OUTERclé LAUNCHES A FIRST: ITALIAN TILE FOR POOL AND THE OUTDOORS
DESIGNED BY MILAN DESIGNER CRISTINA CELESTINO

Now, pool design is ready to enter a new era, courtesy of advanced technical clays and the design prowess of Italy’s Cristina Celestino.

San Rafael, California. September 4, 2024. In the US, outdoor design options and materials have been severely limited, largely starved of color, pattern and shape. OUTERclé changes that. This just-launched definitive source for outdoor materials — both traditional and unconventional — offers a dynamic new vision for gardens, pools, gathering spaces, and landscapes.

The new company’s latest collection — Tivoli Tech designed by acclaimed Milan designer Cristina Celestino — is the perfect embodiment of this vision.

Tivoli Tech fuses Milanese wit and sophistication with Italy’s most advanced technical clays, courtesy of Celestino’s creative development with storied Italian tilemaker Fornace Brioni. The Fornace Brioni + Cristina Celestino collection of outdoor tile is exclusive to OUTERclé in the US.

Photograph by ​​Mattia Balsamini

Italian classic craftsmanship meets modern technology
The ceramic material for Tivoli Tech was developed by fourth-generation tile makers Fornace Brioni. This outdoor formulation — the result of intensive research and development — resulted in an ultra-high quality through-body technical clay that is freeze-thaw rated, resilient to pool chemicals, and is UV and slip-resistant.

Behind the design
Tivoli Tech echoes the terracotta and ceramic interior versions of Celestino’s popular Tivoli pattern available from clé. Award-winning Tivoli graces homes, hotels, and public spaces around the world — but only indoors.

Celestino’s original source of inspiration was classic Italian garden design with its regular and delightful geometry of trees, topiaries and sculpted hedgerows. Tivoli Tech represents a return to the outdoor roots of its inspiration.

An unprecedented collection of tile for pools
Tivoli Tech joins OUTERclé’s unparalleled offering of 850 plus tiles for pools, pool waterlines, and poolside. This selection of richly colorful tiles and mosaics from Italy in a wide range of unexpected hues (from classic blues to fiery reds and even gold and metallics) and a retro-glamorous collection of glass rondelles, along with poolside-friendly brick, terrazzo, and stone.

PRESS CONTACT
Regina Connell, reginaconnell@cletile.com

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About OUTERclé
Created by the team behind clé tile, OUTERclé is the new, definitive source for outdoor materials and design.

Launched spring 2024, OUTERclé gives designers, architects, and their clients a large world of vibrant new options — from tile to hardscaping to elements that blur the line between sculpture and furniture — with which to transform and rethink the design of their outdoor spaces.

In the same way clé turned artisan tile from a rare, niche material to a beloved design mainstay, OUTERclé’s mission is to bring a new universe of color, materials, and expression to the outdoors, from patio to pool, pathways to porticos.