NEW YORK — New York-based designer and letterer Nicholas Misani is fascinated by the fugal convergence of traditional and … [Read more...]
Architecture | Mosaic Tile Creates a Colorful Atmosphere for Surf Resort in Mexico
NAYARIT, Mexico — The W Punta de Mita resort in Mexico wants you to relax harder than you ever have in your life. With a … [Read more...]
Tile | Remembering The Escadaria Selarón in Rio de Janeiro by Jorge Selarón
RIO DE JANEIRO — With about a week of games left in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil, we wanted to revisit some of our … [Read more...]
Interview | Carrie Reichardt on Her Revolutionary Tile
Our guest post this week is from Rosie Osborne at Free Spirit Homes. She interviewed the revolutionary UK mosaic artist … [Read more...]
Oddity | Businessman’s “China House” Built from 400 million Shards
The pet project of a wealthy businessman, China House is a palace built of porcelain. Above image: China House. Photograph … [Read more...]
Oddity | La Maison Picassiette, The House of a Million Pieces
I envy outsider artists. I envy their ability to be so wholly consumed with a project that they're able to pursue it while … [Read more...]
Best of CFile.Daily | Our Favorite Video Posts of 2015
Welcome to CFile’s Year-End Review! We're revisiting our favorite posts going back to when we first started publishing. … [Read more...]
Tile | Tobias Rehberger brings Pixelated Porn to Miami
German artist Tobias Rehberger creates sculptures, objects and installation environments that he "appropriates from mass … [Read more...]
Foto File | Photographer Sebastian Erras Reminds You to Stare at Your Feet
We've written about mosaics in out-of-the-way places today. They can be found at the bottom of pot holes or standing in the … [Read more...]
Art | Israel Antiquities Authority finds (Another) 1,700-year-old Mosaic in Lod
Twenty years ago workers constructing a highway through the Israeli town of Lod stumbled across a series of mosaic floors … [Read more...]
Public Art | Jim Bachor Subverts Potholes by using Mosaics
Winter is coming, as they say. And with winter comes weather that turns your familiar morning commute into a craggy, … [Read more...]
Video | Constructing Mosaic Piece by Piece
Exactly how labor-intensive can mosaic work be? This video walks us through the entire process in one studio. More than half … [Read more...]
Foto File | Christopher Herwig Wows us With this Soviet Bus Stop
Photographer Christopher Herwig has an impressive resume. He's bounced around the globe during his 20-year career, based in … [Read more...]
Exhibition | Robert Silverman Celebrates the Reclamation of Soviet Architecture
Robert Silverman has been a ceramic artist for more than 30 years. The founder of Alsio Design in Brooklyn, Silverman trained … [Read more...]
NewsFile | Eduardo Paolozzi Mosaics Saved!
Back in February we wrote about the danger facing Eduardo Paolozzi's mosaics which have adorned the walls of London's … [Read more...]
History File | The Lens of David Cardelús Glorifies Architect Antoni Gaudí
We try to be judicious about throwing around terms like "genius" on CFile, but if we were to start then Catalan architect … [Read more...]