Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The corner of architect Aida Bratovic\u2019s Edwardian home in London has become a magnet for people posing for selfies. For the exterior cladding she used midnight-blue tiles as a nod to the property\u2019s past as a shop and post office. The glazed backdrop, both \u201cfamiliar and unexpected,\u201d says Bratovic, has become a local talking point.Ceramic tiles are increasingly spilling out of bathrooms and kitchens, as interior designers\u00a0take their cues from mosques and palaces, cathedrals and chapter houses to add a glazed gleam to doorways, floors, furniture and exteriors. In the 19th century they were seen as practical and hygienic. For the Modernists, glazed surfaces softened the austerity of glass and concrete. Minimalists were less keen. Decorative tiles were replaced by monolithic slabs of grey or beige. For a while, tiles became boring. No longer.For designer Scott Maddux it is their \u201cintricacy\u201d that appeals. \u201cYou can use tiles to break up large expanses in an interesting way.\u201d A recent London project featured a column clad in earth-toned tiles, creating \u201ca softened version of Brutalism,\u201d he says.\u00a0For an art collector\u2019s study, where the brief was to \u201cbe different\u201d, interior designer Olivia Outred used chevron-tiled flooring in tutti-frutti hues. Delft-style squares embellish the doorway to designer Angus Buchanan\u2019s sitting room. A library recently designed by Nicola Harding is lined with inky-black brick tiles. For a dining nook, Studio Ashby commissioned a bucolic glazed mural by artist Anna Glover, made by British tile manufacturer Balineum.Balineum founder Sarah Watson emphasises the decorative and architectural possibilities of tiles: \u201cThey add depth and movement, like the play of light on water. You don\u2019t get that from paint or wallpaper.\u201d She encourages clients to use her customisable designs \u2014 available with mottled glazes, hand-painted details or lively figures and animals \u2014 with \u201cabandon\u201d, for stair rises, bars or around doorways.Petra Palumbo has a similar attitude. Her ceramics, transfer printed in Stoke-on-Trent, can be contrasted or matched with her collection of wallpapers in wobbly candy stripes and florals. \u201cThe less orthodox the better,\u201d says Palumbo.It\u2019s the approach Belgian-born ceramicists Koen Meersman and Kris Scheerlinck, co-founders of Boquita de Cielo, took when they found damaged 19th-century tiling in their former home in Ghent. Instead of \u201clamenting\u201d their loss, the duo, now based in east London, decided to make their own.\u00a0With a background in architecture and interiors, their 1970s-style murals, tiles and tableaux are designed to add brightness and texture. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about decoration, but changing the atmosphere of a space,\u201d says Meersman, citing a project embellished with the fashion-designer client\u2019s hallmark stripe. Another project consisted of 4,000 tiles, all handmade and signed. \u201cThey are brothers and sisters. Or distant cousins,\u201d says Scheerlinck of their tiles. \u201cNo two are the same.\u201dBrent Dzekciorius\u2019s interest in architectural ceramics began with a quest to develop materials \u201cwith longevity \u2014 and a narrative.\u201d The brick-shaped tiles \u2014 a collaboration with Milanese designers Formafantasma \u2014 are glazed using volcanic ash from the foothills of Etna. It took months of experimentation to achieve the warm hues.\u00a0\u00a0Ash is typically used as fertiliser. Dzekciorius, who previously had a career in exhibition design, likes the idea of turning an agricultural staple into an aesthetic material. His ExCinere tiles have been used for columns, planters, a bedhead and a fountain in a garden designed by artist Anthea Hamilton for gallery Studio Voltaire.In Britain, ceramics production peaked in the 1900s. \u201cMost of the major [pottery] firms like Mintons or Burmantofts produced tiles,\u201d says Kate Cadman, curator at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in Shropshire. They were exported across the world. At the Mysuru Palace in India, says Cadman, a floor is decorated with \u201cglorious\u201d peacock-embellished tiles by Shropshire-based Maw & Co.Matthew Raw\u2019s furniture draws on his research into those 19th-century production methods. His cabinets and side tables, sold by the New Craftmaker, are clad in handmade tiles. The lustrous tones mimic Victorian glazes that were originally based on lead.\u201cVictorian tiles were so rich \u2014 and juicy. The colours are always changing, drawing your eye,\u201d says Raw, who won a Jerwood Makers prize in 2014 for his tile-clad \u201cimaginary\u201d pub installation. \u201cThat\u2019s what I celebrate.\u201dFind out about our latest stories first \u2014 follow House & Home on Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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