It’s our last article before DTA’s long Christmas break so to celebrate the end of yet another tiletastic year, here are our top ten tile finds of 2024. 1) Petra Palumbo’s Tartan Tiles Intensely vibrant and wonderfully dramatic, Petra Palumbo‘s tartan tiles are an exciting addition to our mental tile catalogue. Four colours with matching trim pieces and complementing art pieces make this selection a … Continue reading DTA’s tiling favourites from 2024
Letting grout play a pivotal role in design, these three tile ranges from Mercury Mosaics offer space and shapes to be filled in with classic neutrals or vibrant colour. Rise A set of simple split rectangles sitting two by three on a mosaic mesh, Rise gives us sleek geometry in four colours – a clear glossy Black, a metallic matte Steel, a smoky duo Midnight … Continue reading Grout play tiles from Mercury Mosaics
Four years ago in an article titled Top tile trends we hope to see more of our number one pick was all about grout. Taking advantage of this often forgotten bit of real estate by incorporating colour or special shapes can completely change the look of an interior, and even alter the appearance of the tile itself. So today we’re celebrating the collections that go … Continue reading Five tiles with unique grout lines
Alert! A new grout-centric tile duo from Ronan Bouroullec has entered the design world. Mutina‘s Otto & Bottone each feature distinctive recessed cutouts creating highly decorative details that emphasise grout. Osso’s subtle curved edge forms a sleek, delicate visual in both an elongated 30 by 275mm (S) and a stubbier 75 by 231mm (L). The dented sides produce a stylish wave where pockets of coloured … Continue reading Osso & Bottone
The last Curiosities of Cersaie – bubbles, fish, grout, and rugs – these are our final finds from the show! 1) Fresh Traffic light like lines of 3D circles make up the decors of Pamesa‘s Fresh collection. In four shades (Citric, Nut, Sky, and Apple) these textured buttons add delightful dimension, especially alongside the plain stretched metro and ombre designs. 2) Marenostrum Designed by Giuseppe … Continue reading Cersaie Curiosities V
Seeing so many tiles day in day out can lead to a mind full of fabulous images, but it can be hard to remember every range, pattern, and design that’s tickled our fancy over the years. That said, there are some pieces in particular that have stayed with us, becoming firm favourites that we will never forget, so we thought we’d share a few of … Continue reading Five Italian Favourites
This list is by no means comprehensive, and we’d love to hear about any surprising designs you think belong here. But we’ve selected a few that stand out for us as being fantastically usable, but with a twist that provides just enough intrigue. 1. Zip by Ceramica Bardelli The creation of a collaboration between Ceramica Bardelli and Meneghello Paolelli Associati, Zip offers one of our … Continue reading Five collections with a twist
Last year we covered the exciting collection Cava designed by LucidiPevere for Living Ceramics – a concrete-effect range focused on highlighting the wonders of coloured grout through a series of surface incisions. And now this concept is expanding. The new Cava Mosaic project takes the base idea of Cava – that grout is the key element when it comes to the tiles’ decor – and … Continue reading Geometric Grouting
For Cedit’s Matrice collection, Brondi and Rainò have taken various concrete-inspired surfaces and imagined additional design reverberations, using 3mm deep incised graphic marks cut into the slabs. These provide a framework for infinite design combinations when grouted in bold colours. This recalls embroidery where every stitch is at right-angles to another one to construct forms and decorations. Continue reading Sensory Structures
On its Coverings stand, Colorker gave star billing to the new Metropolitan collection. Perhaps the most retro design to date from the hugely impressive ZYX brand, these tiles offer a trip back in time … while at the same time reinventing a great icons of ceramic design – one that is redolent of urban Paris and London at the turn of the 20th century. Continue reading Metropolitan Mastery
Del Conca new Alchimia range, sure to be one of the company’s stand-out new ranges at Coverings, offers an oxidized metal effect, with random shade variation. Continue reading Industrial Ideal
SomerTile is a leading wholesale tile distributor from the USA that specialises in designer ceramic, porcelain and cement tiles, as well as mosaics, sourced from around the world. The aim is to offer luxury at affordable prices; thus “Improving homes. Improving lives.” Coverings will provide ample evidence that SomerTile more than delivers on this promise. Continue reading Projecting Pattern
Sharon Jones is a true hand-made tile pioneer. Using white English earthenware clay, each piece is rolled into a slab, cut to shape with a potters’ knife and hand-glazed using Jones’ own unique recipes. Continue reading Panels of Perfection
I’m away on holiday until the 13th February, so I’ll leave you with some tile humour. Well, it may be humour! More years ago than I care to remeber there was much talk of a new single all-powerful association to represent the UK tile trade. Here Dr Grout shares some of his ‘initial thoughts’ on possible names for this important new body. ADD Association of … Continue reading Tile Humour: Guilt By Association
I’m away on holiday until the 13th February, so I’ll leave you with some tile humour. Well, it may be humour! Geek or grout? What is the difference between a tile salesman and a computer salesman? A tile salesman knows when he’s lying to you. Diary of a Tile Addict January/February 2017 Continue reading Tile Humour: Geek or Grout?
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
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
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
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
A new report on the UK Tiles Market from MTW Research has found that despite short term ‘Brexit Jitters’, sales of ceramic tiles are set for a £60 million boost in the next few years. The 180 page report found that while there has been a slowdown in recent months, longer term prospects are positive as tile suppliers continue to focus on adding value to … Continue reading Optimism in the Tile Market
