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Get Outside With Tivoli Tech Tiles by Cristina Celestino for OUTERclé

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What a relief that maximalism is now well accepted within the design community. For the past decade or so, the renter-friendly ‘beige-ification’ of homes, decor, and even children’s products is pervasive as much as it is dreary. Color is biologically pleasing to us, and can have incredible mental benefits. The new Tivoli Tech tile collection by designer Cristina Celestino for OUTERclé encourages us to bring some color to our outdoor spaces as well, highlighting the need for joy throughout all parts of our homes.

A patio with Tivoli Tech tiles, two green chairs, a potted plant, and lemons, including one lemon on the floor.

Clé is a go-to design brand for luxury surface treatments. OUTERclé is their outdoor counterpart, taking the party outside with their new line of tiles with Milan-based designer Cristina Celestino. As funky and fun as it is technical, these tiles are heat and UV resistant, freeze thaw rated, and slip resistant. Not to mention, they can also be used with radiant heating systems for underfloor warmth. Welcoming historical influences readily into her work, Celestino pulls from a long history of Italian tilemaking to design this stunning collection.

A chair partially visible on a tiled floor with Tivoli Tech green and pink oblong tiles, scattered leaves, and a leafy branch overhead.

Tivoli Tech tiles featuring rectangular and elongated oval patterns, with subtle rain spots.

“I think there is nothing more homey, traditional, and reassuring than an earthenware floor. Our objective has been to play with the basic values of the material – Italian identity, excellent quality, durability – and to forcefully bring out its aesthetic connotations, preserving its typical materiality. I have conserved the material’s authenticity, shaping it with references to forms and geometry deeply rooted in the Italian cultural imaginary. We have achieved a result that is totally original, but continues to be reassuring, finding a balance between nostalgia and progress in design,” explains Celestino.

Cristina Celestino stands in a design studio, looking at a tablet. Various tile samples are displayed on shelves behind, and a table with more samples is in the foreground.

Cristina Celestino at Fornace Brioni Headquarters \\\ Photo: Valentina Sommariva

Celestino is a multidisciplinary designer, spanning the breadth of interior design, furniture, and tile. Serving as the creative director of Fornace Brioni, storied Italian tile maker, Celestino dives deep into the technical specifications of the product. Originally only for indoor use, the Tivoli Tech collection employs state-of-the-art material technology to take these tiles outside. This splash of color plays off the organic hues in the landscape, a harmonious addition to nature’s oldest and most enduring designs.

A swimming pool with a blue and white pattern on the floor is shown. The water is rippling, and there are green leaves in the corners of the image.

Underwater view of a swimming pool, showing Tivoli Tech light blue tiles with alternating dark blue and white rectangular patterns.

A Tivoli Tech tile by Cristina Celestino with interlocking shapes in muted green and peach tones on a white background.

Verde Grigio + Verde + Arancio Salmone

A Tivoli Tech tile geometric shapes in brown, beige, and tan hues, arranged in a symmetrical pattern on a white background.

Marrone Caffè + Beige + Marrone Fango

A Tivoli Tech tile featuring a symmetrical arrangement of blue, light blue, and beige rectangular and rounded shapes on a white background.

Blu Verdastro + Bianco Perla + Turchese

A tile featuring vertically and horizontally aligned blue, beige, and navy rectangular shapes with rounded and notched ends against a white background.

Turchese + Blu Verdastro + Bianco Perla

Fornace Brioni is a tiling powerhouse, founded in 1920 and still family owned, four generations later. With a specific focus in restoring traditional floors, the firm specializes in handmade tiles with historical ties. Crafted with the utmost care paid to the longstanding Italian tradition of tilemaking, the cotto used for the tiles is made from simply rainwater and clay, sediments slowly deposited along the Po River. Clay is an astounding material, able to be used and reused at basically every stage of the firing process. This makes production circular and sustainability built into the natural qualities of the material. The Tivoli Tech collection is available in 4 colorways, each balanced in a way that adds interest and joy throughout the plane.

A portrait of Cristina Celestino, a woman with dark hair in a ponytail, wearing a black striped top and green leather pants, sits on a gray sofa next to a coffee table with books and decorative items. Pale curtains are in the background.

Cristina Celestino \\\ Photo: Sara Magni

For more information on the Tivoli Tech collection, visit outercle.com.

Photography by Mattia Balsamini, except where noted.

Growing up in NYC has given Aria a unique perspective into art + design, constantly striving for new projects to get immersed in. An avid baker, crocheter, and pasta maker, handwork and personal touch is central to what she loves about the built environment. Outside of the city, she enjoys hiking, biking, and learning about space.

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