Smoke Curved Tile

Thickness matters for thresholds, doors and durability alike: Carreau Courbe Fumée measures 16 mm, the classic build of a genuine cement tile. Add the adhesive bed when calculating finished floor height. This 20 x 20 cm square by studio Heju for Carocim, in pale pink and taupe, is equally at home on floors and walls, indoors or out.

No, diagonals deserve a little more generosity: every row ends in angled cuts, so waste runs higher than in a straight grid where 10% is the usual allowance. Order your Carreau Courbe Fumée with a wider margin, in one batch — handmade Carocim production varies subtly between runs — and keep leftover cement tiles for future repairs.

Texture and colour respond differently to sunlight: the dense pressed surface of Carreau Courbe Fumée is not altered by light, while its pale pink and taupe pigments are shielded by the anti-UV treatment Carocim applies systematically for outdoor use. Neither should suffer in the sun; only missing sealer or acid cleaners genuinely threaten this cement tile.

Three core motifs — Arche, Cercle and Courbe — form the Heju collection around Carreau Courbe Fumée, each in several colourways. Limited editions are not documented here, but Carocim's catalogue evolves and its U colour chart already allows near-unique custom palettes. For news on special releases of these cement tiles, watch Carocim.com or ask Carocim directly.

Recognition, in this case, comes from a studio: heju, the design duo behind Carocim's collection of arches, circles and curves. Carreau Courbe Fumée carries their hallmark — slender curves, organic shapes, a pale pink and taupe palette of great delicacy. A cement tile signed by contemporary designers rather than an anonymous archive, and it shows.