Don’t miss this tile talk!

The rad gals of Product Placement kick off their 2010 programming with an in-depth, behind-the-scenes chat about your favorite topic: tile trends! If you are in NYC on Monday, February 22, you must go. (This is actually a rain date, rescheduled thanks to our big blizzard on Wednesday.) The details:

6-8 PM
@ Nemo: 48 East 21st Street
Julie Taraska and Kimberly Oliver will be presenting
* space is limited! *

A little more info here!

(Also, be sure to book mark Product Placement’s fab and insightful blog, which covers all sorts of cool stories about product design!)

Nuts for coconuts! Ekobe mosaics at Nemo

At a party this week to kick off ICFF, one of my fave showrooms–Nemo Tile–was kind enough to highlight my book alongside their intriguing new product intros. This was quite a thrill for me, as Nemo was the first showroom I photographed for the book; many of the 1,500 tiles featured within are theirs. Even after the shoot wrapped, VP/technical whizz Matt Karlin and A&D sales rep extraordinaire Raymond Moore were nice enough to field my near-constant calls for advice and information about all things tile-related. (Thanks, guys!)

The last few times I’ve visited Nemo’s website, this product flashed up. My response: !!!!!!!! A quick email confirmed that this is a new coconut mosaic product, Membira, from Brazilian company Ekobe. Loooooooove.

Heading to ICFF tomorrow to check out Nemo’s all-white (!) booth–dying to see.

Tile in the glossies: Interior Design magazine

From the March issue of Interior Design magazine

 

Tile enthusiasts (yes, I’m talking about YOU!) should check out the Kitchen & Bath section of Interior Design‘s March 2009 issue: some super cool new products, from Nemo’s textured glass to insane molded shapes from Urban Archaeology. Read up!