The beauty of the mosaic is its ability to take shape in different forms. Little tiles can be arranged into a one-of-a-kind design inspired by an illustration or image that holds personal meaning.

Marble tiles are often seen in a smaller-scale hexagon, but these large gray options provide a beautiful, subtle way to bring in more pattern. Dark Subway K+Co. Living / Jacob Snavely Photo ...

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It also became easier to make more complicated patterns, Lu said. By 1453, architects had started designing walls with perfectly overlapping quasicrystalline tiles.

For centuries, hand-cut mosaic tiles called Zellige (also Zelige or Zellig), made from a particular clay mixture found in Morocco, have covered walls, fountains, pools, floors, and more across the ...