I’m away on holiday until the 13th February, so I’ll leave you with some tile humour. Well, it may be humour! Majolica: I thought I was going on holiday, but I ended up in another dusty tile factory. Mohs: In the scale of things, very important. In reality, totally ignored by one and all. Mosaic: The perfect opportunity to get rid of all those dust-covered … Continue reading Tiling Thesaurus: M – P
The collaboration between Studio Job and Mirage has resulted in the PopJob collection, developed with the aim of discovering new possibilities for ceramics with an innovative approach. Continue reading Pop Goes The Tile
Ragno’s new Terracruda range draws inspiration from historic construction materials in the form of sun-baked clay and straw. Continue reading Topical Terracruda
Ceramica Porto Ferreira was one of the star turn’s at Brazil’s top tile show, Revestir, in 2016. It made a bold statement by cladding the entire front wall of the company’s stand in 520 by 1,040 Malbec tiles from the Neowood collection. Continue reading Club Country
Marvel Gems is a range of co-ordinated floor and wall tiles from Atlas Concorde where Venetian Terrazzo is re-interpreted in a modern way. Continue reading Venetian Visions
Provenza’s W-Age was the first tile I had seen to offer a cross-section of the trunk to display the very heart of the tree. Continue reading Concentric Rings
At Cevisama in 2003, Diago Ceramicas was one of a small number of pioneering manufacturers exploring the tactile possibilities of tile with a textile look. Continue reading Textile Revisited
The design versatility of ceramic tiles has enabled a playful interaction between colour and shape for the new Children’s Innovation Centre in Valencia, Spain, by Foursquare Arquitectos. Continue reading Colourful Childcare
Capitol Designer Studio has commissioned Lily Jencks and Nathanael Dorent to create a pop-up installation in Primrose Hill to show people just what’s possible using a porcelain tile. Continue reading Reinforced Perspective
Capturing the vogue for metallic effects in 2007. Steelwork by Ceramica Fioranese is a range that transforms ceramics into a shiny, vibrant material, sparkling with the glimmer of metal and its infinite warm and cold tones. The range interprets the colour and look of steel, silver and bronze, and even has traces of pure gold. This through-bodied porcelain range comes in bronzo, argento, acciaio, oro … Continue reading Metallic Chic
Too few marketing campaigns for new ceramic tile ranges really hit the target. Many are simply too flowery and pretentious. Others follow the herd and are light on differentiation. Most fail to identify and address a specific audience. But, every now and then, I come across a marketing idea that is well focused, coherent and relevant. Continue reading Polychromie Architecturale
