Posted in Minoli
1st December 2023
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been sharing our views on the prevailing porcelain tile themes for the year ahead, framed as six design trends that embrace the latest creative ideas and production technologies. Today we recap on those with fitting examples of the new series that Minoli are launching for 2024.
Trend 01 – Encapsulating Elegance – Creating luxurious environments with marble-effects
As the appeal of ‘Quiet Luxury’ continues to grow, there’s a movement towards more minimalist environments, with a focus on timeless textures and high quality, crafted components. The key tenets of this design direction are to encapsulate understated elegance, to favour materials with enduring appeal and to focus on creating simple and serene settings in which to relax, refresh and recharge.
In support of this trend, we see the everlasting allure of iconic marble being represented with even greater fidelity in state-of-the-art porcelain tiles. For launch in early 2024, the Marvel Meraviglia Series interprets this stylish and sophisticated stoneware into five tantalising tones that each deliver a sense of authenticity over audaciousness, with a choice of tactile textures.
Trend 02 – Seamless Stoneware – Smooth and structured styles for endless applications
While natural stone can often be seen as the authentic solution for period buildings, traditional homes and even new builds that seek to fuse classic and contemporary styles, continued refinements in the design of stone-effect porcelain tiles enable more seamless applications of this seminal material.
The latest collections feature sublimely smooth and delicately structured surface treatments, so remarkable continuity can be achieved across walls and floors, inside and outdoors. With fine, homogeneous graining and unprecedented modularity of size and finish, Boost Mineral is focused around five natural and nuanced colourways which all marry meticulously with other designs in the wider Boost world.
Trend 03 – Chromatic Creativity – Combining colours that complement and contrast
The creative way designers use coordinating and contrasting colours within residential and commercial interiors is an artform in itself. Whilst last year’s launches included brighter and bolder product palettes, it’s the incessant progression of porcelain tile production techniques that delivers ever-more sophisticated and seductive chromatic spectrums.
The direction we see in the colourful collections for 2024 is that even across a broad palette, the colours are cleverly complementary, with a consistency of composition that enables both blended schemes and bolder breakpoints within designs. Perfectly aligned with this movement towards more considered colour inclusion is the new Minoli Marvel Onyx Series, with a carefully curated palette and exclusively available in a precisely polished finish.
Trend 04 – Technical Textures – Innovative designs that deliver visual variety and versatility
The reinvention of classical materials to bring tactile texture to today’s most technical interior and architectural designs is a trend that’s poised to accelerate in 2024. Over recent years, the achievements of leading designers and producers of Italian porcelain have delivered unprecedented levels of realism and also importantly consistency, in terms of the manufacturing specification and colour tone across the various finishes within a product range.
The Elysian Travertini Series encapsulates these advancements in both design and production with equal measure. Emulating the linear and layered look of limestone, this highly technical take on traditional Travertine is available in three natural and nuanced shades and with two distinct patterning effects.
Trend 05 – Purity Personified – Next level representations of the most precious and prized marble
Showcased prominently at the Cersaie 2023 International Exhibition of Ceramics were several standout porcelain tile series with precious marble and gemstone effects. Minoli’s top-flight production partners have prioritised research and development to progress these next level representations of the most sought-after stoneware and it’s the purity and precision personified in their production that will drive future demand.
This symbiosis between natural inspiration and technical ambition is delightfully demonstrated in the new Minoli Jolie Series. Purposefully produced in larger tile formats and expansive slabs to amplify their intrinsic impact, they are distinguished by distinctive designs, intricate detailing and reflective radiance.
Trend 06 – Synchronised Surfaces – Using contemporary concrete-effects as a system of surface solutions
Whilst industrial and minimalist décor styles have been in favour for some time, the emerging trend is more about the increasing versatility of applications for porcelain tiles and pavers with man-made material finishes, as an overarching system of synchronised surfaces, for residential, retail, hospitality and commercial projects.
Emphatically exemplifying this design direction is Boost Balance, as the latest concrete-look inclusion to the wider Boost Series. Distinguished by its superfine and compacted composition, Boost Balance is available in a palette of ten complementary colourways, matched by the breadth of rectified sizes and formats available.
Next week we will be sharing details of how to download the new Minoli Preview 2024 product brochure, or to request a printed copy to be delivered to your studio or home. Featuring all six of these new series, with inspirational images and detailed specifications, it’s a valuable reference for how the 2024 Design Trends are to be manifested in residential and commercial settings.
We will also shortly be publishing full details and specifications of these new ranges for launch in 2024 on our website, along with timelines for sample availability and ordering. In the meantime, if you would like to register your early interest or request to be informed when samples become available, please contact our showroom or account teams:
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
Outdoor Specific Product Enquiries – 01865 778225 / outdoor@minoli.co.uk