Hamilton Park
Hamilton Park in London features Kaji Border Vintage Green and Oat, Japanese porcelain tiles produced in Japan and used across a curved kitchen island and backsplash within a refined residential interior.
Project Information
Project: Hamilton Park
Location: London, United Kingdom
Architectural Designer: Studio Tashima
Kitchen Island & Backsplash Tiles selected by: Tatjana Von Stein
Photographer: Anna Batchelor, @anbatch
Supplier: Mittsu Japanese Tiles
Tile Collection: Kaji Border
Colours: Vintage Green, Oat
Country of Manufacture: Japan
Material: Porcelain
Water Absorption: 0.02–0.07%
Surface: Textured gloss glaze
Application: Interior wall finish
Technical Data Sheet: Kaji Border
CAD Data: Kaji Border
Mittsu Image Folder: Kaji Border
Kaji Border at Hamilton Park
This residential project in Hamilton Park in London combines warm natural materials with handcrafted Japanese ceramic tiles to create a calm and finely balanced interior.
Designed by Studio Tashima, with kitchen island and backsplash tiles selected by Tatjana Von Stein, the project uses material restraint and subtle contrast to shape a kitchen that feels refined and tactile. Kaji Border in Vintage Green and Oat is used across the island and backsplash, introducing rhythm and depth without relying on decorative elements.
Curved Kitchen Island
The elongated proportions of Kaji Border establish a precise linear cadence across the room. Applied to the curved kitchen island and adjacent surfaces, the tiles create a continuous architectural language that softens the geometry of the space while reinforcing its structure.
Kaji Border is supplied on paper-fronted sheets, allowing the tiles to follow the challenging curves designed by Studio Tashima with precision and consistency while maintaining a clean and controlled alignment.
Material & Surface Character
Vintage Green introduces soft tonal movement and natural glaze variation, while Oat provides a lighter counterpoint. The darker tones visible in the photography are primarily a result of lighting and shadow rather than the tiles themselves.
Produced in Japan using high-temperature kiln firing, each tile carries natural variation in tone, gloss and surface character. These irregularities allow the tiled surfaces to respond to changing light throughout the day.
Unlike printed ceramic surfaces, the variation is created during firing, resulting in natural tonal movement rather than repeated pattern.
“This is one of the most compelling uses of Japanese ceramic tiles within a kitchen environment that I have seen,” says Ian Reynolds. “The way the curved form has been fully wrapped in Kaji Border demonstrates how ceramic tiles can become part of the architecture itself.”
Summary
At Hamilton Park, Kaji Border is used as a defining material element, shaping the kitchen through proportion, texture and continuity.
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