Years ago when we had a tile showroom, I found that people often suffered from FOTB – Fear Of Tile Buying. On the one hand, they were excited at all the beautiful designs on show. On the other hand, there was the necessity of Getting It Right. It’s the permanency of sticking them on the […]

For Rhythm, read Pattern. And Blues – well, all kinds of blues are in the interiors news at the moment and not likely to be going anywhere soon. Blue is apparently the world’s favourite colour and who am I to argue? There are 5 Blues in the Persian Glazes range (7 if you cheat a […]

Followers of Persian Glazes will know that they are based on an ancient Persian glaze system rediscovered and cleverly adapted for modern day use by my co-creator Noreen Jaafar. She makes wonderful designs of animals, fish, birds and insects whereas I use her colours in a more contemporary way, creating design elements which rely on […]

‘Elle Deco’ magazine is my bible these days. Of course, it could be that it is so mega-expensive to buy UK interiors magazines in Cyprus, that I only buy the one….. However, my ‘bible’ says that the current trend is ‘happy design’, and the decorating maxim to live for this season is to BE BOLD. […]

Much like seaside villages of St. Ives and Newlyn in my native Cornwall, Cyprus is a magnet for artists drawn by the quality of the light and the clarity of the colours. Whilst I have no pretensions to being an artist of that calibre, I absolutely couldn’t fail to see these amazing colours for myself […]

I thought of putting together some ‘great’ quotations from ‘great’ designers about creating ‘great’ things. Instead I found this one about mistakes.  So, as we all make ’em, I thought I’d look for some more which relate to the design world. I also found some interesting people, some I knew of and some I didn’t.  […]

When I first had my brainstorm about designing tiles, I was driven simply by the beautiful colours of Noreen Jaafar’s Persian glazes.  I kept dreaming about all the different ways these colours

…and a songbird joined Noreen Jaafar’s repertoire of beautiful tile designs created with her unique Persian glazes. This was the special new design intended for her amazing Gloucestershire Tree House featured on ‘Grand Designs’ last year, and the kiln god – that sometimes-wayward spirit known to all kiln users – had pronounced in favour! To […]

The Cersaie International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings held in Bologna is the exhibition for finding not only the upcoming (and the enduring) trends but also