With work featuring on the cover of The New Yorker, National Geographic, and The New York Times, today’s featured artist isn’t exactly underground. He’s drawn live at the Venice Art Biennale, the London Olympics, and the New York City Marathon (whilst running it), and hand-drew a 360 degree VR animation for The New Yorker. But somehow it’s his… bathrooms that we’re most interested in. Christoph … Continue reading Bathrooms become conceptual centres
Inspired by the 1943 book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, City Tree is a new mural, standing tall at the new District 19 S.T.E.M. Academies on Atlantic Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. Based in New York City, painter Adam Cvijanovic won the competition held to find an artist for the project. His design, a 12 by 12ft mural reflects the … Continue reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Design studio specialising in tiles that delight, Susan Jablon, is responsible for a few fantastically joyful installations throughout Binghamton, New York. Founded in 2000, the company creates tiles for both residential and commercial customers, focusing on colour and motif to ensure consistent and personal style, as well as lending its talents to public art. Susan and her daughter, Emily, have worked on several community service … Continue reading Bright in Binghamton
Incredible, innovative non-profit architectural design research consulting group Terreform ONE are doing wonderful things. With one core message at their heart “Design Against Extinction”, their aim is simple – to create functional habitats that work for both humans and the animals we share the planet with. Recently the focus has been on the protection of the monarch butterfly, a species at risk due to pesticide … Continue reading Butterfly Focus
As Cersaie 2019 approaches, Tile Addict is treated to a few previews of what’s in store. Marca Corona‘s stand seeks to take us beyond Italy, and on a journey around the world. Translating the essence of a few select locations onto tile has led to an eclectic range of 9 collections, taking us from New York to Thailand. StoneCloud These stoneware floor and wall tiles … Continue reading Around the World with Marca Corona
In February we took a look at the five biggest trends anticipated to take the tile world by storm. Each has taken the stage over the past few months, but for Ceramics of Italy, the breakdown of Italian tile producers from Coverings in Orlando and ICFF in New York means we’ve now been treated to a slightly different set of trends. This selection of six … Continue reading Ceramics of Italy Trends Spring/Summer 2019
At the London Design Festival, Domus will be hosting the UK launch of Liquid Forms from KAZA Concrete at its impressive Clerkenwell showroom. Domus will also be holding two daytime events, including a Concrete Stories design talk with architect Aybars Asci and a concrete CPD Masterclass. Continue reading Concrete Masterclasses
Refin’s new Voyager collection of faux tin tiles offers beautifuly aged and patinated finishes in a porcelain tile that closely resembles the beautiful tin ceilings so popular in New York at the turn of the last century. Continue reading Brooklyn Beauty
Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas has transformed the Met’s Cantor Roof with an intricate site-specific installation that uses the Museum as its raw material. The Theater of Disappearance features detailed replicas of nearly 100 objects from The Met collection. Continue reading The Theater of Disappearance
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
Cerasarda’s Abitare la Terra project, created by designer and ceramist Maria Luisa Brighenti, is inspired by the colours of the rich, fertile land of Sardinia. Continue reading Sardinian Scene Setting
Torrone from New York distributor Nemo Tile mimics terrazzo through the use of high definition printing and detailed craftsmanship, right down to the slight shimmer the marble chips give off when reflecting light. Continue reading Torrone: Trendy Terrazzo
US artist Nicole Nadeau, best known for A New Wave (2006), Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (2010) and Road Rage (2016), has used one of her own breasts to create a mould for a collection of hexagonal tiles. Nadeau created a single mould of her breast to form the tiles, which are cast in ceramic and mounted onto solid-surface material Corian. Each tile … Continue reading Nicole Nadeau’s Nipple Tiles
