Design & Technology, Design Delights, Tile Companies

The place where tiles become art

Founded in 1849 in Lisbon, Viúva Lamego has been producing tile for longer than most. Built between 1849 and 1865, the factory was originally the pottery workshop of António Costa Lamego and featured a decorative tiled façade by the factory’s artistic director Ferreira das Tabuletas. Since the 1930’s the company has been collaborating with artists (such as comic illustrator Jorge Barradas) to emphasise and embrace … Continue reading The place where tiles become art

H.L. SimpsonJune 6, 2022April 1, 20241 Comment

Art and Artists

Six not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

Sometimes there are projects and creations that are not quite tile but that implement the same sort of methodology – be it with medium used for mosaics or with tile type materials and motifs used in a unique way. We think they belong in the Tile Addict blogosphere so we’ve compiled a list of some of the best to demonstrate why. 1. The Cigar Band … Continue reading Six not-quite-tile creations for Tile Addicts

H.L. SimpsonNovember 6, 2020April 1, 2024Leave a comment

Add Fuel - Private commission, Portugal, 2018

Art and Artists, Ceramic Curiosities, Public Art, Street Art

Add Fuel to the Façade

Incredible counterfeit ceramicist Diogo Machado – aka Add Fuel – continues to paint his mark on the world.

A uniquely wonderful private commission in his Portuguese homeland is certainly one way to tile a façade. Continue reading Add Fuel to the Façade

H.L. SimpsonMarch 28, 2019April 1, 20245 Comments

Art and Artists, Public Art, Street Art

Counterfeit Ceramicist

Diogo Machado – aka Add Fuel – is a Portuguese artist, a highly skillful illusionist with an untreatable case of tile addiction; a street artist with a sideways sense of humour and much to say about perception, value and media. Continue reading Counterfeit Ceramicist