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edited by Alexa Yablonski -- Interior Design, 10/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Circular logic

1. Floating Spheres in retro lime. 2. Floating Spheres in sand. 3. Cats Eye in dark oak. 4. Floating Spheres in pale green. 5. Floating Spheres in olive. 6. Floating Spheres in dark blue. All tiles are handcrafted ceramic by Motawi Tileworks. 170 Enterprise Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48103; 734-213-0017; motawi.com. circle 302

Quixotic exotic

1. Miradouro in polychrome ceramic by Country Floors. circle 303 2. Rosa GB in cement by Mosaic House. circle 304 3. Field tile in Crackle Hampton dark-green ceramic by Adex. circle 305 4. Ceramic field tile in Obelisk glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 306 5. Ceramic field tile in Patina glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 307 6. Ceramic field tile in Spanish Leather glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 308 7. Chiseled CH-RI 10 ceramic by Mosaic House. circle 309 8. Taj Mahal relief ceramic in glossy-green glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 310

On neutral ground

1. Michelle Griffoul Designs's Spiral in green ceramic by Adex. circle 311 2. Somerset in biscuit and blue encaustic by Country Floors. circle 312 3. Late 19th-century tile in colored cement by Chateau Domingue. circle 313 4. Somerset in biscuit and yellow encaustic by Country Floors. circle 314 5. Hand-glazed brick in celadon crackle glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 315 6. Ceramic field tile in tarnished-brass glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 316 7. Late 19th-century tile in colored cement by Chateau Domingue. circle 317 8. Spiral Mosaic stone border in cream stone, gray, lipstone dark salmon, and yellow stone by Urban Archaeology. circle 318 9. Rustic field tile in yellow ceramic by Adex. circle 319 10. Ceramic field tile in Squid glaze by Urban Archaeology. circle 320

Second helping

A recent graduate of New York's Parsons School of Design, Sarah Cihat is our candidate for Most Unlikely Product Designer. "Who needs another thing to fill up shelves?" she asks. "It's overwhelming when there's already so much waste, so much stuff."

But what are product designers, if not stuff makers? In Cihat's case, they're recyclers. She got the idea for Fifty-Cents, a line she describes as "rehabilitated dishware," at a local Salvation Army store. Wondering what could be done with the cast-off dishes, she took a sampling to school, where she had been working in ceramic, and revived them with delightful patterns in fresh-colored glazes—lace, horses, feathers, pinup girls. Sets of like-patterned, similarly sized dishes are available, as are single pieces of serving ware.

"It's very appealing to take something awful and make it interesting," says Cihat. Luckily for us, she's as innovative as she is environmentally aware—and definitely Most Likely To Succeed. fiftycentsdishware@yahoo.com. circle 321 Future Perfect, 115 North Sixth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211; 718-599-6278. circle 322