I need to get something off my chest, and I’m willing to bet every design-led surface consultant and installer reading this will be nodding along by the second paragraph. There are a lot of brilliant designers out there. People with a genuine eye — for proportion, for colour, for how a space should feel. I […]
This week I want to make the case for something I believe in more than almost anything else in business: you should support independent companies. Not as a warm, fuzzy idea you nod along to and forget — as something urgent. Because the industry I’ve spent my life in is changing fast, and the independents […]
There is a moment, somewhere between signing the contract on your plot and lying awake at two in the morning, where it starts. A feeling. An image in your head. The texture of a floor. The light hitting a wall a certain way. A bathroom that makes you exhale the moment you walk in. You […]
The question I get more often than any other isn’t about a specific material at Aura Surfaces. It isn’t about a brand. It’s the one almost every new client, every new architect, every friend at a dinner party eventually asks — “Hang on, what do you guys actually do?” So this week’s Surface Notes is […]
I want to do something a bit different this week. Less about a product, less about a trip — and more about where I am, where Aura Surfaces is, and what I’m starting to think the next chapter looks like. April has been, without doubt, one of the most full-on months I’ve had in business. […]
This week I wanted to do something different — so come on a journey with me to Milan Design Week. I had never been before. And in my honest opinion, if you’re a designer and you haven’t made the trip yet, you need to go. Not just for the products. For the ideas. For the […]
I haven’t been quiet — I’ve been choosing. Why stepping back for family sharpened our design-led surface consultancy, and what’s next for Aura.
This week’s article is a more personal one. It’s a direct reflection on where Aura Surfaces sits today, the journey over the last two years, and the reality of building a business that prioritises relationships, project outcomes, and long-term thinking over volume and transactions. Below, I’ve also shared a short video expanding on these points. […]
A 22,000 square foot project isn’t a “big tile order.” It’s a live, moving ecosystem of decisions. On a scheme of this scale, we’re rarely supplying one surface. We’re coordinating multiple environments: Large-format porcelain internally External paving with load requirements Engineered wood flooring across transitional zones Marble within a five-star steam room Terrazzo in high-traffic […]
The surfaces industry saw some huge changes in 2025. Huge evolution. Huge disruption. And, for those willing to see it, huge opportunity. Across the year we witnessed a clear shift, in how materials are specified, how projects are delivered, and how customers make decisions. The industry is evolving quickly, and for the first time in a […]