Now in paperback, here is the definitive, comprehensive, and infinitely inspiring work, beloved alike by designers, homeowners, and those who crave color, beauty, and art. Tile is the history,culture, style, and brilliant illumination of the thousands of ways ceramic is being interpreted today. With "lilting prose and photographs to die for" (Booklist), Tile gorgeously details the most innovative designs in kitchens and baths, ventures into unconventional spaces like home offices, staircases, fireplaces, then moves outdoors to show "gardens of tile." A universe of subjects includes tiled furniture, displaying tile, tiling on a budget, terra-cottas, and the secret life of glazes. The thoroughly revised Sources section contains hundreds of entries for showrooms,classic potteries, artists, associations, designers, and unique tile experiences.

PART ONE:

TILE CULTURE

The Elements of Tile

PART TWO:

TILE TODAY

The Tile Universe

TILES OF ART

TILES OF CULTURE

TILES OF STYLE

MOSAICS

PART THREE:

LIVING WITH TILE

Kitchens

Baths

Iconoclastic Rooms

Outdoor Ceramics

Tile Off tbe Wall

TILED FURNITURE AND OBJECTS

FUNCTIONAL ART

COLLECTING

SOURCES

INDEX