Posted in Minoli
15th April 2026
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring a dozen of our favourite, frequently specified ranges, with styles that emulate marble, natural stone, concrete and wood-effects. These include standard-sized tiles, extra-large slabs and beautiful small-format, retro-metro tiles with remarkable chromatic variety, so providing surface solutions for almost any design brief.
These are all produced in premium porcelain, principally with precisely rectified edges, and represent a selection of those collections most often requested by our housebuilder and developer, interior designer, architect and homeowner clients.
What’s inspiring to see is the sheer variety of Minoli ranges that are regularly ordered to fulfil design briefs. These range from prime property developments and private residences in London and the Home Counties, through to bespoke interiors for refurbishment initiatives, and more formulaic schemes for Built-To-Rent and projects requiring more concerted value engineering.
Also, while these selected series are all popular picks with our clients, they are often used in very different ways in diverse settings, through bathrooms, kitchens, ensuites and utility rooms, and indeed larger living areas and hallways. More inventive applications see some of these designs being used to clad fireplace surrounds, media walls and breakfast bars, for instance.
All this points to a more free-form decorative direction, with designers being less constrained as tile styles become more varied and inventive. We’re also seeing exciting combinations of different colourways, finishes and ranges being used to define zones within spaces and meet specific requirements for gloss or grip, on walls and floors, inside and outdoors.
Here’s a summary of those we showcased, and you can request samples of a selection of these sought-after series for any forthcoming projects.
Elysian – Elevating the effect of porcelain stoneware to new levels of architectural and aesthetic appeal, with the natural, delicate detailing of the minerals found in the original material.
Prism – With the look of super-smooth concrete and a soft resin-like sheen, the multi-toned layers and occasional dispersed markings within the super-saturated surfaces create remarkable depth.
Marvel Travertine – In Vein Cut and Cross Cut designs, this sublime collection has a dual identity, providing two sensuous surfaces for different design directions and a broad range of settings.
Marvel Diva – An iconic series of beautiful, fine Italian porcelain tiles and expansive large format slabs, with coordinating décor pieces, inspired by some of the most precious and rare marbles.
Yacht – Elegantly emulating the natural nuances and irregular inclusions of stone, in accord with the levels of quality, creativity and value that our design and development clients require.
Aland – With a dispersed and varied pattern and graceful graining through the surface, the welcoming warmth of real wood is realistically realised in these high-performance porcelain planks.
Storm – Trends of the modern day are met with timeless beauty and classic charm in this stone-effect porcelain collection with a meticulously matt, mellow finish and subtle surface patterning.
Luminous Lume – A realistically retro, subway brick effect tile, in a striking 6/24 letterbox format and fifteen creative colourways, with exquisite shade variation and a hand-crafted appearance.
Boost – Capturing the look of perfectly poured concrete with sublimely soft surface reliefs, their overlaid, tone-on-tone colour combinations create discernible depth and movement within designs.
Bowland – In the surface design we find the natural knots and gorgeous graining found in traditional timber planks, but with all the advantages of high-performance, rectified porcelain tiles.
Duolith – There’s a discernible energy in the detailed stone-effect design that brings depth and movement through the layered shading and sporadic streaks and striations in the surface pattern.
Essenza Oudh – The breadth and depth of this wonderful, wood-look series is unprecedented in terms of the choice of sizes, colours, formats and décor pieces, providing variety and versatility.
If you’d like to talk to our team about any of these frequently specified ranges or to request samples, please do get in touch.
We’d gladly discuss your needs on the phone, arrange a time for a design consultation at one of our showrooms or, for our corporate clients, arrange a meeting with your account manager.
- Minoli Oxford – 01865 778225 / showroom@minoli.co.uk
- Minoli London – 020 7474 2934 / thesurfacewithin@minoli.co.uk
- Corporate Clients – Please contact your account manager directly / developers@minoli.co.uk
Please note: Sample supply is subject to availability at the time of request. The Minoli Sample Service is provided to support residential and professional clients in making tile choices for bona fide refurbishment and development projects. Minoli reserves the right to decline sample requests deemed excessive or illegitimate. For private, residential clients, our standard sample supply package includes up to four 10 x 10 cm cut samples posted to a mainland UK address. Further quantities of samples or those sent to other locations may incur a minimal delivery charge*. For corporate and professional clients, please speak to your account manager or a member of our showroom teams to discuss delivery arrangements and requirements.