It’s our last post of the year so we’re leaving 2025 with a bag of curiosities for your viewing pleasure. Feast your eyes on flowers, matryoshka, and Daliesque scenes, and have a lovely winter holiday! 1) Ditorni Isola Designed by Inga Sempé for Mutina, plain colours, patterns, and scenes make up Ditorni (surroundings). Geometric motifs and solid shades form distinctive details and intriguing space, but … Continue reading Cyberspace Curiosities XXIV
With a mission to ‘enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment’, a small group of Houstonians came together to form a living museum. That living museum, better known as the Houston Botanic Garden is made up of 132 acres of varied ecosystems. From wetlands to woodlands, and prairies to pine groves, these distinctive spaces create opportunities for education … Continue reading Rippling tiles frame Houston’s culinary garden
It’s time for another Tile Addict classic – tiled restaurants. Adding drama, design, and a whole new dimension to dining, tiled restaurants will forever be favourite finds of ours, and here are five more making waves. 1) Kioku in London, UK Mixing wood, stone, and zellige, Studio Pirajean Lees makes reference to the travels of Kioku’s head chef. Natural beauty sits front and centre with honey toned … Continue reading Five tactically tiled restaurants
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
Since 2015 Maison Bahya has been expanding the design possibilities of cement tiles by offering custom creations and modern motifs. The company, founded by couple Audrey and Alexandre, designs all of its tiles in Paris and employs skilled artisans in their workshop in Tangier to bring each tile to life. There are over 300 patterns to choose from amongst their collections including familiar classics from … Continue reading Make way for Maison Bahya
For those unaware drag legend Trixie Mattel has been revamping a Palm Springs motel and next month it will OPEN. Under the fabulous guidance of designer Dani Dazey, the Trixie Motel has refreshed seven bedrooms, the reception lounge, bar, and pool area to create an incredible experience like no other. Themed rooms that go the extra mile with every detail find the sweet spot between … Continue reading The Tiles at Trixie Motel
Tajimi Custom Tiles seeks to put creativity and tile design into its customers’ hands. Displaying some of their incredible pieces with a huge variety of effects, colours, and shapes Tajimi shows just a little of what they are capable of. Tajimi is named after the centre of the Japanese tile industry, Tajimi City. With that they offer traditional craftsmanship, honed over centuries. Made in Japan, … Continue reading Tajimi Custom Tiles
The hugely industrial look of this building has proved to be an incredible chance to juxtapose heavy, large format cement blocks with minimalise custom curved rectangular white tiles. The supposed disadvantages of the site, with the storefront is set back into frames, a basement shaft that takes up a large portion of the space’s bottom left, and an interior space made up of a variety … Continue reading Peaceful Patisserie
Established in Marbella in 1998, G. Vega Ceramica has been making beautiful things for two decades. Their speciality is bespoke design, with three international designers (Spanish, Swiss, and Scottish) comprising the creative team. They hand-craft and hand-paint each tile in their Marbella workshop, offering personalised designs of the highest quality from their skillful and labour intensive process. Their products range from circular murals, to ceramic … Continue reading Glorious G.Vega
