Tetragonal Florets
Kaza Concrete’s Florentin tile is based on the kind of medieval architectural ornamentation used in monastery cloisters. Continue reading Tetragonal Florets
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Fashion Statement
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
Decotal Diorama
In 2014 Israeli manufacturer Decotal came up with a tile collection that combined concrete and metal. The range’s use of engineered polymer concrete (EPC) was claimed as a first for the tile industry. Continue reading Decotal Diorama
Dent Cube by INAX
Designed by Teruo Yasuda, Inax’s Dent Cube is a three-dimensional ‘mosaic’ wall tile range that combine glass and porcelain at different depths to create a truly unique effect. Continue reading Dent Cube by INAX
Kenneth Clark: An Appreciation
Kenneth Clark was a superb colourist, part artist, part alchemist; a clear-sighted designer, and virtually single-handedly reinvented the form and function of tiles for modern times. Continue reading Kenneth Clark: An Appreciation
Curating Colour
Franco Pecchioli remains the masters of coloured glazing; creating eye-catching tiles that allude to tiling’s tradition while offering designs that are utterly contemporary. Continue reading Curating Colour
Emotive Emotile
More than 90 of Banks’ images were translated in ceramic tiles using Ceracasa’s Emotile digital printing initiative. These images, essentially digitally-manipulated natural snapshots, can be used in a variety of projects, from feature walls in bars or hotel lobbies, to more domestic settings. Continue reading Emotive Emotile
Medieval Mastery
Diana Hall has perfected the manufacture of inlaid tiles. Inlaid tiles are similar to encaustic tiles; with slip inlaid into a hand-pressed clay body. Continue reading Medieval Mastery
Textile Revisited
At Cevisama in 2003, Diago Ceramicas was one of a small number of pioneering manufacturers exploring the tactile possibilities of tile with a textile look. Continue reading Textile Revisited
Stockholm Sophistication
Three themed restrooms in Mood, Stockholm feature a mix of the latest Crinson tile designs, plus older editions. Continue reading Stockholm Sophistication
Déchirer by Patricia Urquiola
I believe Déchirer to be the finest commercial ceramic tile I have ever seen … and I’ve seen a few! Continue reading Déchirer by Patricia Urquiola
Analogia Project
The Analogia Project is a fictional interpretation of design that integrates a real space with unreal entities exploring the consequential relationship between them. Continue reading Analogia Project
The Future Is Fully Tiled
D-Tiles’ portfolio of sculptural and versatile tiles have many unusual features, offering designers the possibility of interiors featuring a uniform, uninterrupted tiling system. Continue reading The Future Is Fully Tiled
Urban Underpinning
With a surface that imitates an intricate overhead map of interconnected roads and streets with miniature houses and buildings; Lea Ceramiche’s City range offers a slice of urban chic to the style conscious. According to Emilio Mussini, the company’s CEO: “It is in Lea Ceramiche’s nature to see design as a concrete value and a real opportunity for growth and development. Technology, experimentation, the ability … Continue reading Urban Underpinning
Nebula Chroma
The latest project by Sonia King of Mosaic Works, Dallas, is titled Nebula Chroma. This depiction of a giant space cloud is now the focal point of the multi-storey main lobby in the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas. The light-filled, three-storey atrium creates a dynamic setting for Nebula Chroma, King’s 7ft by 17ft masterpiece that was recently awarded first prize in the Design and Detail … Continue reading Nebula Chroma
Metallic Chic
Capturing the vogue for metallic effects in 2007. Steelwork by Ceramica Fioranese is a range that transforms ceramics into a shiny, vibrant material, sparkling with the glimmer of metal and its infinite warm and cold tones. The range interprets the colour and look of steel, silver and bronze, and even has traces of pure gold. This through-bodied porcelain range comes in bronzo, argento, acciaio, oro … Continue reading Metallic Chic
There’s No Smoke Without Fire
Ten years ago art teacher Mark Aldridge decided to change careers, taking his art to the nation in the form of hand painted tiles. Then based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, the Fine Art graduate took on a small industrial unit and started from scratch; making the tiles by hand, decorating them with his own glazes, then completing them with fine drawings of flora and fauna before firing. Continue reading There’s No Smoke Without Fire