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In the wake of COVID – 19, the experience with 2020’s tile design trends at Coverings was reimagined in an expanded digital format, Coverings Connected. This virtual format allowed a close-up of Coverings features, including a digital showcase of 900+ exhibitors and hundreds of new product images, educational webinars, podcast interviews with industry experts, live chats, a personal trend tour by industry expert Alena Capra, and more.

With so many shapes, sizes, patterns, textures, and colors available, trends continue to highlight that ceramic tile offers an aesthetic for any space, indoors or out, residential and commercial design alike. Applications include floors, walls, backsplashes, fireplace surrounds, outdoor living, restaurant spaces, bathrooms, bedrooms, and hotel lobbies. We said ANY space, and we meant it.

This year, Coverings Connected shared these trends in abundance, showing yet again that the versatility of ceramic tile is truly tile’s greatest strength — the ability to answer any use with innovation, unique beauty, and durability.

The design trends presented at Coverings Connected promised an exciting and innovative year for the tile industry. Here’s a review based on new products being offered.

Psychedelic 

They say that “everything old is new again,” and the same goes for tile. Retro-inspired design and midcentury modern interiors are making a return. Tile manufacturers are responding with radical references to the 1960s and ’70s with bright, psychedelic colors, playful geometries, and trippy patterns galore!

Industrial Chic 

In contrast to the warm, rustic, or potential rural feel of wood-look tile, we are starting to see an emphasis on urban design and its aesthetic traits in 2020. Concrete- and stone-look tile options enrich environments with a chic artfulness while opening the door to endless, unique style options.

Modernized Marble 

Traditionally inspired ceramic materials, such as emulated marble, have been modernized to adapt to the contemporary styles of 2020. Highly sought-after luxurious designs typically reserved for floor tiles have been converted into large ceramic slabs now used for countertops, bathroom vanities, walls, and more.

Speckled Surfaces 

Given postmodernism’s recent comeback in the world of design, it’s not surprising to see speckled surfaces as one of this season’s biggest tile trends. Look for designs that display playful chips and fragments, both large and small, embedded in different sizes, shapes, and colors of tile. This trend features technicolor dots and specks, and modern interpretations of terrazzo.

Large-Scale Patterns 

In 2020, we will see a shift from minimalistic designs toward ceramic tiles with big, bold patterns that instantly catch the eye. Available in a multitude of shapes and color schemes, large pattern tiles are perfect as an accent piece or architectural element in an understated space, turning surfaces into true works of art. Large-scale pattern tile is also taking the form of nonsquare geometric shapes.

(Source: The tiles of INDIA)