Tuesday, 3 July 2007

Beautiful inspirational book

Ah dear, bookshopping in my lunch hour is a dangerous business.

Not only do I have Europe's largest academic Waterstones a mere stagger from my office door, but there is a closing down art bookshop round the corner, from where I just had to get the following (they also had moleskine books on sale, but I resisted!)


Slightly out of focus, sorry, long evening ...

It has a whole history of tile making, from medieval floor tiles, to modern designs. Here are just a couple of them:


Art-deco shop tiles - perfect for printing or stencil designs?



Victorian tile from the Mosaic tile company, designed for decorating primary schools.

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