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ASCER Announces the Six Members of the 2021 Tile of Spain Awards Jury

Tile of Spain USA

The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association (ASCER) has announced the six esteemed architects and interior designers who will serve on the jury for the 20 th annual Tile of Spain Awards. Ferrater and the OAB studio are great connoisseurs of Spanish ceramics. Alicia Fernándes (Alicia Fernández Interiorismo).

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The Tiled Corridor

Diary of a Tile Addict

It’s the exceptionally exquisite Tiled Corridor from Frances Priest. To complement this research, she was also given access to the archives of the Jackfield Tile Museum , gathering a unique insight into pattern and relief from the 19th Century. Frances herself crafted an additional 300 pieces in her Edinburgh studio.

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The Tiled Corridor

Diary of a Tile Addict

It’s the exceptionally exquisite Tiled Corridor from Frances Priest. To complement this research, she was also given access to the archives of the Jackfield Tile Museum , gathering a unique insight into pattern and relief from the 19th Century. Frances herself crafted an additional 300 pieces in her Edinburgh studio.

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Call for entries for the latest edition of ASCER’s Tile of Spain Awards

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

ASCER (the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced the eighteenth edition of its Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project. The awards are divided into three categories: Architecture, Interior Design and Final Degree Project, with prizes totalling €39,000. Members of the panel.

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Wood: Imitators make a play, but nothing beats the real thing

Floor Covering News

Research shows real wood adds value to the home over the long term. Thanks to advancements in printing and screening technologies, for example, ceramic and porcelain products can be made to look like wood. Research shows 52% of homes in the U.S. Pierre Thabet, president and CEO of Boa-Franc, agreed. By Reginald Tucker.

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ASCER Announces Highly Distinguished Jury for the 19th Annual Tile of Spain Awards

Tile of Spain USA

The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers Association (ASCER) has announced the six highly distinguished architects and interior designers who will serve on the jury for the 19 th annual Tile of Spain Awards. Kengo Kuma was also made an Officier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 2009. Javier Villar Ruiz (KKAA).

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Cement tiles/ Zementfliesen/ mosaicos hidráulicos: Name confusion

Mosaicos

The name encaustic tiles was applied to ceramic floor tiles with inlaid colours. We have to dig a bit into the history: In medieval England they used to make ceramic floor tiles with two colours by pressing a wooden relief stamp into red clay and filling the depressions with white clay. Those tiles were called encaustic. ( collection.

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