Diary of a Tile Addict

AUGUST 18, 2021

When the Egyptian revolution began Arto fled to Beirut, and when the crisis began in Lebanon he headed to North America. Handpainted decors, unsual shapes, and perfectly scaled patterns give a distinct personality to each series. The company’s founder Arto Alajian was born in Alexandria, Egypt and classically trained in the arts.

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Lebanon Egypt California North America 96

Tile Talk

MARCH 5, 2013

With history on their minds, I, as well as several architects and design professionals, recently toured the ARTO Brick and California Pavers factory complex in Gardena, CA. Later, when the family moved to Lebanon, Arto continued honing his artistic talents with various mediums, including installation of tiles. backsplash designs.

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California Los Angeles Tile Cement 235

Kitchen and Residential Design

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Kitchen and Residential Design. Notes and anecdotes from the design world. Over the course of those five years, Ive gone from being a struggling designer faced with a collapsed housing market, to a power blogger, to someone whos now plying his trade as a blogger and marketer for other people and entities. kitchen design.

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Kitchen Design Pennsylvania Lebanon 72

Trendir Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

It’s not overly spacious or lavishly decorated, but its design is so full of creativity, you just have to see it for yourself. Dining room doors fit with the mezzanine design well. Taking advantage of pliability of wood, the architects went away from strict lines and proportions to create something completely different.

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Lebanon Kitchen Architecture Decorative 46

Stagetecture

MARCH 2, 2015

My trip to Ambiente with Modenus’ BlogTourAmbiente in Frankfurt, Germany was a whirlwind of size, dimension, design inspiration and global trends. I love traveling internationally to see what design trends are populating the design showroom floors and which ones will have an influence on American design.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Micro apartments are designed to be space-efficient as well as LEED certified or energy efficient. They are designed so that they feel bigger and more open than their actual square footage. Even if you live in a larger space, the design and lay out of these tiny spaces can still provide inspiration.

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