Posted in Minoli
22nd January 2025
With structured surfaces and characterful compositions, our fourth Design Trend for 2025 examines new ranges with tactile finishes and three-dimensional effects.
One of the standout themes at the 2024 Cersaie International Exhibition of Ceramic Tiles in Bologna was the prominence of collections with textured, sculpted surfaces, both presenting irregular organic reliefs and with purposefully patterned, 3D designs. This notable proliferation in tactile tiles signals the further acceleration of a trend for favouring texture to bring variety of finish and appearance into environments.
Emulating concrete, stone and clay in porcelain, where more muted colour schemes are desired, textured tiles offer opportunities to add depth and detail with their structured surfaces and characterful compositions. The state-of-the-art series that Minoli are launching in 2025 are the result of extensive research and development programmes by the top-flight producers of Italian porcelain, who have also forged exclusive collaborations with renowned interior designers and architects to explore new creative directions.

Textured tiles play to the senses of both touch and sight. Whether naturally varied or featuring regular geometric forms, the surface treatments of tiles are simply tempting to touch and mesmerising to behold.
For larger, flatter format tiles and slabs, advanced production techniques have realised softer finishes, that look to have rugged, grainy reliefs, but are smooth in contact and perfectly comfortable underfoot. Rather than being rough, ingenious production techniques apply microparticles to the tile face, infilling the cavities but preserving the peaks, so retaining the desired contours and levels of grip, whilst creating an easy-clean, hygienic surface.
More sculpted décor tiles are produced using intricate moulds and punches to shape the face and deliver raised geometric forms, undulating waves, indented grooves, chiselled lines or even organic impressions of leaves and pebbles. These forms are particularly effective in matt finishes that yield less reflection.
From a visual perspective, the way natural or artificial light falls across textured tiles brings depth and movement to the settings in which they are installed. The light-kissed planes and edges are highlighted, while the relief also casts shadows to give definition and enhance the three-dimensional nature of the material. Designs can comprise finer features, which from a distance create a more homogeneous, natural effect, or those with larger scale, carved or cast forms deliver more defined patterns and ornamental motifs.
As part of the Minoli launch portfolio for 2025, from within the wider Boost Series of stone, concrete and clay-effect products, Boost Icor and Expression are contemporary collections of porcelain floor and wall tiles with a textural and three-dimensional effect for interiors and exteriors.

The Boost Icor Series is inspired by the warmth and modernity of Limestone. Captivating textures and new 3D designs make the most of the material’s natural qualities and the surface relief typical of processed stone.
The Boost Expression range includes standard sized tiles, extra-large format slabs, and a choice of delicately detailed décor designs, according to the different colourways available. Perfectly attuned to this trend for delivering tactile textures, Boost Expression was born from a desire to achieve pronounced three-dimensional rendering, amplified by a rich, modern palette of warm, contemporary tones.
The main tile and slab collection has a microfine, natural appearance that takes concrete-look products in porcelain to new levels of beauty and realism. The surface has the textural charm of a hand trowelled material, with multi-tonal layering that suggests both solidity and comfort.

Lastly, to fulfil projects with both internal and external remits, in various colours, both Boost Icor and Expression are available in 20 mm thickness Outdoor porcelain pavers, with a structured, slip-resistant surface, in coordinating sizes for alignment with the indoor specification tiles.
If you’d like to talk to our team about these on trend collections, 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
Existing Corporate Clients – Please contact your account manager / developers@minoli.co.uk