Visual artist Anna Kesäniemi flits between mediums. Collage, textile design, paint, and sculpture each offer new opportunities for Kesäniemi’s playful eye. Her roots in graphic design and illustration inject her work with stories and imagination, adding life and layers of detail in colours both bold and unexpected. Her recent focus on ceramics embraces this same style. Tiles and shapes serve as canvases where texture and … Continue reading Anna Kesäniemi
Finishing our second week of tile-world companies and creatives we have Guumba Pottery – a Seoul-based ceramic studio that creates captivating handcrafted homeware. Exploring the interplay of organic material and an artist’s touch, each piece is decorated in Guumba Pottery’s reinterpretation of traditional Korean folk paintings, aesthetics, and patterns. Every bowl, vase, cup, and tile form a canvas, depicting charming creatures and striking motifs in … Continue reading Guumba Pottery
Today we celebrate Valentine’s Day with a gorgeous collection of romantic interiors and the tiles you can use to get the look at home. 1) Pink Frame Add thoughtful decor with a whimsical waving frame for a space that delights and invites. Get the look with Gambas Original from Maitland & Poate, Coquette Frame Burgundy Pink from Thatcher Studio, or Reclaimed tiles from Floors of … Continue reading Get the Look: Romantic design
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
Based in West Cornwall and with a penchant for finesse and detail, Stratum Designss is taking woodworking to another level. Although not strictly tile, their flooring designs and wall art definitely fit a lot of the tiling ethos adequately enough to be considered a member of the Tile Addict family. Founded in 2022 by friends Dan and Ravi, Stratum Designs was born through a mutual … Continue reading The Seams of Stratum Designs
Once again the Surface Design Show – the Islington-based specification showcase – provided plenty of grist for Tile Addict’s mill. The event’s main USPs – strong interior design and architectural audience, convenient location, restricted stand space, and eclectic product mix – thankfully remain intact. This means that any London-based specifier should really find the time each year for a 2 or 3 hours visit to the Business … Continue reading Surface showcase selections
Founded in 1992 by Nawal Motawi, Motawi Tileworks started life in a garage and tiles that were once a novelty found at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market amongst the rutabaga sellers now have a home in over 300 stores throughout America. Now with over 30 employees and a 12,900 square foot studio Motawi Tileworks thrives on a philosophy that places its workers and the creative … Continue reading Our new obsession – Motawi
The prevailing mood is; hexagons are out. Although they were big last year, it is thought that 2019 is the time for them to make way for more creative, organic shapes. These range from the elaborate Arabesque to the simple triangle. It has also been thought this will be a big year for fish scale. Naturally, companies have a lot to offer in terms of … Continue reading Shaping up Nicely
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
