Padded Perfection
Best in show: Senhor das Pedras Continue reading Padded Perfection
Tag: Diary of a Tile Addict
Ceramic Connectivity
Clever and creative, the new Connect range by Portinari was one of best new concepts at Revestir 2017. Continue reading Ceramic Connectivity
Cubic Jeans
Eliane´s Cubic Jeans range offers three design trends in one tile: 3D relief surfaces, textile-effects and shimmering gloss glazes. Continue reading Cubic Jeans
Cogobó Collections
Cogobo: the must-know term for all true tile nerds. Continue reading Cogobó Collections
Cool Colormix
Colormix manufactures its own spacial pieces but also imports decorative tiles from Spain and Italy, and is a reliable barometer of Brazilian design taste Continue reading Cool Colormix
Bread Winner
Wood-look stoneware and cementine tiles by Marazzi have been used to create a stylish interior for a bakery in Ragusa, Italy. Continue reading Bread Winner
A Fishy Tale
The Silestone Nebula countertop is scratch, stain and impact resistant, as well as being very hygienic thanks to built in bacteriostatic protection. Continue reading A Fishy Tale
Medina Manifesto
Ramacieri Soligo from Montreal, has added new patterns and colours to its on-trend collection of Medina cement tiles. Continue reading Medina Manifesto
Striking Snowbird
The Cliff Lodge ski resort in Utah decided to create an Aspen tree motif on two large wall mosaics, one in the ballroom lobby, and the other in the ballroom mezzanine, each thirty feet wide by four feet high and consisting of over 166,000 individual vitreous glass mosaic pieces each. Continue reading Striking Snowbird
Modular Modelling
Precisely-modelled modular forms can convert R&D projects into unique 3D surfaces. Continue reading Modular Modelling
Mosaic Movement
Melanie Watts create stunning mosaic murals for a public art project raising awareness of endangered species. Watts has recently created a stunning glass mosaic of an endangered white barn owl for the Gyosei Art Trail on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes. Continue reading Mosaic Movement
Intrepid Invader
Invader is the pseudonym of a French urban artist, whose work is modelled on the crude pixellation of 8-bit video games. His work is composed of ceramic tile murals installed in urban locations. Continue reading Intrepid Invader
Bonza Bunnings
The opening of the first Bunnings Warehouse in St Albans is the first step in a £500 to £750 million investment plan by parent company Wesfarmers, which acquired Homebase in January 2016 in a £340 million deal. Continue reading Bonza Bunnings
Presenting Pixel Power
In Santiago, Chile Jorge Campos, A.K.A. Pixel, is taking mosaic street art to a whole new level.
Pixel shares his images of cultural heroes, and riffs on art icons, with the people of Santiago by bringing mosaic art to local neighborhoods. Continue reading Presenting Pixel Power
Peronda Personified
Peronda’s Harmony brand has established a trailblazing reputation in design. It offers a wide variety of products for surfaces of all kinds: from mosaics to a rich assortment of decorative products including natural stone and hand-made pieces, that can bring a distinctive personality to any interior. Continue reading Peronda Personified
Genovese Graffiti
If the UK has Banksy, Italy has Tiler. This reclusive Genovese street artist’s creations have been popping on the walls of the city for many months. Created from painted tiles, Tiler’s installations have appeared suddenly in many different areas of the port. Continue reading Genovese Graffiti
Cevisama: Viva Vives
Vives’ new Dolce Vita collection is a multi-design range offering a fresh take on the decorative trend, with more than a nod to the enduring appeal of terrazzo, trencardis and stracciato. Continue reading Cevisama: Viva Vives
London Lava
British designer Faye Toogood’s furniture and objects, including her beautiful glazed lava tiles, demonstrate a preoccupation with materiality and experimentation. Continue reading London Lava
A Nod to Norguet
Naive Slimtech, the Lea Ceramiche collection designed by Patrick Norguet, received the prestigious Good Design Award for 2016. Continue reading A Nod to Norguet
Flugelhorn Urinals
In The Bell’s gents, neat rows of green metro wall tiles are set against contrasting black and white chequerboard floor tiles, with sheet music wallpaper and urinals formed from three flugelhorns! Continue reading Flugelhorn Urinals