April 12, 2018 (Sausalito, CA) — clé is pleased to introduce Eskayel, a new collection of cement tile designed by the Brooklyn-based textile artist Shanan Campanaro. The collection of tiles feature eight of Eskayel’s nature-inspired patterns. The original fluid, multi-color designs were refined into a bi-color silhouette motif for each pattern. Each tile is 20.32 cm square and suitable for indoor or outdoor installation on vertical and horizontal surfaces. “I have …
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Belgian Reproduction Tiles in New Shapes
April 10, 2018 (Sausalito, CA) — clé is pleased to introduce Belgian Reproduction tile in three new shapes: rectangle, losange diamond, and circle. The Flemish black tiles now consist of seven shapes in square, hex, rectangle, losange diamond, circle, star and cross. The Belgian Reproduction tiles are hand crafted by artisans who are working in the traditional method of wood-fired terracotta production. The blackened clay lends the chalky surfaces the elegant patina of age. By combining the …
Martha Stewart Living Taps clé Zellige Tiles
Martha Stewart Living taps clé Zellige tiles for a product feature. The piece, titled "Fit to be Tiled," opens with "It covers backsplashes and bathrooms the world over, but tile has loads of unlocked design potential. When you play with color and pattern, hard- working ceramic and porcelain surfaces become modern mosaics, and squares of leather, glass, and other unexpected mediums add major polish. We thought outside the box to bring you renovation ideas and right-now upgrades that pave the way …
Clé Thinks Outside the Square
January 4, 2018 (SAUSALITO, CA) — clé is pleased to introduce Shapes, a collection of seven cement tile designs in diamond, triangle, arabesque, rectangle, hexagon, and scallop configurations. Created in the traditional encaustic method, the hand-crafted tiles are available in fifty silky matte colors. By combining the tiles with contrasting shapes and grout, a dramatically patterned surface is created. The versatile tiles can be installed indoors and out, on floors and walls. The tiles are …
clé Introduces Oh Joy!
October 5, 2017 (SAUSALITO, CA) — clé is pleased to introduce Oh Joy!, a collection of cement tiles designed by Joy Cho, founder and creative director of the Oh Joy! design studio. The five delicate hued designs come in 6" square and 8" hex shapes. Oh Joy! was inspired by the whimsy, pastel colors and versatile patterns that are Cho's signature style. Each tile is hand-crafted from cement and can be installed indoors and out, on floors and walls. “I have always been obsessed …