LUX Grand Baie
LUX Grand Baie Pool Residence in Mauritius features Yuki Border Speckled White, a Japanese porcelain tile collection produced in Japan and used to create calm, texture and light movement within a refined hospitality bathroom interior.
Project Information
Project: LUX Grand Baie Pool Residence
Location: Grand Baie, Mauritius
Designer: Kelly Hoppen Interiors
Supplier: Mittsu Japanese Tiles
Tile Collection: Yuki Border
Colour: Speckled White
Country of Manufacture: Japan
Material: Porcelain
Surface: Textured gloss glaze
Application: Interior wall finish
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Yuki Border at LUX Grand Baie
At LUX Grand Baie in Mauritius, Japanese ceramic tiles are used to create a calm and refined bathroom environment within the resort’s pool residences.
Designed by Kelly Hoppen Interiors, the space uses a restrained material palette where light, proportion and surface texture define the atmosphere. Yuki Border in Speckled White is applied across walls and shower enclosures, introducing a subtle vertical rhythm that enhances the sense of height and light within the bathroom.
Material & Surface Character
Each Yuki Border tile features a gently concave surface, allowing light to move softly across the installation. This creates controlled shadow lines and subtle highlights, adding depth without increasing visual weight.
The pale speckled glaze reflects natural light and contributes to a bright, understated interior. As the light shifts throughout the day, the surface reveals gentle variation in tone, giving depth to an otherwise minimal palette.
Produced in Japan using high-temperature kiln firing, each tile carries natural variation in tone, gloss and surface character. These irregularities prevent the installation from feeling flat while maintaining a calm and consistent overall appearance.
Unlike printed ceramic surfaces, the variation in Yuki Border is created during firing, resulting in natural tonal movement rather than repeated pattern.
About Yuki Border
Yuki Border is a Japanese porcelain tile collection characterised by its elongated concave profile, textured glaze and natural tonal variation created during high-temperature kiln firing in Japan. The concave surface allows light to move across the tile, creating shifting highlights and shadow lines that give the installation depth and rhythm.
Why Japanese Porcelain Tiles Were Selected
Japanese porcelain tiles are fired at extremely high temperatures, creating a dense ceramic body with very low water absorption and exceptional surface durability. Combined with naturally varied glazes formed during kiln firing, this allows tiled surfaces to retain depth, movement and material character under changing light conditions.
“Yuki Border is about quiet detail,” says Ian Reynolds. “The concave surface creates a soft interaction with light, while the glaze introduces natural variation. It keeps the surface subtle, but never flat.”
Summary
At LUX Grand Baie, Yuki Border is used to support a restrained hospitality bathroom interior, shaped through light, proportion and the quiet surface movement of glazed Japanese ceramic.
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FAQ
What tiles were used at LUX Grand Baie?
Yuki Border Speckled White Japanese porcelain tiles by Mittsu Japanese Tiles.
Are Yuki Border tiles made in Japan?
Yes. Yuki Border is produced in Japan using high-temperature kiln firing.
What makes Yuki Border suitable for hospitality bathrooms?
Yuki Border combines a durable porcelain body with a concave surface and natural glaze variation, allowing bathroom interiors to retain depth, texture and light movement.
Why does Yuki Border create soft shadow lines?
The tile has an elongated concave profile, allowing light to move across the surface and create gentle highlights and shadow lines.
Why does Yuki Border have variation in colour and tone?
The variation is created naturally during kiln firing, where differences in glaze thickness, temperature and atmosphere produce subtle tonal shifts across each tile.
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