Architectural Ceramics

JANUARY 11, 2019

Fresh white snow on Christmas morning, bright white lights strung over bustling streets, or white champagne bubbles on New Year’s — What classic imagery comes to mind when you think about the holidays? If you haven’t already guessed, at Architectural Ceramics, we can’t help but think of winter whites. For interior designer Mary Douglas Drysdale, the vision for her client’s master bathroom started with a classic material choice: white marble.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JANUARY 7, 2019

John Huarte, University of Notre Dame Alumni, Gives Back. It is no secret that Arizona Tile founder, John Huarte, has strong and lasting ties with his alma mater. The shared legacy between John and the University of Notre Dame is one that is so profound, it can still be felt by many, years after the glorious revival of the 1964 Fighting Irish football team.

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Tile of Spain USA

JANUARY 22, 2019

Tile of Spain companies are heading to Valencia for the 37 th edition of CEVISAMA ! The annual international trade show will take place from January 28 th to February 1 st 2019 at Feria Valencia. This year, hundreds of manufacturers will showcase their latest collections and innovations to what is expected to be the largest edition of the show yet. CEVISAMA is the premier trade show for architectural ceramics, as well as various complementary sectors such as glazes, natural stone, raw materials

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As The Tile Turns

JANUARY 16, 2019

Tile is more than a floor or wall covering. Yes, it serves a functional purpose, but it can accomplish so much more. From sophisticated to adventurous, tile can evoke a range of emotions. And with a combination of artistic skill and modern technology, tile can take on a personality all its own.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2019

When it comes time to prepare your home for sale, you want to ensure it’s in the best possible shape by the time you show it. This way, when a potential buyer asks about the property’s condition, they know it is ready to be sold without much work left to be done. After all, most buyers would prefer not to have to deal with any functional issues before they move in.

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The London Tile Co.

JANUARY 17, 2019

From cosy to industrial, we all have an interior style that we favour and often certain materials are intrinsically linked with that theme. Imagine a Scandi-inspired room with no wood? Exactly! Well, concrete is no exception – instantly conjuring images of ultra-modern and urban settings. While we don’t disagree that concrete has a cool look, there are a few factors that put us off using it ourselves.

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Granada Tile

JANUARY 16, 2019

Patchwork tile designs have taken the design world by storm; top magazines and interior designers around the world are falling in love with the eclectic mix of stunning colors and patterns. Incorporating patchwork tile designs into your home or business isn’t difficult, and the visually striking pattern mixes available will introduce character and personality into any area.

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Trendir Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2019

If you have been following us for a while, then you know one of the best ways to add character to a room is by adding textured pieces. Furthermore, texture is great because it brings a cozy touch with a twist of chic. Keeping that in mind, we wanted to share how to add texture the right way to any room in order to create a chic well-characterized space.

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As The Tile Turns

JANUARY 7, 2019

Forget everything you know about what makes tiles beautiful. Yes, ornate glazes and sophisticated edges can be stunning, but there is something oddly comforting about an unfinished, even worn look.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Building with recycled materials offers two-fold benefits. Not only are you building with cheaper materials that come with a story, but you’re also helping to offset some of your carbon building footprint. It’s no secret that building materials can really eat into your building budget. Just like the housing market, material prices can ebb and flow.

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The London Tile Co.

JANUARY 31, 2019

Give yourself a round of applause because guess what? We made it through January! Now that the first month of 2019 is out of the way we can start looking forward to all the interior projects we have planned for the year. Whether it’s a small splashback to update your kitchen or you are having a brand new bathroom installed, we always have a great range of tiles to suit every style and budget.

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Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

JANUARY 8, 2019

It's a brand-new year and an ideal time to make tile installation resolutions for 2019. If you're already in the know, consider these a refresher. And, if you're new to the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation and the Certified Tile Installer Program , then consider this your introduction to a bold, new standards-based, methodical approach to installing ceramic tile.

