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July 3rd, 2008
weekly wrap up + popham design

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happy (almost) 4th of july! i’m heading off to get ready for my trip next week so i’ll return on monday and be blogging from sunny (but cool) san francisco. i’ll be posting photos and design tidbits as i go along so stay tuned for some west coast extras in addition to our regular weekly content. until then i wanted to share a weekly wrap up of this week’s highlights and- these fantastic tiles from popham design. founded by husband and wife team caitlin and samuel dowe-sandes, popham design produces a seriously incredible line of tiles (oh how i love the chevron tiles), all designed from their studio in marrakech. originally based in LA, the dowe-sandes family dreamed of starting their own design venture and when they moved to northern africa, they decided to make their dreams come true. they now have a beautiful collection of tiles available for sale (my favorites are above and below) and you can view their full collection right here. thanks to caitlin for sending their work over!

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19 comments
Kristan said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 1:19 pm

Very neat tiles! Kind of old school but modern at the same time.

becca said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 1:52 pm

i LOVE those. they are GORGEOUS!

katiedid said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 2:18 pm

These tiles are wonderful! Thank you much for the resource. I do alot of kitchen and bath design, so these will be a great resource! ;)

July 3rd, 2008 - 4:10 pm

We have a kitchen back splash to redo. These would make a great impact. Because it’s a small space we can splurge on the price a bit. Thanks for the info.

nathalie said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 4:59 pm

loooove those designs !

July 3rd, 2008 - 5:06 pm

These are fantastic!

July 3rd, 2008 - 5:15 pm

what an adorable photo at the top!

Melissa said:
July 3rd, 2008 - 7:02 pm

San Fran is where it’s at! Those tiles are pretty cool too.

Amy C said:
July 4th, 2008 - 6:15 am

awwwwwww these are adorable

July 4th, 2008 - 8:55 am

Oh, how I could melt away in those tiles!!

July 4th, 2008 - 4:26 pm

These tiles are wonderful,and I love the story,and exotic location that goes with them!

July 5th, 2008 - 10:19 am

Wonderful!!!
Have a nice weekend

July 5th, 2008 - 5:35 pm

These tiles are seriously taking my breathe away!!!!

Z said:
July 5th, 2008 - 9:02 pm

Your blog is fantastic! I especially like the before and afters… amazing! + I just added you to my blog roll… cehck it out !

mod*mom said:
July 6th, 2008 - 1:52 pm

yay you’re in the bay area!

are you going to the renegade craft fair sunday?

Broarne said:
July 7th, 2008 - 4:36 am

I wish I could find those tiles here in Sweden…

July 7th, 2008 - 9:03 am

I love seeing cement tiles are going strong again. They were widely used in Portugal until the sixties, but most people tend to replace them by modern pavements and they’ve become an endangered species now. I love taking photos of old cement tiles:

http://flickr.com/photos/rosapomar/sets/72157603593890933/

DeeDee said:
July 10th, 2008 - 5:10 pm

These tiles are available through Ann Sacks and under the collection name of “Paccha”. 800.278.8453

maryam said:
August 16th, 2008 - 4:15 pm

I have every single one of these tiles except the octagon at my place in Marrakech. How fun to see them here!

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