{"id":601090,"date":"2026-03-25T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/?p=601090"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:09:55","slug":"artek-and-heath-ceramics-new-tile-tables-cleverly-cohere-clay-with-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-milk.com\/artek-and-heath-ceramics-new-tile-tables-cleverly-cohere-clay-with-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Artek and Heath Ceramics’ New Tile Tables Cleverly Cohere Clay with Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cAs kindred spirits, the Artek<\/strong><\/a> and Heath Ceramics<\/strong><\/a> teams have once again come together to combine our respective crafts,\u201d says Marianne Goebl, Artek Managing Director. \u201cDesigned as a system, the Tile Table collection encourages play and experimentation with colour and texture. The results are, we believe, delightful functional companions for the home.\u201d<\/p>\n The refreshed collection\u2014a first version of which debuted in 2026\u2014is presented in a trio of signature colorways: green, white, and now terracotta red. The latter aligns well with an industry-wide return to moody tones and oh so slight Art Deco embellishments. According to both companies, this third addition evokes the purity of clay. The wood is barely treated.<\/p>\n This extended proposition\u2014the fusing of historic ceramicist Edith Heath\u2019s deftly proportioned and tone times and equally influential polymath Alvaro Alto\u2019s still emblematic bent-wood-leg Table Sqaure\u2014isn\u2019t just aesthetic. The practical\u2014durable and even hygienic\u2014application of fully glazed ceramic tiles as a table finish can\u2019t be overlooked. One has only to consider the especially efficient and cost-effective kitchen countertops of the 1990s, replaced since by equally enduring but significantly more expensive natural stones.<\/p>\n What this joining of these forces ultimately represents is the deft mirroring of values. Both boutique heritage producers rarely diverge for the central principles of beauty, utility, integrity, and longevity. Often new releases are nuanced reinterpretations of long-appreciated classics that transcend time without necessarily becoming \u201ctimeless.\u201d<\/p>\n These fresh takes tend to hold fast to a long-established, underlying understanding of succinct form-finding and resolute styling that has yet to be surpassed. And any indication of national or regional attribution\u2014what might be characterized as Finnish and Californian design\u2014is hard to decipher. Nods to their distinct natural settings are implicit, at best. These cleverly configured and finished designs are emphatically universal, enticing on both a visceral and visual level.<\/p>\n Where other brand-collabs lean bombastic and gimmicky, this collaboration makes sense. \u201cWhat keeps us coming back to this [project] with Artek is a shared reverence for natural materials\u2014clay, glaze, and wood\u2014and how they respond to use over time,\u201d says Heath Clay Studio Director Tung Chiang. \u201cIt\u2019s both a creative exchange and a close friendship, rooted in the mutual love for thoughtful making.\u201d<\/p>\n An added bonus: the Artek + Heath Chess Table. Though the brand roots this clever application as a call back to Max Ernst chess table at Villa Mairea\u2014designed by Aino and Alvar Aalto, this ingeniously unexpected second application seems to have naturally emerged from coherence of tile and table typologies\u2014an impromptu gameboard with segmented tiles doubling as chessboard files. To mark the moment, hand-thrown and hand-glazed ceramic chess pieces were imagined according to the previously outlined philosophy. The possibilities of pattern configuration are ostensibly, endless.<\/p>\n To learn more about the brands involved in this spirited collaboration, visit artek.fi<\/a> and heathceramics.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Photography courtesy of Heath Ceramics.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The expanded furniture collection continues to demonstrate the validity of complementary design brands coming together to merge their material and manufacturing expertise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":601099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[13160,454,8040,47900,13737,8922,873,8665,45,381],"internal_flag":[],"class_list":["post-601090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-furnishings","category-main","tag-art-deco","tag-artek","tag-chess","tag-chess-table","tag-game","tag-gaming","tag-heath-ceramics","tag-home-furnishings-2","tag-table","tag-tile"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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