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Colour arouses the most universal appreciation, as one of the design elements to which we are the most sensitive. Coloured tiles have an instant appeal, which we are all attracted to. Millions of tourists keep flocking to cathedrals and mosques adorned with colour, attracted by the splendour and the immediate emotional reaction it stirs up.

Colour cycles are generated by industry and the print media to stimulate consumerism making one believe that specific colours are the fashion, and as such cloning certain fashionable trends. The average consumer today, lives in a world where colour gets rationalized, and the drive this past decade, to neutral stone colours had many people living in an emotional wasteland. This is one of the reasons why colour has burst forth in more permanent construction materials as seen with tiles. The use of décor items are an easy and temporary way of bringing colour into our environment, but I think that people will intuitively react to this more personal and permanent uptake in colour when using colour tiles.

Consumers or the type of client I prefer are those seeking more permanent solutions. They desire environments that are constructed and decorated using the products of their imaginations, tapping into the self, creating a home where they can be true to themselves and not be a total slave of consumerism. Passion drives us to be true to ourselves, to explore what really matters and to liberate the self.  Enriching their personal space with coloured and decorative tiles will never be ordinary but will feed the soul and bond friendships.

Colour and tiles will and can be one of the most expressive elements because its quality affects our emotions directly and immediately. The pleasing rhythms and harmonies of decorative coloured tiles will satisfy our aesthetic desires instinctively, and custom designed tiles will fire up the senses, and put you back in touch with your sensual side, reconnecting with the age old earthiness of firing clay, glazing the surface to enhance the abode, and at the same time render a practical durable surface.

The more confident South African architects and interior designers will embrace these new possibilities using colour with tiles, and in this rainbow nation of ours this new aesthetic trend, in which colour is re-emerging with a vital force, can transform any space into a personal space, that will endure, and instil a sense of homeliness, that is unique to you and not just another clone from a magazine.

The search is on to discover our roots and to engage with our environment and our cross-relationships with other cultures. Within this process we shall discover a new source of inspiration and innovation. Colour breaths new life into ceramic tiles, breathes new life into your Habitat.

Stop the clock and ponder this question; Which colour is your favourite, why and in what way do you relate to these colours? Go to your favourite room, fetch your clothes and question the colours in front of yourself.