Highlights From the Cersaie Exhibition of Ceramics 2026

The 43^rd edition of the Cersaie International Exhibition of Ceramic Tiles in Bologna has been in full swing this week from 21^st to 25^th September. The event attracts industry professionals, journalists and private consumers looking to catch up on the latest market trends, sector news, and the innovations and new directions that will guide the world of interior and architectural design.

The history of the Cersaie Fair, held in Bologna – the capital city of the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy – spans over 40 years as the world’s largest tradeshow for porcelain and ceramic tiles and bathroom furnishings. The show regularly attracts around 100,000 visitors, with over 600 exhibitors from organisations representing 25 countries, in 155,000 m² of exhibition space.

Traditionally, Minoli attends Cersaie to meet with production partners and choose the new collections that will be first presented to our clients in December at our annual Preview event and then launched the following year. This year there were stunning new porcelain series with traditional and more contemporary styles and highlights included:

• The development of more unified architectural surfaces that deliver harmonious textural, stone-effect treatments across diverse areas of a built environment, so delivering unmatched aesthetic continuity across interior and exterior spaces. Emulating natural stone, the designs are elevated to realise a contemporary take on the traditional, combining precisely engineered finishes with the irregular inclusions of the original material.
• Creative concrete-look designs that truly capture the essence of a poured composite, shaped by flow. Encapsulating the undulations and imperfections delivers more authentic interpretations in colourways inspired by plant life, and the elements of earth and water.
• Next level marbles in the finest porcelain featuring both calming and vivid colour combinations with which to realise the most creative interior design concepts. With unprecedented variety and versatility of format and finish, these new series are purposefully produced to set designers free with a fresh take on this timeless architectural material.

• The latest in wall tile designs in a kaleidoscope of colourways. In matt and gloss finishes, the options for incorporating colours in contemporary and classic settings is unforeseen. Presenting meticulously matt and flat surfaces, fluted and 3D motifs, and those with high gloss, crazed glazing, the latest wall tile designs encourage compositional creativity like never before.
• Wonderful wood-look collections with the most detailed and authentic representations of gorgeous graining and natural knots. The most recent innovations not only include new organic tones ranging from rich and warm to calming and cool but also designs that mimic real wood flooring with herringbone, chevron and parquet patterning.

Managing Director, Jonathon Minoli, joined Lucy Minoli and Daniel Abitabile, from our Corporate Client Accounts Team, at the event and they were very impressed by the new products showcased by the leading manufacturers. Also of note was the scale of the exhibitor stands and the innovative way in which the tiles were displayed to capture the imagination of the attendees.

Jonathon commented, “We’ve been thrilled to see first-hand the truly inspirational ranges that our leading production partners are bringing to market. The quality of design and manufacturing is unprecedented and the innovation we’re seeing in size and format is sure to appeal to our discerning client base of designers, developers and homeowners.

“The high demand for quality porcelain floor and wall tiles as today’s surface of choice is reflected in the impressive investment and attendance that we’ve seen at the show and there’s no substitute for seeing and touching the new products close-up and meeting the representatives from our production partners face-to-face.

We’re very much looking forward to launching the new series that we’ve selected to our professional, corporate, reseller and residential clients in the coming months.”