KAI is proud to announce the hiring of Eduardo Ponce, RA as Senior Project Architect at its Dallas-Forth Worth, Texas office. Ponce is responsible for developing, implementing and coordinating the overall design and documentation of projects from start to finish.

Neolith®, the pioneering brand of Sintered Stone, was specified for a gorgeous 5,500 square-foot, five bedroom, five-and-a-half-bathroom house in Wainscott, New York, recently showcased on the popular Netflix show, ‘Million Dollar Beach House’.

Honorees include manufacturers, designers and showroom specialists  

Emser Tile, leading designer, marketer and producer of the world’s finest tile and natural stone, proudly announces Yakedo™ by Emser Tile as hard surfaces flooring category winner for the 16th annual Hospitality Design Awards. This year’s awards were held in a virtual format, showcasing 100 finalists out of 730 projects and 310 products submitted across nearly 40 combined categories.

Daltile is pleased to announce the launch of two new beautiful marble designs, Patriotic Calacatta and Independence Calacatta, into the brand’s ONE Quartz Surfaces American Reserve, National Marble collection.  These two new quartz products are Made in the USA with imported materials in Dal-Tile Corporation’s quartz plant in Dickson, Tennessee and are also the largest quartz slab products in the world.  Available nationwide.

Infinity Drain, the manufacturer at the forefront of architectural and decorative drains for both indoor and outdoor applications, was recently awarded a U.S. Patent (10,724,225 B2) for its innovative Compact Clamping Floor Drain design available in cast iron, PVC and ABS. This is Infinity Drain’s third patent and their first for functional performance (the previous two are aesthetic design patents).

In this issue of Contemporary Stone & Tile Design, we take a look at the latest trends in residential design, as well as mosaics and decorative tile. If anything is to be learned from flipping through the pages of this issue, it is that there are a plethora of product options to fulfill any design imaginable. As we all know, people worldwide have been living in a state of flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With Gensler, a leading global design and architectural firm, serving as the design consultant, Daltile has recently created and launched three new stunning tile lines -- My City, Sector and Flat.  The epitome of sophisticated design, these fashion-driven, cement-look lines feature unique sub-collections and align with one of the hottest trends in the design industry, urban industrial style. These porcelain tile series are available nationwide.

Tesselle recently announced its first exclusive collaboration with an outside designer. The Hedge Cement Tiles, which are in stock in four color combinations, were designed by Palm Springs-based artist, Jim Isermann. Hedge is composed of two modules that create a myriad of eye-catching patterns.

A team from Cambria collaborated with a leading hospitality firm and interior designer for a successful installation that meets the aesthetic
and practical requirements of the Anda Spa in Minneapolis