Six years on from Pantone’s Classic Blue, and a year after the countless blue choices for 2024’s Colour of the Year, Valspar has selected aptly named Encore for 2025. This punchy blue’s hearty pigment was chosen to embody constancy and confidence, inviting joy alongside a comforting sense of stability. Echoing Valspar’s 2024 shade Renew Blue, Encore reaffirms a desire for optimism in the year ahead, … Continue reading Valspar’s Colour of the Year 2025
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. Despite this similarity, Pantone’s choice was selected to embody innovation by “creating a … Continue reading Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2022
Midnight Blue has been named Original Style’s Tile of the Year 2019, confirming blue as today’s accent colour of choice. Continue reading Mellifluous Midnight
Delft’s old railway station has been repurposed. The end product is an architectural beauty, with an eye-catching use of ceramic. The construction site was off limits to the public but when everything was ready, and Delft’s new railway station opened its doors, it was instantly clear that the architecture firm Mecanoo had pulled out all the stops. The determination to maintain the historic legacy of … Continue reading Determinedly Delft
Altas has created miniature mosaic installations that would be very effective as showroom displays. Continue reading Liliputian Lancamentos
The design versatility of ceramic tiles has enabled a playful interaction between colour and shape for the new Children’s Innovation Centre in Valencia, Spain, by Foursquare Arquitectos. Continue reading Colourful Childcare
