful geometries inspired by the designs and weaves of African fabrics reinterpreted in a modern key. Continue reading Tribal Tonality
Terrazzo Terminus
An amazing example of modern terrazzo creativity can be seen at Pittsburgh International Airport, where Clayton Merrell has created Sky Beneath Our Feet; a 69,000 sq. ft custom mural that features iconic Pittsburgh landscapes. Continue reading Terrazzo Terminus
Raku Revivalists
Karak is one of those very rare discoveries: a young, vibrant, creative, energetic company that just happens to have burst onto the tile scene with a product range that is absolutely on trend. Continue reading Raku Revivalists
Beautifying Brookwood
The American architecture and design studio Tvs-design selected Ceramiche Caesar’s wood-effect Root porcelain stoneware tiles as the ideal indoor floor covering for the refurbishment of the massive Brookwood Village mall in Alabama. Continue reading Beautifying Brookwood
Destination Deruta
Roberto Domiziani is often credited with inventing the Italian Volcanic Stone Table, as it is known today. He has taken these products to a level of sophistication, elegance and quality that rivals the masterpieces of the Renaissance. Continue reading Destination Deruta
Cool Cubes
Dent Cube, designed by Teruo Yasuda for Inax, is a 3D wall tile range that combine glass and porcelain at different depths. It was inspired by masu: cube-shaped wooden vessels, made without the use of nails, that have been used in Japan for holding sake for over 1300 years. Continue reading Cool Cubes
Rapid Retrospective
Back in 2012, Spanish tile manufacturers were at the cutting edge of a craft revival; offering ceramic products recreating the aesthetic nuances of time-honoured artisans adapted to the latest manufacturing technologies. Continue reading Rapid Retrospective
Awesome Alabaster
Rex’s new Alibastri range explores a design trends that re-interprets 1970’s luxury, which was expressed by adorning the home with highly-valued objects and jewel-like embellishments it as if it were a human body. Continue reading Awesome Alabaster
Plymouth Potential
British Ceramic Tile has been working with the designers of the future on a 2016 class project. As part of the initiative, BA (hons) Printed Textile Design & Surface Pattern students were invited to test their creativity and work on a class project alongside British Ceramic Tile’s internal design team and the company’s Head of Design, Claire O’Brien. Continue reading Plymouth Potential
Torrone: Trendy Terrazzo
Torrone from New York distributor Nemo Tile mimics terrazzo through the use of high definition printing and detailed craftsmanship, right down to the slight shimmer the marble chips give off when reflecting light. Continue reading Torrone: Trendy Terrazzo
Four Hundred Rabbits
The use of colourful, small format, tiles from Solus Ceramics has brought a sense of style and individuality to Four Hundred Rabbits; a new sour dough pizzeria in Crystal Palace, South East London. Continue reading Four Hundred Rabbits
Winning Ways With Waterjet
Approximately 15,000 sq. feet of waterjet-cut natural stone was specified for Mohegan Sun’s flooring. The stone variants included Royal Red Onyx, Jerusalem Gold, Emperador Light, St Laurent Brown, Thassos White and Nero Marquina. Continue reading Winning Ways With Waterjet
Folded Façade & Features
Warssawa’s Mewa range features decorative concrete tiles whose shape was inspired by a simple paper puzzle. The surface of each tile collapses creating a subtle play of light and shadow on any tiled wall or façade. Continue reading Folded Façade & Features
Wonderful Wonderwall
Cotto d’Este’s exquisite Wonderwall concept comprises twelve different figurative works of art printed on to the blank canvas of 1,000 by 3,000mm ultra-thin Kerlite slabs. Continue reading Wonderful Wonderwall