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modern farmhouse brick - the new subway tile

it's back! earlier this year we tested the waters with a farmhouse brick. the response was so good that we've brought it back with a slight tweak – we elongated the form to make it a tad more modern while keeping its rustic surface and shimmer. so if you are looking for...
announcing eskayel + clé

anyone familiar with eskayel’s fabrics, wall coverings and rugs will recognize our latest artist-tile collaboration with founder shanan campanaro. an inveterate global traveler, the brooklyn-based designer creates watercolor paintings inspired by nature and her global ventures - images that are ultimately adapted into her ethereal, eco-friendly fabrics. translating shanan’s fluid fabric patterns...
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introducing belgian reproduction

we’ve long admired the grand courtyards of northern europe and the gray patinas and refined rusticity of belgian design and have been on a quest to find a tile that would echo these elements. we discovered this exquisite blackened clay, and took a restored form of terracotta to create these belgian reproduction tiles...
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