Sometimes a tile is just a tile, other times a tile is a weird and wonderful addition to the world. Material, method, design, and outcome can all make and shape a tile into a wacky wonder so we’ve selected five of the most peculiar. 1. Lieske Schreuder‘s Snail Poo Tiles The one thing that set us off on a quest to find strange and quirky … Continue reading Five wacky wonders from the tile world
In interior design the consumer preference for unique products and surface solutions is only increasing. We covered the trend in a piece in March of this year, where the focus was predominantly for artisanal and hand crafted products and materials that have an organic level of imperfection. Since then we’ve explored a whole raft of gorgeous ranges that delight in their unique imperfections, from the … Continue reading Concrete Glitch
An unorthodox new concept is being laid out in the tile industry. Léa Mazy, a French designer, has taken the often ignored and discarded low-on-ink printing cartridges and shown that the last few drops still contain beauty. Using ‘fatigue’ as a source of inspiration she explores how this concept, when applied to machinery, can produce something unexpectedly spectacular. In turn, this attempt at re-imagining our … Continue reading The Aesthetics of Fatigue
