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 …
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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 …
Clé Tile in The World of Interiors June 2014
In the World of Interiors magazine's Antennae section, Clé tile and Deborah Osburn's Watermark are featured. Editors tapped it for number 4. "Deborah Osburn founded her eboutique 'to introduce tile artisans to the world'. Naturally it includes her own work, such as these unglazed porcelain, indigo-dyed 'Waterwork' tiles, from £ 458.40 per sq m. Ring 001 415 887 9011, or visit cletile.com." View the Full Article PDF You can see all of the buoyant designs that the …
Clé in Interior Design February 2014
Clé tiles are featured i n Interior Design magazine's February 2014, issue. The placement, which editor's dubbed "Nature's Softer Side" featuring "Land and sea inspired" shades, includes the Watermark tile unglazed porcelain in Gold Verdigris Dip by Clé [it's number 2]. View the Full Article PDF Deborah Osburn’s Watermark Collection was voted best of year by the editors of Interior Design. A clé blog post about the collection notes, “When deborah osburn’s watermark …
clé introduces the Watermark Collection by Deborah Osburn for Tilevera
Deborah Osburn and her Watermark Collection for clé and Tilevera (Sausalito, CA).......clé is proud to introduce the Watermark Collection, designed by Deborah Osburn for Tilevera. The collection of hand crafted porcelain tile was inspired by Japanese textile dying techniques. Osburn has expanded the traditional indigo color to include gold verdigris, which becomes turquoise as the dye travels. Each unglazed tile is hand cut, fired and dyed, which allows the tile to absorb the pigments …