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Giotile

JANUARY 31, 2019

Here at GIO, we’re always on the hunt for the most advanced, sophisticated tile products for commercial interiors. Thanks to great leaps in tile technology, as well as new ways of thinking about design, commercial interiors never have to sacrifice beauty and style in favor of durability. As the lines between residential and commercial aesthetics … The post What’s New at GIO appeared first on Gio Tile.

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Trendir Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2019

Whether you are a lover of all things color or you prefer a more muted approach, having a black and white palette is classic and elegant while still being timeless. With that being said, we are taking this color palette to the next level by reinforcing how beautiful a black and white room can be. Here are our picks of black and white rooms that are almost too good to be true.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

The upcoming edition of Cevisama, the international event for the ceramic tile , bathroom furnishings and natural stone sectors that will take place January 28-February 1 at Feria Valencia, will reportedly increase its focus on architecture and interior design.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2019

Krylon, a brand of Sherwin-Williams, just announced its 2019 color trends and its color of the year, a lush purple named Gloss Gum Drop. In addition to announcing Gloss Gum Drop, Sherwin-Williams already revealed the Valspar + HGTV Home 2019 color trends. Krylon proves that you don’t necessarily need a paint brush to achieve perfect color. The 2019 color trends also prove that spray paint is versatile enough to achieve a variety of looks, ranging from rustic to urban.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Mansfield, Mass.—The Belknap White Group (BWG) will now be distributing Crossville Ceramics’ Astral Plane porcelain tile collection. This stone-look product will be available via BWG throughout all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and parts of upstate New York. “We are excited to add this product line to our company’s offerings,” said Dave […].

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Valverdi Indoor-Out

JANUARY 30, 2019

The Shard range has a contemporary look with a distressed-cement finish that’s been extremely popular over the last year. While we already offer the option of co-ordinating matt finish indoor-outdoor tiles, we have decided to increase the options within the range by adding a lappato finish 10mm indoor tile. Lappato is a semi-polished finish which gives the tiles surface a subtle sheen without the glossy look of a polished tile.

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Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

JANUARY 22, 2019

What does it take to ensure that you have a quality tile installation ? Based on our experience, knowledge and work with the Tile Council of North America (TCNA) Handbook , we have identified ten requirements. Note that these aren't all industry requirements. However, they all contribute to a quality tile installation. Here they are.

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Trendir Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2019

With the new year here and ready to be conquered it is time to take a dive into furniture trends for 2019. We don’t know what it is but there is something about the new year that makes us want to declutter, reorganize and upgrade the home. Keeping that in mind, we have done our research and bring you the top 2019 furniture trends to consider when you’re redecorating your home.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Coesia and System recently announced that Coesia has acquired 60% of System’s ceramic business through a new company called System Ceramics.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2019

While most people prefer to take showers, there’s something about being able to soak in a bathtub that’s downright therapeutic. You can just sit and relax in a tub in a way that’s not possible when you take a shower. Being submerged in water can actually relieve stress and soothe aching muscles. And when you add bubble bath – well, that’s another level of relaxation.

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Ceramics of Italy

JANUARY 23, 2019

Ceramica Francesco De Maio’s hand-decorated majolica tiles on show at the MAD in Paris. There is all Gio Ponti in Paris where Ceramica Francesco De Maio introduces the re-edition of some great works realized by the famous Italian architect, reproducing the white and blue majolica tiles and the extraordinary white and blue embossed ceramics designed by Ponti for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento and the famous white and yellow handmade terracotta tiles that was used to cover the floor

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Rubble Tile

JANUARY 30, 2019

Many shopping malls around the country are struggling, because they’re not much more than convenient centers for commerce. We all know the internet & Amazon.com have changed the landscape. The Mall Of America in Bloomington, MN is quite the exception, transcending mall norms to become.

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Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

JANUARY 15, 2019

I certainly hope you don't ignore grout manufacturer directions which just about guarantees that your tile installation will fail. In fact, that's true for just about all the products tile installers use. For the sake of this article, though, I'll focus on grout and more specifically High Performance Cement Grouts. Here's why you need to take the grout manufacturer's directions seriously.

