Moon Installations
Moon ceramic tiles appear across a varied collection of retail, hospitality and commercial interiors in Japan. Their overlapping circular form creates a surface that changes from an ordered grid into something more fluid as light passes across it.
Project Information
Tile collection: Moon
Finishes shown: White Glaze, Antique Gold, Metallic Silvery Black, Oribe Green and mixed finishes
Country of manufacture: Japan
Applications: Interior walls, counters, reception areas and feature surfaces
Metallic Silvery Black
In darker retail and hospitality interiors, Metallic Silvery Black builds a deep reflective backdrop. The projecting edges catch concentrated highlights, while the overlapping centres retain darker shadow and give the wall a clear sense of depth.
Antique Gold
Antique Gold is used in dining rooms, salons and display settings. Warm ambient lighting moves across the rounded pieces, allowing the installation to shift between ceramic texture and a more luminous metallic field.
White Glaze
White installations emphasise the form through shadow rather than colour. Across jewellery stores, exhibition interiors and reception desks, the repeated circles remain visually active while supporting a pale and restrained architectural palette.
Mixed and Oribe Finishes
Mixed installations combine colours and orientations to create more expressive surfaces. Oribe Green introduces deep green pooling around warm edges, while mixed white, black and coloured pieces show how Moon can move beyond a uniform field into a bespoke composition.
A Repeating Ceramic Relief
Moon works at several scales: as a framed panel, a counter front or an extensive wall. The individual tile remains clearly visible at close range, but repeated across a larger area it forms a continuous surface with strong movement and changing shadow.
Explore Moon.
Article by Mittsu Japanese Tiles
Curated by Ian Reynolds
