Design, Design & Technology, Design Delights, Motifs & Materials, Tile Companies

Tabarka Studio

There is a focus on material and beauty over trend at Tabarka Studio. Inspired by the search for “an elusive tile in a centuries-old basement shop in Istanbul”, the expansion of Tabarka has taken its founders across the globe in search for authentic charm, finding elegance amongst the mundane and delight in the unexpected. Continue reading Tabarka Studio

H.L. SimpsonSeptember 30, 2020February 2, 2021Leave a comment

Design Delights, Sustainable Design

Timber Terrazzo

Introducing another transformative twist on terrazzo taking timber trash and twisting it into tabletops and tiles. Foresso is a new composite material combining offcuts and sawdust from British manufacturing with a 0% VOC resin cast to produce a sustainable and durable surface material with 78kg of CO² stored in every sheet. Continue reading Timber Terrazzo

H.L. SimpsonMarch 19, 2020June 29, 2020Leave a comment

Cersaie, Exhibitions, Italian tiles, tile trend

Slab Sophistication

ABK has used the Wide range as the starting point to develop its Bath Design collection of co-ordinating floor and wall elements that includes suspended shelves, washbasins and shower trays with a minimalist design; all of which can be made to measure. Continue reading Slab Sophistication

diaryofatileaddictJuly 16, 2018June 23, 2020Leave a comment

Concrete-effect tiles, Continuous Pressing Technology, Coverings, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, Italian tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Tile Technology, tile trend, Wall Tiles

Consummate Concreto

At Coverings. Lea Ceramiche presented what has to be the most carefully-considered and fully realised concrete portfolio to date. Concreto, designed by Fabio Novembre is a varied and original reinterpretation of this iconic construction material. Continue reading Consummate Concreto

diaryofatileaddictMay 22, 2018June 23, 2020Leave a comment

Cevisama, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Retail Interiors, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wood-effect Tiles

Working with Wood-effects

On STN Ceramica’s stand at Cevisama you would have found wood-effect tiles in rude health. More than 10 ranges were featured on the main displays: Woodland, Springwood, Rainwood, Barnwood, Yukon, Foret, Lake, Mount, Asbury and Valley: and that is but a fraction of the timber-look tile in STN’s 2018 catalogue. Continue reading Working with Wood-effects

diaryofatileaddictFebruary 20, 2018June 23, 2020Leave a comment

3D tiles, Artisanal Tiles, Brick Tiles, Cevisama, Concrete-effect tiles, Design, Digital Decoration, Fabric-effect tiles, Floor Tiles, Floral Tiles, Geometric tiles, Glazed Tiles, Hand-made Tiles, Hexagonal Tiles, Marble-effect tiles, Mosaics & Glass Tiles, Moulded Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Stone-effect Tiles, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Weird & Wonderful, Wood-effect Tiles

Bouquet Of Beauty

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

diaryofatileaddictFebruary 14, 2018June 23, 20201 Comment

3D tiles, Bathrooms, Brazil, Brick Tiles, Concrete-effect tiles, Digital Decoration, Fabric-effect tiles, Floor Tiles, Floral Tiles, Glazed Tiles, Porcelain Tiles, Stone-effect Tiles, Tile Designers, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Deconstructing Decoration

The key to the impact of Decortiles’ 2017 portfolio lies in the duality between the brutal and the delicate. This, together with a multiplicity of surfaces, formats, and finishes, including on-trend sober tones of grey, black, and white, results in a range that both excites and offers clear commercial potential. Continue reading Deconstructing Decoration

diaryofatileaddictNovember 15, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

3D tiles, Cersaie, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Walking In A Wooden Wonderworld

Rondine’s Inwood range features ceramic surfaces with a charmingly rugged feel to both sight and touch.   The six colour options, with their attractive warm tones, have been selected to bring out the natural essence of wood in all its beauty and imperfection. The tiles’ shade variations are capable of creating different moods depending on how they are laid.   Continue reading Walking In A Wooden Wonderworld

diaryofatileaddictNovember 8, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Brazil, Cersaie, Design Trends, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Mellifluent Monotones

Woodstock by Ceramica Portinari looks like a painted timber board with a visible grain pattern. It is a very commercial design because it can work equally well alongside natural stone, embossed wallpaper, paint, gloss wall tiles or concrete-effect floor tiles. Continue reading Mellifluent Monotones

diaryofatileaddictOctober 12, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

NID textured wall decor by Atlas Concorde

3D tiles, Cersaie, Design Trends, Exhibitions, External Tiling, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Mixed Messages