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Trendir Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2019

Regardless of how you put it, upgrading any area of the home is expensive, especially when you want to update your kitchen. The kitchen is not only one of the most used areas of the home, but it is also an expensive area to change up. Therefore, we bring you a guide on how to refresh your kitchen without breaking the bank. Style should never be compromised regardless of how small or big your budget is.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2019

SCHOTT recently announced that it has manufactured a curved secondary mirror substrate made of ZERODUR® glass-ceramic in Mainz, Germany, for the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Extremely Large Telescope (ELT).

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2019

The creative team behind Dom Arquitectura completed this House in la Cerdanya. An inspiring traditional house in Spain, it blends classic elements with contemporary living. The residence neighbors a beautiful natural park and takes advantage of the surrounding valley. Faced with local building constraints, the developing team had to limit the design to local materials. “As a start, we decided to build the home with a wooden structure, facing the project from a bioclimatic strategy, to ac

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2019

Cartersville, Ga.—Patcraft has launched its latest resilient collection, Creative Code. Available in 12 x 24-inch tiles and 15 refined colorways, this luxury vinyl tile offers easily customizable design options for commercial interiors. The varying hues dispersed throughout each tile provide a unique design solution for multiple zoning options and maximum design flexibility.

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Garden State Tile Blog

JANUARY 23, 2019

Garden State Tile’s Flash 3″ x 12″ is designed to imitate an oxidized metal look. With six unique colors, you can get down and dirty with this urban-cool, grungy-chic look. Flash is suitable for interior vertical surfaces, both wet and dry. The post Get Grungy! appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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Ceramic Tile Education Foundation

JANUARY 29, 2019

To borrow from the original Fab Four, money won't buy you tile certification. Rather it's your experience and skill as a tile setter that allows you to validate your tile installation skills as a Certified Tile Installer. That's according to Mike McLawhorn CTI #188 and Territory Sales Manager for HB Fuller. Mike is next in the CTEF Blog series about Qualified Labor based on an article in TileLetter.com titled Mike McLawhorn: CTI credentials are confirmation of tile setter knowledge that money ca

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Ceramics of Italy

JANUARY 22, 2019

Another success – this time international – for the SHELF project, the porcelain stoneware shelf designed by designer Paolo Benevelli for Ceramiche Coem. Already winner of the ADI Ceramics & Bathroom Design Award 2017 , then selected for ADI Design Index 2018 , it has now won the Good Design ® Awards 2018, the industrial design prize awarded by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and promoted by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

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Ceramic Industry Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2019

Scaling up from a laboratory or pilot plant mixing operation requires that the physical and chemical properties of the product are duplicated at the full-scale production level.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2019

If you’re looking for a worthy new year’s resolution, then try this idea: designing a calm home for 2019. It’s a great resolution because it has an easy end goal in sight. You make some adjustments to your home, and then you can enjoy the benefits of the resolution for the rest of the year. With how hectic our lives are outside the home, it’s never been more important to create a relaxing oasis for ourselves.

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Floor Covering News

JANUARY 28, 2019

Crossville, Tenn.—Crossville debuted its Reformation porcelain tile collection as part of its exhibition at The International Surfaces Show in Las Vegas. Reformation is set to formally launch in mid-February 2019. This unique, concrete-look product offers visual depth with movement, pitting, aggregate and sheen variations interpreted in stylish, large-format plank tiles, as well as mosaic options […].

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Garden State Tile Blog

JANUARY 23, 2019

Create a vintage inspired bathroom with our Aged Retro unglazed porcelain hexagon mosaics. Our mosaics are made in three colors — white, grey, and black. The colors can be mixed and matched to recreate nostalgic patterns or create new ones. Also available are unglazed penny rounds and 2″ mosaics. The post Vintage Style appeared first on Garden State Tile.

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Valverdi Indoor-Out

JANUARY 18, 2019

After years of searching and waiting, one couple finally moved into their dream home in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The house had barely been touched since it was built in the 1950’s so needed a lot of modernisation, allowing them to put their own personal touches on the design. ‘The property was calling out for an extension across the back to create a large kitchen-diner,’ says the owner. ‘The planning permission went through in a fairly standard six weeks, and we had a tea

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