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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Today, several tile manufacturers still honor the handmade tradition in shaping and painting natural clay tiles, but drying is done in a closed kiln instead of in the open air. textured surface makes the tile appear like painted brick. Photo: Chinoiserie vases, painted in traditional blue and white imagery, popularized in Eastern Asia.

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Rigid core reigns with a focus on innovation

Floor Covering News

Suppliers across the show floor showed off their version of PVC-free, recyclable or eco-friendly rigid core options designed to intrigue today’s “Earth-conscious” consumers. Last year, our Painted Sky quickly became our No. It’s a 5mm, 28-mil product available in six designs: Travertine, Stone, Quartzite, Slate, Concrete and Terrazzo.

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Resilient: State of the Industry 2020

Floor Covering News

Sales growth persists despite stumbling blocks. FCNews research put the category at $5.433 billion in sales in 2019, an industry-leading 10.5% There is no denying 2020 has been a year like no other,” said Steve Ehrlich, vice president of sales and marketing, Novalis. By Megan Salzano. increase over 2018’s $4.916 billion.

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Wellmade expands capabilities

Floor Covering News

“The plant was originally built to house enough equipment to be able to produce about 300 million square feet per year—so it’s a very, very big facility,” said Dick Quinlan, senior VP sales and marketing, Wellmade. It’s designed to create a look that is more realistic than painted bevels,” Quinlan explained. inches wide or 9.5

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Anthroplogie continues to offend

Kitchen and Residential Design

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. In the 1930s he started to paint, and his subjects shifted from the Cubist/ Primitivist styles of his contemporaries to something utterly new. Take a look at these paintings and imagine what he was looking at when he painted them.

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11 Beautiful Handmade Plates for More Instagram-Worthy Eats

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Each design from ignata ceramic s is hand drawn and totally unique. Then you’re bound to adore this delicate set from American photographer-gone-designer Laura Letinsky. These plates and bowls are available for sale in a few color options from Artware Editions. The set is crafted of bone china with a gold gilt edge.

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Republic: Daring to be different

Floor Covering News

Our sales that year were probably between $30 and $40 million.”. Today, Republic sells a little more than 300 SKUs, half of which is SPC at 60% of sales, with laminate about 25%-30% of sales and wood accounting for the remainder. We’re designing our own papers, we’re manufacturing, we’re exporting ourselves. It’s cheap.

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