Kros Vanilla & Midnight Blue Check

nostalgia went into this drawing: Carreau Kros Vanille & Bleu Nuit is a brand-new design by Baptiste Vandaele for Carocim, not a reissue. Its interlaced diagonals forming a midnight-blue cross on vanilla speak today's graphic language, while the handmade cement tile craft behind it keeps a foot in tradition.

Stairs are demanding — constant traffic, focused wear — and a dense 16 mm handmade cement tile like Carreau Kros Vanille & Bleu Nuit can rise to it when properly installed: solid double-buttered bedding, fine joints, sealed surface. Ask Carocim and your tiler to validate nosings and edge finishing for a safe, elegant result.

Yes, confidently. Carreau Kros Vanille & Bleu Nuit belongs to Carocim's outdoor range, which receives a systematic anti-UV treatment protecting the vanilla and midnight-blue pigments from fading. For an outdoor kitchen, add a water- and oil-repellent sealer against splashes and grease, and clean this cement tile with pH-neutral soap.

Fine, regular joints are the rule for a cement tile: they let the midnight-blue cross of Carreau Kros Vanille & Bleu Nuit connect visually from tile to tile while absorbing the slight variations of handmade production. Combine them with double-buttering adhesive, as Carocim advises, and never grout with acid-based products.

One thing is certain: as a handmade Carocim cement tile, every batch of Carreau Kros Vanille & Bleu Nuit already has a touch of the limited series, pressed piece by piece. For genuinely exclusive colourways or special editions within Baptiste Vandaele's collection, contact Carocim — the catalogue evolves with the designer's work.