Tile Awards emphasise the role of stone in interiors

摘要

Last year when we reported on the Tile Awards we said some of the entries would have felt perfectly at home in the Natural Stone Awards. This year, one of the finalists in the Tile Awards actually was entered in the Stone Awards. The company involved is Floors of Stone, although its entry in the Stone Awards was as deVol Kitchens, which is Floors of Stone's sister company. In each case, it was the new 145m~2 showrooms created from an old mill in Loughborough, Leicestershire, that had impressed the judges, gaining Highly Commended in the Stone Awards in December and being chosen as a finalist in the Tile Awards that were presented on Saturday 18 April. Last year the Tile Awards ceremony was held in London instead of its usual venue in Birmingham following a change of secretariat to marketing agency Smart Marketing Works. This year the Awards were back in Birmingham. They were presented at St John's Hotel in Solihull. Smart Marketing Works says the Awards will alternate between London and the Midlands.