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The Saarinen House

The Perfect Bath

He cleverly wove decorative elements of brick, stone, tile, metal and wood into the interiors. Sometimes he would shift the placement of a rug or a detail on a building to activate an axis and heighten an awareness of the architectural surroundings. It is quite possibly one of the most significant houses built during the 1920s.

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Casacor Collections

Diary of a Tile Addict

Tiles from Cerâmica Elizabeth have been used with great flair to decorate 18 installations for Casacor, currently being staged at Itapema Beach Place, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Casacor installation at Itapema Beach Place featuring tiles by Ceramica Elizabeth. Casacor installation at Itapema Beach Place featuring tiles by Ceramica Elizabeth.

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Janet Bennett: A Life in Design

Making Tile Modern

By her own admission, she’d never claimed credit for the murals which were installed in 1961, when she was working for the architectural firm of Pereira & Luckman. Bennett grew up in Detroit; her father was a painter. When she wasn’t doing mural work or designing decorative art, she worked in interior design.