In the world of architectural surfaces, innovation rarely comes from trends alone. It comes from conversations on project sites, during sample reviews, and in discussions where designers articulate what existing materials cannot do.
At Palladio, our mosaic tiles have always evolved this way.
A Mosaic Collection Built Through Design Dialogue
The Palladio Hotmelt Collection has long offered architects and specifiers a refined range of glass and mosaic tiles designed for precision, durability, and greater control over surface layout and visual outcome. Over time, the collection grew to include five carefully developed sizes:
- 1.2 × 1.2 cm
- 2.5 × 2.5 cm
- 1.2 × 2.5 cm
- 2.5 cm Hexa
- 4 cm Long Hexa
Each size was introduced to serve a distinct purpose, whether for intricate detailing, subtle directionality, or structured geometric layouts across walls, pools, and architectural features.
Yet as projects became more expressive and spatial geometries more complex, designers began asking for something more.
- Not another colour.
- Not another finish.
- But a shape that could break away from rigid square grids.
Why Triangle Glass Mosaic Tiles?
Through months of discussions with architects and specifiers, a clear insight emerged: alongside established square and hexagonal formats, there was a growing interest in introducing additional geometric options that could support angular detailing, directional layouts, and adaptable pattern compositions across diverse surfaces.
Designers were seeking triangle mosaic tiles that could:
Introduce sharper geometry
Allow layouts to shift direction naturally
Create structured yet dynamic patterns
Perform well across flat surfaces
Responding to this need, we introduced the 3.5 cm Triangle Glass Mosaic Tiles under the Palladio Hotmelt Collection, our sixth size and a significant expansion of the collection’s geometric vocabulary.
The 3.5 cm Triangle: Designed for Architectural Control
The 3.5 cm triangle glass mosaic tile is designed at an intentional scale. It is distinct enough to define feature areas and water bodies, yet proportioned to maintain surface clarity and visual balance.
When laid in repeated patterns, the triangle creates strong directional geometry. When rotated or combined thoughtfully, it allows designers to build custom patterns that add depth, visual interest, and architectural character, offering an additional geometric expression within Palladio’s mosaic range.
This format offers greater layout flexibility while retaining the precision and finish expected from Palladio’s hotmelt glass mosaics.
Where Triangle Mosaic Tiles Work Best
The new Triangle format expands design possibilities in applications where surface geometry plays a defining role:
- Swimming pools and water bodies, where angular patterns enhance depth and light reflection
- Spa and wellness spaces, supporting structured yet calming surface compositions
- Feature walls and reception areas, where geometry becomes a focal design element
- Steps and columns, where triangles adapt more naturally than square mosaic tiles
For architects, this means greater freedom in translating concept geometry into buildable surfaces. For specifiers, it offers a versatile size suited to a wide range of premium residential and commercial projects.
Design Possibility as the Starting Point
While the Hotmelt Collection explored clarity, precision, and geometric discipline, it also revealed a natural boundary. Certain shapes, surface textures, and tactile expressions simply cannot be achieved through hotmelt technique.
The Palladio Sintered Collection was introduced to move beyond that boundary.
Sintering allows for a level of shape definition and surface texture that hotmelt method cannot replicate, across formats. This opened up entirely new design possibilities: softer edges, deeper surface play, and formats that feel more expressive on the wall.
What emerged was not just a different technique, but a different visual language. The same colour, when rendered through sintering, behaves differently. Light settles into the surface and…. Shapes feel more sculpted. Walls gain a sense of movement and presence that changes as you move through the space.
The Palladio Sintered Collection exists to support this kind of expression: where form, texture, and surface interaction become the focal point, and where mosaics are experienced not just as patterns, but as surfaces that shape the atmosphere of a space.
What Makes the Sintered Collection Different
Manufactured using recycled glass and a sintering process, this collection is engineered to perform in demanding environments without compromising on surface quality.
The Palladio Sintered Collection is available in:
- 1.5 cm & 3 cm Round Penny
- 2.5 cm Hexa
- 3 cm Clover
Across 54 stock-keeping units (SKUs), these formats are offered in curated colour options, giving specifiers clarity of choice while ensuring consistency across projects. Each SKU represents a colour-format combination, allowing precise specification without unnecessary complexity.
Applications of Sintered Glass Mosaic Tiles
Designed for environments where durability and visual integrity are critical, the Sintered Collection is well-suited for:
- Accent walls
- Spas and wellness centres
- Steam rooms and saunas
- Hotel pools and water features
Sintered mosaics have a naturally gentle surface variation, unlike the perfectly flat finish of hot-melt mosaics. Softer geometries such as round, hexa, and clover formats pair particularly well with wellness-focused architecture, where surface comfort and longevity go hand in hand.
Expanding the Palladio Mosaic Language
With the introduction of performance-driven Triangle glass mosaic tiles in the Hotmelt Collection and the Sintered glass mosaic tiles, Palladio continues to expand its mosaic offerings through real design conversations.
Together, these launches offer architects, designers, specifiers and channel partners a broader, more adaptable range of mosaic tiles, shapes and materials that respond to both creative intent and practical demands.
Because at Palladio, every new format begins not with a trend, but with listening.
