This year, Bologna, Italy’s annual trade show highlighted the industry’s continual achievements—thicker formats, more responsive surfaces, and increasingly realistic patterns and textures.

Advanced technologies for tile and stone have enabled manufacturing larger-than-ever formats and surprising applications.

Bologna, Italy's annual trade show, held in September, showcased a welcome return to color, pattern, and texture, along with technology-driven larger formats.

At Milan's annu​al design fair, a number of creative inventions were on display. 

These materials combine commercial toughness with retro colors, classic patterns, and handcrafted details.

If you want to get a sense for what’s next in ceramic tile innovation, the annual Cersaie exposition in Bologna, Italy is not an event to glaze over.