The Reptile style is pattern; the more of the better. Classic images, such as a modern interpretation of Delft tiles, plus the ever-popular nautical themes, birds and animals are central to the standard portfolio. Continue reading Reptile Romantics
Cool, contemporary and very chic, Flandes was, quite simply, a ceramic design classic and a worthy winner of Tile UK’s inaugural Best New Wall Tile Design Award for 1999. Continue reading Unforgettable Flandes
One of the world’s largest glass mosaic murals is mounted on the west-facing wall of Villa Harvey Mandel, a St. Vincent de Paul Village affordable housing complex, in San Diego, California, USA. Continue reading Villa Harvey Mandel
Relieve explores the possibilities of sculpting the face of tiles to create a three-dimensional aspect that maximises the impact of light. Continue reading Surface Sculpture
Pieza Blanda explores the possibilities of modular factory-finished mosaic elements which can be easily laid on site to create complex geometric patterns. Continue reading Factory Finish
Porous pavements have been exercising the imagination of designers and planners for decades. The concept is now been taken forward be Alicer. Continue reading Porous Pavements
Interca brings the demountable ceramic tile floor one stage further. The system uses a rubber mat, with extremely accurate “grout” lines as a substrate. Continue reading Glueless Grids
Iconos investigates both the possibility of tile as a medium for signage, and then takes the resultant designs forward as a decorative device. Continue reading Ceramic Sign Language
Loop is just one of the many innovative tile forms that have emerged from ceramic student projects and manufacturers R&D departments in recent years. Continue reading Surprise Sprocket
“I specialised in ceramics, finding that there was an immediacy with clay I couldn’t find in other materials. I expect it is something to do with my Indian background.” Lubna Chowdhary Continue reading Hand-made Heirlooms
At Cersaie 2005 Italian mosaic company Aquae Musivae displayed a mosaic-covered vintage Fiat 500. Continue reading Instant Italy
Kaza Concrete’s Florentin tile is based on the kind of medieval architectural ornamentation used in monastery cloisters. Continue reading Tetragonal Florets
Provenza’s W-Age was the first tile I had seen to offer a cross-section of the trunk to display the very heart of the tree. Continue reading Concentric Rings
Viva’s Prét a Porter range of 200 by 400mm white bodied single fired wall tiles was inspired by the discipline of bespoke tailoring. Continue reading Fashion Statement
Edilcuoghi’s Moire design played with the characteristic converging and diverging waves of lines created in the paper printing process when a previously printed image is re-scanned. Continue reading Two-tone Moire
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
Exeter-based manufacturer and distributor of tiles, Original Style converted a 1966 London Routemaster bus into a mobile showroom for its major Russian distributor. The iconic British symbol was used to tour cities in Russia, Ukraine and Latvia, as a providing a novel way to promote Original Style’s range of wall and floor tiles. Continue reading All Aboard!
As a journalist writing about the global tile industry I have visited many unusual locations and introduced me to many inspiring individuals, but few trips have made such an indelible impression as my visit to Salernes, southern France in 2007. Continue reading Mosaic Muscle Car