Atlas Concore’s NID floor tiles’ pure timber-effect personality is augmented by 3D wall tiles rich in relief and decorative character. They are available in a matt finish, in two shades of oak: one light and delicate, the other elegant and sophisticated. The 3D ceramic surface comprises irregular and asymmetrical horizontal lines, inspired by planks viewed from the side.
Continue reading Mixed Messages

diaryofatileaddictSeptember 27, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Architecture, Digital Decoration, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Restaurant Interiors, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Bolder Burgers

Designed by Koutras Konstantinos, Ketchup is a new designer burger bar in Xanthi, Greece, that features the outstanding Strand porcelain range from Vives that mimics the look of OSB. Continue reading Bolder Burgers

diaryofatileaddictSeptember 18, 2017August 14, 20201 Comment

Business & Markets, Cersaie, Design Trends, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, Marketing, New Tile Designs, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Earthy Enthusiasm

Crossroad brings together the experience of the two brands – ABK and Oikos – through a moodboard concept that combines different material effects and co-ordinating colours in identical or complimentary tones. The result is a selection of sophisticated, on trend, surface options. Continue reading Earthy Enthusiasm

diaryofatileaddictSeptember 5, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Cersaie, Concrete-effect tiles, Exhibitions, External Tiling, Façades, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Stone-effect Tiles, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Rocersa’s Risorgimento

At Cersaie 2017, Spanish manufacturer Rocersa aims to deliver elegance combined with a powerful personality. Muse is a range designed to convey the practicality of stone and cement with strong technical features and a choice of four colours: white, cream, taupe and grey. Offered in variety of surface options, Muse can meet many internal and external architectural requirements. Continue reading Rocersa’s Risorgimento

diaryofatileaddictAugust 31, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Cersaie, Digital Decoration, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Retail Interiors, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Channeling Yakisugi

With the new Kasai range, Ceramiche Refin honours Japanese design culture, expressing on porcelain stoneware the same visual and tactile characteristics of traditional burnt wooden slats in a refined and elegant ceramic collection that provides a pleasing mix of tradition and innovation. Continue reading Channeling Yakisugi

diaryofatileaddictAugust 11, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Mandarin's Paintbox Raspberry Gloss in 400 by 100mm

Floor Tiles, Glazed Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Tiled Interiors, United Kingdom, Wall Tiles

Palette Psychoanalysis

While greige, taupe and buttermilk are clearly the dominant palette in today’s homes, there is still plenty of scope for more vibrant, optimistic, hues: and for accent colours that celebrate life rather than withdraw from it. Continue reading Palette Psychoanalysis

diaryofatileaddictAugust 2, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Ocean Prime restaurant in Naples, Florida. Tiles by Ceramiche Piemme.

Floor Tiles, Restaurant Interiors, USA, Wood-effect Tiles

Ocean Colour Scene

Ocean Prime, a prestigious American chain of restaurants, has recently chosen Wood Seelction parquet-effect tiles from Ceramiche Piemme for its latest branch Continue reading Ocean Colour Scene

diaryofatileaddictJuly 26, 2017June 22, 2020Leave a comment

Cersaie, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Production Technology, Tile Technology, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Chic Cersaie Collection

At Cersaie 2017, Ariana are promising to show where the natural appeal of wood meets contemporary design trends to create a warm, elegant look: captured in the company’s new Essential range. Continue reading Chic Cersaie Collection

diaryofatileaddictJune 28, 2017June 19, 2020Leave a comment

Floor Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Tile Designers, Tiled Interiors, Wood-effect Tiles

Crosscut Character

The Foresta Sawncut collection of porcelain wood from Peronda is directly inspired by the work of Tom Raffield and by his use of elements taken directly from nature: the main characteristic of the original planks that formed the inspiration for this range. Continue reading Crosscut Character

diaryofatileaddictJune 26, 2017June 19, 2020Leave a comment

Artisanal Tiles, Cevisama, Exhibitions, Floor Tiles, Heritage, Mosaics & Glass Tiles, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Tile Designers, Tiled Interiors, USA, Wall Tiles, Wood-effect Tiles

Sizzling SomerTile

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

diaryofatileaddictMay 20, 2017June 19, 2020Leave a comment

External Tiling, Floor Tiles, Glazed Tiles, Heritage, New Tile Designs, Porcelain Tiles, Stone-effect Tiles, Tile Designers, Tile Technology, tile trend, Tiled Interiors, Wall Tiles

Pure Peronda

At Cevisama 2016, Museum, Harmony and Peronda all offered cutting edge designs; many of which were the best examples of their type on the show floor. Continue reading Pure Peronda

diaryofatileaddictApril 21, 2017June 19, 2020Leave a comment

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