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
Movable magnetic tiles coat the surface of Re-Glow – a series of modular furniture pieces designed by Eindhoven-based Studio Rens and created in collaboration with ceramic design studio Cor Unum. Blocky coffee tables, side tables, cubes, and vases form the striking collection, all bursting with life, colour, and joy over their steel frames. A push-pull contrasting glaze effect forms vibrant contrast across the tiles, with … Continue reading Movable Magnetic Modules
Despite featuring their tiles in countless Interior inspo posts, Cyberspace Curiosities, and trends pieces, we’ve somehow never actually given the wonderful Popham Design an article of its own. But today that changes. Collaborating with luxury French lifestyle brand Mapoésie, Popham Design presents a trio of colourful abstract patterns – Calice, Nazaré, and Celeste. The curious curves of Calice take their inspiration from chain mail, and … Continue reading Popham x Mapoesie
With delicate beginnings designing hand-painted glass carafes to replace the plastic water bottles that live on the bedside table or office desk, Petra Palumbo has blossomed into a stylish homeware brand that adds a sense of occasion to even the most mundane of daily rituals. Infusing aesthetic influences from her Lebanese ancestry and home in Scotland, rich colours, dainty patterns, and natural imagery play together … Continue reading Petra Palumbo’s Perfect Harmony
Letting grout play a pivotal role in design, these three tile ranges from Mercury Mosaics offer space and shapes to be filled in with classic neutrals or vibrant colour. Rise A set of simple split rectangles sitting two by three on a mosaic mesh, Rise gives us sleek geometry in four colours – a clear glossy Black, a metallic matte Steel, a smoky duo Midnight … Continue reading Grout play tiles from Mercury Mosaics
With colour, joy, whimsy, and endless half-moons, designer Aimée Wilder‘s tile collections are sure to inspire. Waves in playful shades, versatile geometrics, and a few unique takes on terrazzo, this extensive catalogue of designs takes a trip away from tradition to bring us a range of finishes solidly in the 21st Century. Wilder’s choices of colour and contrast emphasise the wobbling shapes, offering a highly … Continue reading Wilder’s Waves
Maitland & Poate add another fabulous range to their expansive collection with a new retro collaboration. The new addition – The Italian Collection – was created by design journalist and interiors expert Kate Watson-Smyth who founded Mad About the House. Taking inspiration from her recent Italian home renovation, the collection’s colourways reflect some of the 300-year-old property’s original features with unusual, rich, and lovely combos. … Continue reading The Italian Collection
Looking for something unique for a home full of character? This collection of striking decor tiles is just what you need. 1) Minimalist Modernism Create a fabulous feature with bold colour combos and unusual patterns to add playful personality to your space. Get the look with Betsy from Otto Tiles & Design, Obelisco from Elisa Passino, or Gin YellowBlue from New Terracotta. 2) Victorian Barbie … Continue reading Get the Look: Decor Tiles III
The newest member of the Branded Tile Company family, born from a collaboration with Sanderson Design Group brand Harlequin, adds four contemporary designs to hang out alongside Branded Tile’s more traditional Burmantofts tile siblings. Each showcasing a different attitude, Sumi, Enigmatic, Tessellation, and Bodega offer raw design potential straight from the belly of Harlequin’s bold and beautiful portfolio. With striking angles and captivating geometrics, Sumi … Continue reading The Branded Tile Company x Harlequin
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
This fabulously fishy feature tile collection from Italian handmade tile design house Ceramiche Arcea takes mix and match to the next level. Seven different compositions, each consisting of an individual head, body, and tail piece, make up Poisson. These compositions are distinguished through colour and pattern with three blues, one pink, one red, one yellow, and one black trio all making use of a different … Continue reading Pick and mix your Poisson
We’ve shared over 80 tiles across our Cyberspace Curiosities series so far but are you still on the lookout for unique, unusual, and wonderfully weird tiles? Then here are five more for our 17th instalment. 1) Mare The lovely Lili Cement graces our Curiosities once more with their seaside surprise Mare tiles. Three oceanic colour ways decorate the wibbly wobbly waves that travel across these … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XVII
During a routine scout about the internet to find tiling treats to share I stumbled across a veritable treasure trove of hydraulic designs. The name of this treasure trove? Tsourlakis Tiles. This Greek company’s catalogue features all the greats – traditional Victorian designs, geometric patterns, and intricate repeat motifs – but amongst these wonderful tiles sit a bunch that are a whole lot more unusual. … Continue reading The Treasure of Tsourlakis Tiles
Today’s colourful collection from Huguet Mallorca infuse maths and music for an unusual and unexpected set of decors. Designed by Giorgia Lupi, the patterns of Preludes are informed by Chopin’s 24 Preludes, written by the composer between 1838 and 1839 whilst he was living in Mallorca. Lupi, a designer who specialises in creating with data, curated a set of 24 tiles, each of which represents … Continue reading A Perceptible Performance of Preludes
Lili Cement have previously brought us such wonderful creations as the Canine collection featuring pop art style doggy portraits and the elegantly animal-forward designs by Adam Trest and their fabulous collabs keep coming. Their recent collaboration with artist and illustrator Mary Engelbreit offers a trio of distinct and characterful patterns, each with its own unique attitude and vibe. Iconic sits alongside Hounds (from the Adam … Continue reading Lili Cement Collabs
Today we’re sharing two branches of the same creative family tree – StoneImpressions and Livden. The story of StoneImpressions began almost three decades ago in a makeshift studio where Melinda Earl transformed simple natural stone into patterned beauties using a patented process. Textured stone and the irregular patterns created by veining and tonal variation create an enticing background for the orderly and finessed designs printed … Continue reading Creative Company Duo
Five fabulous decorative tiles coming up in today’s collection of Cyberspace Curiosities. 1) Biselado Vintage Pearlescent and shimmering in varying shades of pink, Dreamtile‘s Biselado Vintage tiles blend a mature shape with playful light and colour. 2) Art Deco Curve Blush Art Deco meets Barbiecore in Bert & May‘s Art Deco Curve Blush tiles. Pink and peach pair together for stunning statement design. Clean white … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XVI
This one’s for all the Canadians looking for artisanal cement creations! Based in Quebec, Hydrotuiles produce custom, made to order, handmade hydraulic tiles one by one. Their catalogue includes countless patterns to pick from, with traditional motifs, modern abstract designs, and simple arrangements all ready to be picked and personalised. Falling maple leaves and flying geese bring the Canadian spirit whilst patterns like Petrus, Sirius, … Continue reading Canadian Cement
Creating cheer with colour, these five unique exteriors bring the best of rainbow resplendence adding vibrancy and vim to their pocket of the world. 1) Dmitrovskoe Shosse district in Moscow, Russia Designed by Italian firm Iosa Ghini Associati and headed by Mosproekt-3, facades in shades of blue, orange, green, pink, and yellow cover 47 multi-storey pre-fab buildings in the Dmitrovskoe Shosse district in Moscow. Split into two, … Continue reading Five technicolour exteriors
We’ve got a wonderfully colourful compilation of Cyberspace Curiosities for you today, perfect for eclectic homes and a touch of designer flair. 1) T18 You may recognise these tiles from a post all the way back in 2017 (where they were featured in Levi Roots Caribbean Smokehouse) but these simple encaustic delights from Alhambra Tiles still look as good as ever and deserve another go … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XV
