Tile was an important element in interior design in many parts of the world for thousands of years, coveted for its aesthetic possibilities, functionality and longevity. Yet for a generation, the ...

Oakland tile setter Riley Doty remembers his first trip through the San Francisco Marina District in the late '70s. Doty, who had fallen in love with the ceramic medium during his teens in New York ...

Tilemakers continue to innovate on texture and color, incorporating cutoffs—as is the case with Salvatori’s Patchwork—using natural volcanic stone like Zia Tile, or sticking to the techniques of yore, ...

Brought over by the French, painted cement tile making has been incorporated into Cambodian design for more than a century, even as the industry has died out in Europe. But with local masters ageing, ...

Tile is sometimes an afterthought at the start of a remodel or a design project, but Catherine Bailey and Robin Petravic are hoping their new book, “Tile Makes the Room,” can inspire us to reorder our ...

A tradition dating back centuries survives in Portugal as artists and companies fill private and public commissions for the celebrated designs. Azulejos can be seen all over the Portuguese capital of ...

Dezeen Showroom: soft terracotta textures and decorative designs meet in the Artcraft tile collection, created by Italian brand Marazzi. The Artcraft collection consists of small-size porcelain ...