Mews by Mutina — the floor that outlasts the monsoon

In cities where three months of rain audit every building material, the real specification of a floor is written in water. Mews answers with a number: 0.04% absorption - twelve times better than the standard already demands of porcelain. Humidity, mopping cycles and the monsoon itself pass over it without changing its face.

The collection was designed for Mutina in 2013 by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby, who drew its nine colors from the lanes of their own city - Fog, Soot, Pigeon, Chalk, Ink, Lead, Green, Pink, Light Blue - each blended from 15 shades so the surface shimmers quietly instead of sitting flat. Four cut-to-match formats, from the slim 5,5x45 plank to two chevron lengths and an 11x11 square, compose herringbone fields and grids with 2 mm joints.

For Indian workplaces and hospitality the details do the heavy lifting: stain resistance in class 5 survives intensive housekeeping chemicals, the glaze shrugs off thermal shock, and the frost rating means a covered terrace or portico simply continues the interior floor. Steps, corners and skirting come from the same family. Some materials promise a look; this one promises the same look in October.