Writing for The New York Times, Arlene Hirst features tiles by Timorous Beasties, which the Glasgow-based artisans produced for clé in an article titled, "If It Flutters or Buzzes, Surely It's Art." The journalist notes, "Paul Simmons, who heads the Scottish design studio Timorous Beasties with Alistair McAuley, describes their mission as making the ugly beautiful. Since 1990, the men have worked iguanas, devil heads and hairy thistles into their products. “'Our job is to turn people …
Timorous Beasties Featured in Vogue
Writing for Vogue magazine, Mieke Ten Have declares a new tile collection by Timorous Beasties "Off the Wall." Designed for clé, the collection represents the creators desire to "turn aesthetic assumptions about pattern upside down." Full PDF featuring the placement. Founder and creative director Deborah Osburn teamed up with the duo behind the design studio Timorous Beasties to bring about the Rorschach Tile Collection. She simply knew it was time for Timorous Beasties to …
Watermark Tiles Featured in New York Times
Writing for The New York Times, Lori Holcomb-Holland featured the Watermark Collection in an article titled "Soaking Up the Local Color." In the piece, she wrote, "Deborah Osburn began making colorful tiles to brighten up a mostly beige-domi- nated industry nearly 30 years ago. And though in recent years she has been selling other artists’ designs, she has returned to her creative roots with the Watermark Collection for Tilevera, her artisan tile company. Inspired by Japanese techniques, she …