Diary of a Tile Addict

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Maggie studied, worked and made ceramics in UK, Italy, USA, Africa, and Japan but recently had been working and living in the place where she was born, Milnthorpe, Cumbria. It was back in 1983 that Kneale, with a £10,000 bank loan and four Spanish terracotta tiles, set up Fired Earth. Fired Earth’s HQ at Twyford Mill, Adderbury.

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Tile Talk

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Innovation, Design Take Center Stage at Cersaie. Boasting more than 900 exhibitors from all corners of the globe, and 176,000 square meters (577,428 square feet) of exhibition space, Cersaie is a not-to-be missed event for distributors, retailers, interior designers, architects and installers. The Trends. Concrete & Cement.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Francesco De Maio is the official sponsor of the exhibition, and are the proud and exclusive producers of the 33 white and blue hand-decorated majolica tiles designed by Gio Ponti for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento between 1960 and 1962.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Francesco De Maio is the official sponsor of the exhibition, and are the proud and exclusive producers of the 33 white and blue hand-decorated majolica tiles designed by Gio Ponti for the Hotel Parco dei Principi in Sorrento between 1960 and 1962.

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Diary of a Tile Addict

MAY 16, 2018

Mujo is a terracotta produced in a recently-neglected format, 300 by 300mm, but one with a rich ceramic history. Mujo draws its inspiration from the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi: the beauty of imperfection. Founded on the transience of things, here impermanence assumes a positive meaning.

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