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Avente Tile Talk: Tile Mosaics at the Cologne Cathedral

Tile Talk

Tile Mosaics at the Cologne Cathedral. Recently I had the pleasure of traveling to Cologne, Germany as part of BlogTour Cologne and while I was there I visited The Cologne Cathedral. Now while there I also had the opportunity to view some amazing mosaic work that if you didnt look closely could assume was a painting or even a rug.

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Weekend Playlist: Oktoberfest

Architectural Ceramics

Burano waterjet mosaic in Black & White. Going along with that classic feel is our Burano Black & White stone mosaic. Another 1980s chart-topper (it was #1 in Austria, Germany, and US Billboard Hot 100) is Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus. Beethoven – Symphony No. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is a masterpiece of classical music.

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Reader’s poll names Kiano as tile product of the year

Diary of a Tile Addict

The sandy white matt wall tiles, available in 300 by 600mm and 350 by 1,000mm, create a discreet frame for decorative components such as Chess; a 100 by 100mm mosaic mounted on 300 by 300mm sheets. In 2018, Germany imported 106 million sq. Kiano by Agrob Buchtal. It would be easy to dismiss this vote as one for the home team.

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5 Women Artists Friday: Halstead, Marks, Reynal, Tuwaletstiwa, and Meière

Margaret Almon Mosaics

Sun Trees, oil pastel by Suzanne Halstead and glass mosaic frame by Margaret Almon. A Margaret of Many Names: Grete Marks (1899-1990) Labeled degenerate by the Nazi’s because she was Jewish, and forced to give up her pottery factory in 1934 Germany, and fled to England where she continued to create ceramics that still look futuristic.

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Avente Tile Talk: Porcelain Tiles from Spain and the World Cup

Tile Talk

Additional projects can be found worldwide, including: Hotel Hilton Times Square in NYC; Seocho and Hyehwa metro stations in South Korea; Australias Rendezvous Hotel Perth; Germanys Frankfurt Airport; metro stations in Prague; and more. Margaret Almon Mosaics. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. Gold Notes. 2 days ago.

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Fractal Façade

Diary of a Tile Addict

In the Commercial category, the prize went to Studio Libeskind for the Sapphire project in Berlin, Germany which was conceived to promote new technologies and sustainability. Ergon’s Elegance Engineered Stone was used as a floor mosaic. Sapphire, Berlin by Studio Libeskind. Image: Hufton+Crow. More at: [link]. W: [link].

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IMM Cologne/Living Kitchen Recap with BLANCO Modex

Discerning Design

Last week I was so fortunate to attend the IMM Cologne and Living Kitchen show in Cologne, Germany as a guest of BLANCO. Now a warm, Southern boy like me doesnt comprehend northern Germany in January. Now its not because BLANCO was kind enough to schelp me to Germany for the show, but they easily had one of the best booths.

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