The past year has been one of robust growth for the interior design industry. Wellness design for alleviating stress and promoting overall wellbeing has been a top priority, as well as a sustainability-first mindset that emphasizes sustainability embedded into both the form and function of a space.”Resimercial” remains a  legitimate design movement, with designers creating flexible designs that feel more like home in both work and hospitality spaces. Industry-wide, the underlying sentiment has continued to be one of optimism and reinvention. In celebration of a fantastic year for our industry, we'd like to share a year-end recap highlighting new products, the most popular blogs, and top projects.

Top New Products

We introduced over two dozen new products in 2023, and they were all fabulous, but here's a look at our top three product picks of the year.

Best New Outdoor Product

Portico Dream 2CM Exterior Pavers

Our Portico Dream 2 CM exterior pavers collection has been a designer’s dream-come-true for it’s sophisticated, white marble look for creating chic outdoor spaces with a metropolitan mood.

Best Bang for Your Buck

Access Point Porcelain Tile

Offering some of today's most sought-after looks - including concrete, travertine, and white marble visuals — Access Point porcelain floor and wall tile is affordable, but definitely not boring! This versatile collection of always-on-point and in-stock genuine porcelain tiles as perfect for price-conscious projects.

Best New Large Format

Stylus Porcelain Tile 

Statement stones are a hot design trend, and our Stylus large format porcelain tile for walls and floors delivers with a stunning collection of colorful marbles in blues, green, and pink, calming concrete, and beautiful exotic stones.

Top Design Projects

High-End Autoplex Features Crossville Studios Tile Collections

The owner of a large Texas auto dealership specifically requested a polished look for the company's all-new building, providing Bennett Design Group LLC with a challenge to balance heavy pedestrian traffic with safety in a contemporary, modern style. The design team specified Crossville’s Shades 2.0  for the floors and porcelain tile panels by Laminam for the elevator banks. Click here for the full design scoop.

The University of South Florida Judy Genshaft Honors College

Design teams for the new University of South Florida Judy Genshaft Honors College in Tampa created a unique facility to serve talented students and faculty fostering interdisciplinary learning and creativity across multiple academic fields in the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and humanities. Read the case study and see the tile collections selected for this vast project.

Santa Fe Elementary School

A veritable rainbow of selections from our Glass Blox collection provides cheerful accents and colorful wayfinding throughout a new elementary school in Texas. The colorful glass. tiles were the perfect complement to our durable Shades 2.0 and Argent porcelain floor and wall tiles. Click here to see more photos and get the full design scoop.

Most Popular Blogs

Big, Bold Tile Style: Statement Stones

Commercial and residential designers and homeowners are increasingly favoring big, bold, “high-impact” stones such as marble and quartzite and other stand-out stones that act as statement pieces. If you're looking to add a statement stone to your next design project, Click here for a look at some fabulous natural stone and stone-look porcelain tile collections that are sure to give your space a unique wow factor.

It's Pool Season!

If you're planning for swimming pool season, we have all the inspiration you need! We offer a huge selection of pool tile, decking and coping, wall cladding, and countertop collections to make your outdoor projects come to life. Make a splash this summer — click over to our blog to learn more.
 

Everybody Wants an Outdoor Kitchen!

Since the first outdoor grill was invented in the early 1950s, we’ve loved cooking and eating outdoors. But when did the first real outdoor kitchens as we know them today come into existence? Click over to our blog for design inspiration with beautiful tile collections perfect for your outdoor kitchen design. 

As the year comes to a close, we want to take a moment to thank all Crossville Studios employees, designers, architects, builders, and homeowners for making 2023 a great year. We’re excited about what lies ahead for the design industry in 2024!