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Art and Artists, Design, Tile Designers, Weird & Wonderful

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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Art and Artists, Design, Iconic Designs, Tile Companies, Weird & Wonderful

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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Design

Scented Martian Veil

A futuristic take on an ancient material, this new creation from Fantini Mosaici and AB+AC Architects, offers an olfactory surprise alongside three dimensions of terrazzo. Multicoloured marbles (Rosso Verona, Rosso Francia, Verde Ming, and Giallo Siena) form the traditional terrazzo basis that is then infused with a curated selection of natural scents, namely eucalyptus, incense, and wood notes. These calming aromas are slowly released from … Continue reading Scented Martian Veil

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Art and Artists, Design, Public Art, Street Art, Weird & Wonderful

Streets by El Khao

Please welcome to the fold a brand new street artist bringing tiled brilliance to the world’s pot holes. Locating spots cracked and crumbled by the weather, Lalo Adam El Khao traces the pavement perforations for reworking in the studio. With every unique shape comes a unique design, with each creation starting life as a ghost made from pencil, crayon, or ink. The results are fabulous … Continue reading Streets by El Khao

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Design, Get the Look, Trends

Get the Look: Rainbow Kitchen II

After proving itself to be one of our most popular articles, our collection of rainbow kitchens from three years ago is getting itself a twin! I’ve scoured high and low, fending off AI nonsense left and right to find you real rainbow delights, so today we can welcome five more magically proud designs and the tiles you need to get the look. 1) Fruit Salad … Continue reading Get the Look: Rainbow Kitchen II

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Art and Artists, Design, Weird & Wonderful

Bouchra Boudoua

Aiming to preserve the timeless traditions and techniques of Moroccan craftsmanship, artist and designer Bouchra Boudoua reinterprets these skills to create pieces that honour their roots whilst imagining styles for the modern day. Based in Marrakech and Casablance, Bouchra collaborates with local potters to form ceramic bowls, plates, lamps, and vases that are as beautiful as they are functional. Alongside the homeware, Bouchra also creates … Continue reading Bouchra Boudoua

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Ceramic Curiosities, Design, Design & Technology

Cyberspace Curiosities XXII

Tattoos, watercolours, shells, wiggles, and ladybirds, today’s Cyberspace Curiosities covers much! 1) Tattoo Tiles Designed by tattoo artist Alba Dhaya and made in collaboration with Bussoga, these gorgeous creations translate thorny rose ink designs onto tile. 2) Ciment Stamp This unusual decor from Aparici sits amongst a selection of plain grey cement-effect tiles. Drawing focus, Stamp features a watercolour effect in blue and white with … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XXII

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Art and Artists, Design, Design & Technology, Weird & Wonderful

Claudia Wieser

Influenced by her studies in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and a blacksmith apprenticeship at Bergmeister Kunstshmiede, the material range of Berlin-based artist Claudia Wieser is large and exciting. Her practice spans traditional materials like pencil and paper, extends to softer canvases of delicate textiles, and solid works like sculpture, all unified by a distinctive geometric style that is both meticulously … Continue reading Claudia Wieser

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3D tiles, Design, Design & Technology, Design Delights

Installing Illuminations

Seeking to drive an attitude towards design that encourages permanence over change, Normandy-based Unknown Untitled presents their UU Tiles collection. This trio of tiles is designed to bridge the gap between architecture and furnishings, creating objects that serve as both. Like the loops and rods of Marieke Van Heesbeen and the unique creations of Trix Newham of Lux Pottery, UU Tiles are made to be … Continue reading Installing Illuminations

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Design, Get the Look, Trends

Get the Look: Statement Showers III

I started the Get the Look series at the tail end of 2021 with a trio of double features- Pink Bathrooms, Bathroom Feature Floors, and Statement Showers – mostly just to serve as a supposedly easy end to the year. I quickly found out that no matter how many tiles I’ve seen and pictures I have saved, it’s surprisingly difficult to find tile matches for … Continue reading Get the Look: Statement Showers III

