A new modern concrete tile collection designed by Design Milk's very own founder, Jaime Derringer.

We?ve shared lots of tile collections over the years but we?re extra excited (and probably slightly biased) to share this new range of encaustic tiles from Concrete Collaborative. In collaboration with Design Milk?s founder, Jaime Derringer, an artist in her own right, the new Strands collection features a range of modern, minimalist tiles created by the intentional merging of various lines and shapes. Jaime?s own sketchbooks served as inspiration in translating her art into tile art. The patterns are simple but can be mixed and matched in a variety of ways to create new designs. The monochromatic color palette makes the possibilities virtually endless!
We caught up with both Kate Balsis, partner at Concrete Collaborative and Jaime to learn more about how the collection came together.
How did this collaboration between Concrete Collaborative and Jaime come about"
Kate: It was really organic. We had started to make our first encaustic tiles, taking a traditional process of casting patterns in cement and modernizing the technology to make crisper lines in the patterns and have them be commercially durable tiles. I am a big fan of Jaime?s aesthetic and as I started developing patterns starting in black and white, I couldn?t help but think of her for inspiration. So I texted her some of what I started to make and we both started spit balling ideas and almost insta...