Product & Design Trends min read

Crossville Looks at the Shape of Design

As one of the seven basic elements of design, shape is critical to every interior and exterior space. Using geometric, organic, and curvilinear shapes, designers can provoke feelings of control, reduce emotional stress, inspire creativity, and much more. Shapes are used to create a focus point in room by drawing your eye to a specific design feature. Also, they can be critical in wayfinding by adding a visual elements to define areas and guide direction. Additionally, shapes can be used for visual effects to enhance design, for instance, the application of linear shapes to elongating a small space vertically. Check out some of the following tile shapes from Crossville that not only add visual stimulation but also hit the mark on form and function.

September 10, 2020

Symmetrical, Orderly, and Proportional

Crossville’s Swatches Collection in Brilliant Deduction Mulberry

Crossville’s Swatches Collection in Neutral Territory Smokestack

Crossville’s Swatches Collection in Brilliant Deduction Petrol, Brilliant Deduction Spruce and Neutral Territory Smokestack

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Oxblood

Asymmetrical/Diverse

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Oxblood, Ghost, Rose Gold, and Goldenrod

Crossville’s Swatches Collection in Neutral Territory Shadow, Warm Silver and Smokestack

Crossville’s Swatches Collection in Necessary Objects Coal, Cotton and Stone

Crossville’s Color Blox Mosaics in Yellow Brick Road, Sandbox and Roasted Marshmallow

Crossville’s Retro Active 2.0 Collection

Diamonds and Triangles

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Charcoal and Iris

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Old Denim and Soft Teal

Crossville’s Handwritten Collection in Dear Sir, Par Vion and Post Card

Curves

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Charcoal, Goldenrod and Smoke

Crossville’s Cursive Collection in Rose Gold

Shapes and Function with Tile Mosaics

The use of mosaic tile shapes on floors are ideal for fashionable form and functionality, as the mosaic installations provide the slip resistance needed while also adding fun looks.

Crossville’s Astral Plane Collection in Magellan

Crossville’s Color Blox Mosaics

Crossville tile collections provide vast options for shape and style while incorporating form and function. With nearly endless options for customization, it’s fun to imagine designers creating walls and floors so unique there may be no look-alike.

Crossville also offers numerous resources for design inspiration including the Cursive Pattern Visualizer, a Pattern and Mosaic Builder and Cross-Vision room configuration.