TILE DESIGN AND USE
03109 THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO CERAMIC AND STONE TILE £13.99
Edited by Jerri Farris, Creative Publishing International, USA, 2003, 256pp, fully illustrated throughout in colour, quarto paperback
Subtitled “Techniques and Projects with Ceramic, Natural Stone and Mosaic Tile”, this is an excellent tile installation and project manual. It covers the subject very thoroughly and in good depth, without being too technical for the layman. An excellent add-on sale for tile shops and distributors (please contact us for trade prices).
20059 THE TILE IDEA BOOK £14.95
Andrew Wormer, Taunton Books, USA, 2005, 154pp, fully illustrated throughout in colour, quarto, paperback
An interesting if somewhat run-of-the-mill American book on how to choose and use tiles in the home. Nicely illustrated and with some novel ideas.
20062 TILE STYLE £19.95
Heather E Adams & Earl G Adams Jr., Stewart, Tabori & Chang, USA, 2006, 192pp, fully illustrated throughout in colour, cloth, dustwrapper, 29 x 23cm
This is a very glossy coffee table book on the use of tiles in modern homes featuring mainly American tiles in a wide variety of types and designs, although concentrating on geometric design achieved with plain and stone pattern tiles. A comprehensive fixing section is included.
16074 PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LAYING FLOORS £14.99
Dennis Jeffries, Apple, 2004, 144pp, illus throughout in colour, paperback
This is an excellent ‘lay-man’s’ guide to laying all manner of floors from ceramic, terrazzo and mosaic to carpet, wood and laminates. It even includes a section on leather floor tiles! The instructions are graded from beginner to specialist and the sections have clear illustrations showing how to lay each type of flooring.
13177 MOULDING,ASSEMBLING, DESIGNING: Ceramics in Architecture £19.95
Various authors, ASCER, Spanish Tile Ceramic Manufacturers Association, 2006, English text, 151pp, over 200 colour illustrations + numerous plans and drawings, 27.0 x 22.0cm, plastic laminated covers
A study of the use of tiles as an integral part of modern architecture. Features a number of radical case studies including such concepts as bending tiles into shape. A fascinating introduction to the use of tiles in conceptual architecture, superbly illustrated and well described in readable English.