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Ceramic Curiosities, Design

Charming Ceramic Masks

With charming 3D masks by Gent-based Pieter Bostoen, Antimaterie joins the ranks of our collection of tile-adjacent ceramic curiosities. Combining ancient techniques with contemporary stylings, each mask is handmade with its own distinct personality. Ranging in size and shape from curved to geometric, stepped, striped, or scratched, every piece is a work of art. Intense shades of red, fresh whites, natural terracotta, forest green, and … Continue reading Charming Ceramic Masks

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Design

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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Design, Tile Designers

A Carnival of Colours at Carocim

For over 40 years, Carocim has been producing expertly crafted cement tiles. At their base in Aix-en-Provence, Carocim develops their own strikingly unique patterns and works with designers to inject fresh personality to their portfolio. Embracing the stylish finesse of brands and creatives like Celeste Mogador, Petit Pan, and Margaux Keller, Carocim’s collections feature familiar patterns reworked, recoloured, and adapted to cement. Intense carnival colours … Continue reading A Carnival of Colours at Carocim

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Art and Artists, Weird & Wonderful

Marina Anaya

Multidisciplinary artist Marina Anaya creates vividly across multiple mediums – from jewellery and engravings to painting and embroidery. Vibrant colour and engaging shapes form striking visuals full of love and joy. Her talents also spread to the wonderful world of ceramics where sculptures, pottery, and murals receive whimsical decoration and showcase a spirited imagination. The wiggly bending bodies, rough marks, and simple stripes seen throughout … Continue reading Marina Anaya

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Design, Exhibitions, Revestir

Revestir confirms top global tile trends

South America’s premier tile exhibition, Revestir, attracted a good audience to the Sao Paulo Expo, Brazil in March. While it was a shame that two of the country’s most admired brands, Eliane and Elizabeth – both now owned by USA flooring giant Mohawk, were absent this year, the show still proved a successful showcase for the Brazilian tile manufacturing sector with Portobello leading the way. While Revestir … Continue reading Revestir confirms top global tile trends

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Art and Artists, Design & Technology, Design Delights, Digital Art, Weird & Wonderful

A selection of swimmer tiles

Tiles are hitting the water today with this delightful collection of swim-themed decors. 1) Swimmers Along with the London street scapes, market stalls, and allotment scenes of Helen Beard‘s artwork sit a stylish selection of swimmers. Peering poolside, diving, splashing, and stepping into the blue, Beard’s swimmers are comforting and familiar. 2) Piruet Capped and cozzied, the delightful divers of Bussoga‘s Piruet designed by Sergi … Continue reading A selection of swimmer tiles

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Design, Design Delights, Tile Designers

Hoops of Heesbeen

We love nothing more than stumbling across tiles that cleverly combine function and beauty. Previous examples include the 3D printed succulent pot facade of the Cabin of 3D Printed Curiosities, tiles made to protect reefs and imitate mangroves, and the gorgeously colourful designs by Trix Newham of Lux Pottery. And today we add another wonder to the list – the playful loops of Dutch product … Continue reading Hoops of Heesbeen

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Architecture & Interiors, Get the Look, Trends

Get the look: Light Blue Bathrooms II

Encouraged by the seemingly endless popularity of our last light blue bathroom get the look post (from almost three years ago!), I’ve decided to add another to help inspire the masses! So here are five more light blue bathrooms and the tiles you need to get the look. 1) Powder Blue Pattern Create a sweeping statement that flows from floor to shower with a perfect … Continue reading Get the look: Light Blue Bathrooms II

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Architecture, Architecture & Interiors, Design & Technology, Design Delights

Cosmic Koibird

It’s not AI, it’s just some wonderfully weird tiled flooring for Koibird. Self-styled “multidisciplinary collective” design studio Uchronia went full cosmic disco for the colourful revamp of this boutique London store. The lively lavender facade welcomes customers to an out of this world shopping experience, complete with bursts of lime green, baby pink, and vivid violet that float up through the walls, across shelving and … Continue reading Cosmic Koibird

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Design, Design & Technology, Design Delights

Five titillating boob tiles

Today’s tile theme may be unexpected, but after being asked on Instagram to find a bunch of interiors featuring nudes on tile I fell down a fun little rabbit hole. Surprisingly, some boob tiles have already featured across various articles but I had to find a few more to flesh out the list. So please enjoy this breast-taking selection! 1) Boobs à l’unité From Tue … Continue reading Five titillating boob tiles

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