clé notes

for years, our clients have been asking about tile for the outdoors, and specifically pool tile. the search for vibrant, expressive materials for pool basins, waterlines and decks is over.

Our Belgian Reproduction tile taps into the Northern European aesthetic — moody and mysterious, earthy and elegant, romantic yet austere. Whether you’re a devotee of the Flemish Masters or the Antwerp Six, this collection of handcrafted terracotta tile — in Flemish Black, Flemish Red and Flemish Ink — will endow a look that captivates and beguiles.

the so-called dog days are upon us, but if we’re talking torrid temps, a far more apropos — if not attractive — designation would be sultry... your monthly fix of our fixations.

The Guild Diaries are a look behind the scenes at the clé Guild: a chance to go deep on process and find out why we venerate brick as much as we do. Starting with the journey to new pink-toned bricks.

summer travel, summer vacation, summer vibes. here’s clé’s list for what to do, see, watch, taste, and smell.

Things are heating up, literally, figuratively, and so many ways to play. Fall for something fresh, or see an old love through new eyes.

With our latest clé guild exploration, we wanted to rethink "neutral": a term we, at clé, watch like a barometer of the times.

Launched in 2019, The Guild is clé’s in-house, artisan tile workshop. New California, the Guild’s second collection, is a line of ultra-small batch thin brick tile inspired by the colors of beach and bluff, forest and meadow. With subtle shifts of shading and random speckles caused by mineral deposits in the locally sourced clay, New California is a love letter to our West Coast home.

for those in the design industry, there’s only one thing on our minds: Milan. We’ll highlight a few of those items we’re looking forward to, but remembering that there is a world beyond Milan, here’s your clé list for April.