clé notes

as we collectively raise our heads from the holidays, the world comes back to life. Art. Fashion. Design. Happenings. It’s a new year of wonder, curiosity, adventure, taking new risks, going down new rabbit holes. What will yours be like?

Perfection is an illusion. At clé, we prefer to find beauty in the blemishes.

given that most of us are looking at a little holiday downtime we’ve put together some ideas for how to use that time with our winter fixations.

here are some of our team’s favorite pairings (playing with color, finish, shape, material) to get that inspiration started.

The clé guild is where icons of the future are being created, starting with our collection of artisan glazed thin brick tile: clé Guild Fundamentals and clé Guild New California. Their essence? Integrity born of purity and restraint.

we may have started to receive holiday gift guides, but we’re firmly in the here-and-now and reveling in the bounty of design, art, and culture on tap. from the big events to the more intimate and idiosyncratic moments, it’s quite the cornucopia.

Patina is the way “living surfaces” like wood, leather, metal and clay mark the passage of time. At clé, it’s part of our design DNA — part of the beauty of imperfection that we embrace wholeheartedly.

ideas for installing tiles using cinema collection: mythology’s color stories. from checkerboards to stripes to staggered designs, mythology allows you to express yourself — with confidence.

whether october brings a blast of heat or apple picking weather, it's always “what ever am I/the kids/the dog/the cat (don’t you dare) going to wear for halloween?” wherever you are, here’s what we think will serve as distraction and inspiration