If you’re looking to make a bold statement on a wall or floor, consider recently introduced tiles that sport graphic patterns, some of which can be laid out to create a custom mural-like composition.
Bisazza
We recently shared India Madahvi’s gorgeous additions to Bisazza’s Cementiles collection, a series that also included designs by Paola Navone, Jaime Hayon, and Carlo Dal Bianco. For its latest Cementiles introduction, the mosaic and tile house tapped renowned British designer Tom Dixon— marking its first-ever collaboration with him.
Bisazza
His contribution to the cement series (also shown at top) evokes textures and palettes found in London’s manmade environment, from cracks found in old pavement and pebbledash walls to the traditional red brick hues. In all, there are 12 graphic patterns in the Dixon line in a 20-centimeter-square format; one style comes in a 20-by-23-centimeter hexagon, however.
Bisazza
At this fall’s Cersaie exposition in Bologna, Italy, Ceramiche Refin unveiled a smart collection designed by Giulio Iacchetti. It comprises just two motifs — Angle and Mirror — that create an unlimited number of compositions, from fragmented geometric and zigzagging fields to hypnotic M.C. Escher-like and trompe l’oeil ones.
Ceramiche Refin
But the patterns are rendered in subdued colorways to make it more accessible: Angle comes in navy, pearl, and slate, while Mirror comes in ash, sand, and silver. The large-format, rectified porcelain tiles measure 60 centimeters square by 9.5 millimeters thick.
Ceramiche Refin
Designer Patricia Urquiola has proven time and time again that she’s a pattern maven. And her Tierras Industrial, a collaboration with Mutina Ceramiche, says nothing to the contrary. The series is modular and consists of two square tiles, rectangles in a range of lengths, a triangle, a square tile that contains three different shapes, and one patterned rectangular tile.
Mutina Ceramiche
The large-format units are made with 20-percent-recycled content, come in six earthy tones, and can be combined with complementing or contrasting saturated grouts for an intriguing effect. Tierras Industrial tiles are available in the United States via Stone Source.
Mutina Ceramiche