Apavisa’s new Pelle collection – a beautiful leather-effect range – has been created using innovative 3D digital printing. This allows tile designers to not only create subtle surface colours and patterns but also to print texture on tiles. Continue reading The Language of Leather
Tile Addict’s ongoing preview of Ceramics of Italy at Coverings selects some stunning Italian products – all recently launched – that will be lighting up the aisles at Coverings in Atlanta. Continue reading Italian Instincts
Bouquet Ceramic’s Cevisama stand was a riot of commercially-aware, decorative designs in small formats, featuring unusual shapes, eye-popping glazes, beautiful graphics, sculptural forms and technical expertise in tile form. Continue reading Bouquet Of Beauty
Emma Biggs is a professional mosaic artist acknowledged for her complete mastery of colour and pattern. While she began as a fabricator and mosaic maker for architectural contexts, her personal work has increasingly focused on material culture and the social history of making. Continue reading Organic Originality
Available in an extensive variety of solids, reliefs, and graphic patterns, Nemo Tile’s new hexagonal porcelain range Gramercy delivers a sense of upscale affluence commonly associated with the brownstones and apartment buildings of this New York neighborhood. Continue reading Graphic Gramercy
Isaiah Zagar’s magnum opus is his vast and visionary mosaic environment, The Magic Gardens of South Philadelphia. Here Zagar covered the interior and exterior walls, ceilings, and floors of nearly half a block with mosaic to create what is, in effect, an overwhelming and inspiring 40 year personal diary. Continue reading Philadelphia’s Philanthropist
The Ceramic Museum, Jinzhou, China, designed by Casanova + Hernandez Architects, aims to arouse the visitor’s curiosity about the region’s history and forgotten traditions, while also providing a contemporary cultural focus and meeting point. Continue reading Cross-cultural Collage
The new Gaia range from Kerateam is available in a 300 by 600mm format with rectified edges in Jurassic Grey matt and Jurassic Beige matt, complemented by contrasting tiles in Jurassic Grey matt textured and Jurassic Beige matt textured; plus matching 300 by 300mm mosaics. Continue reading Gaia Glamour
A well-chosen range of decors, mosaics, and trims further extends Ceramica Sant’Agostino’s FinaArt range’s design scope. The woven-effect decor is particularly impressive; making this range the ultimate expression of the fabric-effect tile trend. Continue reading Woven Wonders
Innovation, variety in form and fresh use of materials, as well as a significant range extension are promised by the extended and renewed Mosaico+ 10×10 chip collection, which combines tesserae from the Vetrina, Doro, Concerto, Perle and Metal ranges in a single assortment. Continue reading Majestic Mosaics
Classically trained, Helen Miles is now based in Edinburgh and specialises in mosaics created using Greek stone and marble. Her aim is to preserve the simplicity and directness of early mosaics while producing contemporary pieces inspired by these ancient designs. Continue reading Contemporary Classics
As the French would express it: “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose!” Cersaie 2007 was like déjà vu, all over again … only more so, if you get my drift. The powerful influence of the Russian market was clearly in evidence again, while the decorative themes of 2006 were refined and repackaged: notably baroque, feminine florals and mosaics. However, pundits who had predicted a general colour revival were sadly disappointed. Today, it seem, Henry Ford is back in control of the painting pool. Continue reading Turning Back The Years
Visitors to The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, California, are also greeted by a fascinating geometric tile mural designed by Linda Vanderkolk and Scott Frankenberger; titled Tessellation Tango. Continue reading Tessellation Tango
Marazzi’s Mystone Lavagna, inspired by the darkest type of slate, the range faithfully reproduces this stone’s tactile effect, creating the ideal tile for those in search of perfect black, in a daring design scheme in absolute black with all the beauty of stone. Continue reading Back to Black
One of the leading lights in small formats, Ceramica Senio, has just presented a new collection – Mediterranea – inspired by the evocative colours of the Mediterranean landscapes. Continue reading Senio Sashays Hot Hues
Peronda’s FS Casale range by Francisco Segarra was inspired by classic Roman geometric mosaics. Continue reading Roman Romance
At Coverings, the fruits of Tempesta’s collaboration with Erin Adams, one of the most celebrated product designers in the United States, was clear for everyone to see. Continue reading Erin Adams & Tempesta
Delft’s old railway station has been repurposed. The end product is an architectural beauty, with an eye-catching use of ceramic. The construction site was off limits to the public but when everything was ready, and Delft’s new railway station opened its doors, it was instantly clear that the architecture firm Mecanoo had pulled out all the stops. The determination to maintain the historic legacy of … Continue reading Determinedly Delft
At Friday’s Tile Association Awards – the most prestigious annual event for the UK tiling industry – the title of Tile Fixer of the Year was awarded to Sharon Taylor of Viva Tiling, who took up tiling following redundancy in 2007. Continue reading Viva Viva
At ICFF 2017 in New York City, SomerTile will be displaying many exciting new product lines for 2017, including some of the stunning new collections from leading Spanish manufacturer Peronda. Continue reading Sizzling SomerTile
