The New York Times Features New Ravenna "Take That, White Walls!" declares Steven Kurutz in his feature dubbed Mosaic Madness for The New York Times. The premise of the piece is that home renovations can make powerful statements when tile is used. "Pictures Worth a Thousand Pieces" is his opening salvo in this article that features an installation of the Aspen pattern by New Ravenna. The entire shower wall in the master bathroom of Gerry Eisenberg, whom the journalist quotes as saying …
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The New York Times Includes Clé Tile
Tim McKeough, who includes tiles by clé in his piece for The New York Times titled "Tile Gains Footing All Over," writes, "If you’ve been keeping an eye on the ground beneath your feet, you may have noticed an explosion of pattern. It can be seen in public spaces like the Manhattan restaurant L’Amico, designed by Crème; and the Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Tex., designed by Mark Zeff. And in private spaces, too, like the New York apartment of the actors Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, designed by …
New York Times Features Timorous Beasties
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 …
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 …
Clé in New York Times: Tiles Soaking Up the Local Color
The New York Times features Deborah Osborn in a roundup of tiles titled "Tiles Soaking Up the Local Color." The editors note, "Deborah Osburn began making colorful tiles to brighten up a mostly beige-dominated 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 Clé, her artisan tile company. Inspired by Japanese techniques, she produced the ombré-stained tiles by placing …