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Cinco de Mayo: 5 Ways to Use Mexican-Inspired Tile

Architectural Ceramics

You can’t think of Mexican tile without picturing colorful, hand-painted designs. Deep, rich colors are then painted over the white. The beauty in handmade or hand-painted tile is that the glaze and embellishments will vary in color. Pictured: AC’s Product Line: Walker Zanger, Series: Spanish Cotto.

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Avente Tile Talk: Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Field Tiles

Tile Talk

Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Field Tiles. Enjoy Long-Lasting, Affordable Luxury with Hand-Painted Ceramic Tiles. In essence, field tile refers to a solid color tile. The wonderful translucent colors are hand-painted onto softly domed "pillow-like" tiles. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Image via Lonny Magazine.

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Coverings celebrates design innovation with Best Booth Awards

Floor Covering News

The annual Best Booth Awards at Coverings spotlight the most exceptional and creatively designed exhibitor displays, not only showcasing their products but also inspiring and educating attendees through innovative presentations of tile.

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Big Trends from KBIS Part II

Kitchens for Living

Gorgeous sculptural free-standing tub by Clark Architectural. Brizo introduced its new Rook collection for the bath, with a subtle reference to chess. This collection combines a low spout architecture and crisp octagonal details for a stately yet modern design. Today I’ve got the scoop on what’s trending in the bath.

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GIO Product Picks: Well-Designed Building Products and Accessories for Architects and Designers

Giotile

And while our role in the design process is to bring you on-trend, sophisticated tile and stone products, along with the full service and quality support your projects deserve, we understand and respect that specifying surfacing solutions is but one component of your multifaceted designs. Half + Half Door Collection.

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Avente Tile Talk: Islamic Star Patterns in Tile Design

Tile Talk

These tiles were commonly used as floor and wall applications and to decorate mihrabs , the architectural niches in mosques. These motifs utilize what is referred to as the n -fold rotational symmetry, where n represents a range of whole numbers from 3 to 100. These star polygons were not limited only to the painted figure.

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Tile Tuesday: Parente to Parasol, Old Tradition-New Expression

Kitchens for Living

What came before certainly influences the contemporary production. Later in the series we will take a look at modern state-of-the- art tile production in Spain but today I want to introduce you to a true old world style artisan, living and working in Sevilla. She demonstrated a few different traditional methods including hand painting.

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