Projects

Design rendering of a Smink Studio screen-printed tile mural for the Biennale project, with half-circle tiles shading from plum and terracotta to sage and cream.
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Venice Biennial Exhibition: Personal Structures
This project was our proposal for 'Personal Structures', an art biennial held in Venice. Our proposal engaged with Venice itself, but would the organisers like what we had to say?
White winding staircase rising beside a wall of black and white Smink Studio screen-printed tiles in an Imraum Design home.
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Black and white staircase wall
This renovation project, located in Provence in France, is a study in restraint. Our client knew exactly where she wanted to pitch this house which was to be both a home and a holiday rental.
Band of cream Smink Studio handmade tiles with orange and blush screen-printed half-circles in a calm, colour-rich bathroom.
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Calm, colour-rich bathroom
The goal of this project was simply to tile the shower section of a bathroom but it quickly became clear that our clients were open to something a little different and experimental.
Bright kitchen with tall windows and pendant lamps, its upper wall in Smink Studio handmade tiles shading from orange and blue to cream.
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Berlin kitchen
Our clients wanted to bring character to their light-filled kitchen in Berlin. They imagined a tiled accent wall which would bring “Mediterranean sunset vibes” with earthy terracotta colours.
Living room with a dark timber staircase and a wall of Smink Studio handmade tiles in pastel teal, pink and sand.
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Double-height staircase wall
Our clients were seeking to transform the hall and entrance porch of their new house with tiles. One condition of buying the house was, they told us, that the entrance wall be tiled.
Chef walking past a wall of vertical Smink Studio handmade tiles with amber, orange and blush screen-printed shapes at Próximo.
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Próximo restaurant, NC
Proximo is a Spanish tapas restaurant in the heart of downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The restaurant serves small plates and pintxos with a wide array of Spanish and Portuguese wines.
Leather armchair by a window beside a wall of dark brown Smink Studio relief tiles with raised concentric arcs.
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Picture window on the Dutch landscape
The owners of this Dutch house used Smink Studio tiles in three locations, most spectacularly to frame two wide windows that look out across the flat landscape and hypnotic sky.
Counter at Starter Bakery, designed by Caha Design, faced with grey and white Smink Studio screen-printed tiles.
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Starter Bakery, Oakland, California
What do loaves of freshly-baked bread and handmade tiles have in common. Surprisingly, quite a lot, and the designers of this Californian café knew how to make the most of it.
Shopfront of the Big Night shop in New York, with red double doors and large display windows.
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Big Night, New York’s party shop
Big Night is New York's party shop and it's where you'll find Smink Studio tiles on the countertop, backsplash and in the bathroom.
Full-width view of Bar Harta at the Grayson Hotel, New York, with a wall of Smink Studio tiles in navy, grey and blush.
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Bar Harta, Grayson Hotel, NYC
Bar Harta in New York's Grayson Hotel has over 900 sq. ft. of Smink Studio Quarter Circle tiles in blues, browns and greys.
Copper hand shower and niche in a shower of white Smink Studio tiles with blush, rust and ochre screen-printed shapes.
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Sensuous tiled bathroom in pink
This bathroom in pinks, yellow and ginger is soft and sensuous with rounded quarter circle shapes and a smattering of double-printed tiles.
Tiled kitchen backsplash from Smink Studio
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Backsplash
The idea for this backsplash began with an image of our tiles seen online. The palette of muted, natural colours works well in modern, minimalistic kitchens.
Master bathroom with a freestanding bath and walls of sand Smink Studio tiles with screen-printed triangles in grey and rust.
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An iconic bathroom
The combination of our handmade tiles in a cream base glaze and screen-printed colours in orange, brown and yellow makes this bathroom warm and surprising.
Bathroom with deep navy glazed ceramic tiles, a floating basin, an oval mirror and open timber shelves.
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Amsterdam home
Smink Studio Relief tiles in dark grey make a feature of this under-the-stairs wash area in an elegant Amsterdam town house.
A column tiled with Smink Studio tiles from the After Lowry range. Tile in orange, brown and grey
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Londrino
Londrino, a London restaurant serving Portuguese food, is an appropriate setting for Smink Studio tiles as they are handmade in Portugal.