A Fresh Look at Glass
As we launch our new collection of glass tiles this month, we wanted to celebrate a group of bathrooms that exemplify the beauty of this sleek modernist material. In developing the collection, we...
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Optical Illusions
If you’ve been bitten by the Surrealism bug (kicked off by Faye Toogood’s Designer of the Year installation at Maison & Objet this year) then you’re in for a treat when Elizabeth...
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Essential Reading
Fall is upon us and we’re spending more time indoors now and that means more time in the kitchen as the heart of the home. That also means we’re likely...
British Ceramics Biennale
Mention “The Potteries” and ceramics lovers will instantly know you’re talking about Stoke-on-Trent, that beloved Staffordshire city where Britain’s ceramics industry was born. Join them there later this month, when...
Handwoven Baskets
If you made it over to Somerset House during the London Design Biennale earlier this summer, you undoubtedly saw the ceramic-like objects designed and 3D printed by a human-looking robot...
Malene Barnett
The fireplace surround in artist Malene Djenaba Barnett’s Brooklyn home tells a deeply personal story. What began with making ceramic tiles, while perusing a Master in Fine Arts at...
Dumais Made
From Deco Off in Paris to Salone in Milan, and now the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, the talent at this year’s design shows is on fire....
Fantini
If you were in Milan for Salone del Mobile a few weeks ago, you likely found yourself popping into the showrooms along Via Solferino in the Brera design district—named the...
Travel by Design
Summer is just around the corner and if you’re anything like us, you’re considering how to work a little design into your holiday. Recently, some American friends (editors from Veranda...
Ceramic Murals
Earlier this year, at Atelier Vime’s exhibition during Paris Déco Off, artist Wayne Pate showed samples of ceramic murals that he’s able to custom create for our clients. It got...
Kitchen Camouflage
How to deal with ventilation in the kitchen has been a challenge for cooks since fire moved indoors, but no need to go back that far. The development of modern...
Needle Baths
In the spirit of fresh starts, we are kicking off 2023 with an homage to the most invigorating of showers—the Victorian needle bath. A wild contraption designed more for medicinal...
Warm Wishes
The end of the year brings with it a dip in temperatures that makes burning a fire too enticing to resist. It’s also a season for reflection. To that end,...
Tile Makes the Room
More often than not, when designers place a large residential tile order, they’re destined for a kitchen or bathroom or some other equally utilitarian space. But consider for a moment...
Double Taps
Despite all the latest innovations in sanitaryware—think touch-free faucets that can measure out exactly how much water you need by voice command—designers still have a soft spot for antique-style taps....
Satellite Mirror
If attention to detail is an admirable trait, then a bathroom adorned with a magnifying mirror is certainly one to be admired. The the most iconic of these is arguably...
Bricks
August is that glorious time of year when the great summer shutdown ensues as masses of Europeans (and more and more Brits) close up shop and head on holiday—oh to...