The Pantone Color Institute announced its pick for the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year on Wednesday, December 4, 2025. Next year’s color is PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a billowy white imbued with a feeling of serenity.
The International Surface Event (tise), North America's largest and most influential gathering for flooring, stone and tile professionals, delivers an all-encompassing experience featuring the latest products, trends and technologies that are shaping the future of the industry. The 2026 expo will be held January 27th to 29th (education January 26th to 29th) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.
LX Hausys America Inc., an innovative manufacturer of building and decorative materials, announced that three of its premium surfacing products -- HIMACS Calacatta Albero, HIMACS Calacatta Costa and Viatera Taj Duna -- have been selected as 2025 Product Innovation Award recipients by Architectural Products, i+s (Interiors + Sources) and BUILDINGS magazines.
Anatolia is proud to announce its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of design innovation, refined craftsmanship and visionary leadership in premium surfaces. From its humble beginnings as a distributor in Markham, Ontario, Anatolia has grown into an internationally recognized brand and manufacturer shaping spaces worldwide.
Summumstudio has been honored with two awards in the first edition of the XTONE Awards thanks to VS Office – Kepri Management, a project that reinterprets the way we live and work within a single space. The studio received an Honorable Mention in the Singular Project category and the First Prize in Furniture Design -- both awarded to the same project, celebrated for its material coherence and contemporary vision.
Coverings, scheduled for March 30 to April 2, 2026, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, has extended the deadline to Tuesday, December 16th for two programs: submit your best projects to the Coverings Installation & Design (CID) Awards and nominate a young emerging leader to the Coverings Rock Star program.
Louisville Tile Distributors, Inc. (“Louisville Tile”), one of America’s largest and longest-tenured distributors of ceramic tile and related products, recently hosted its second annual, record-breaking “Tile on the Turf” event at the exclusive Club SI at Churchill Downs. On an unseasonably beautiful sunny day, nearly 400 attendees -- including valued clients, industry partners and employees -- gathered for a day of excitement, networking and celebration.