The English designer's mercurial Ergo hardware combines mirror-polished stainless steel with satin bead-blasted accents. Cast in the United States, the coordinating shapes include swooshing cabinetry pulls, a jazzy single-cylinder entryway lever, sculptural doorknobs bedecked with roses, and passageway levers with backplates. 5437 West Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90016; 800-619-1521; martinpierce.com. circle 851
Inspired by autumn's palette, Maryland-based Marybeth Shaw introduces the PureColor range of softer greens, yellows, browns, and golds to the Veritas line of architectural panels. Neutrals including off-white to greige are also possible, or the PureColor system can create custom colors. 6200 49th Street North, Pinellas Park, FL 33781; 877-411-8008; veritasideas.com. circle 852
Dancer-turned-designer Laura Spector introduces En Pointe bronze door handles. Each of the art nouveau-inspired 18-inch castings meticulously reproduces twining Oriental bittersweet vines and stands 2 inches proud of a door's surface. 786 Westport Turnpike, Fairfield, CT 06824; 203-254-3952; lauraspectorrusticdesign.com. circle 853
This is porcelain stoneware? Design Tale Studio, the group behind the Pareti d'Autore collection's Gold pattern, has transformed 2-by-4-foot wall tiles into 24-karat luxury for a strictly limited edition of 150 pieces. Each handmade tile is subtly different and entirely beautiful. Italian Trade Commission, 33 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021; 212-980-1500; italytile.com. circle 857
Get a handle on Tube, a slender cylinder of Brazilian cherry, mahogany, teak, or walnut grafted onto a lever mechanism finished in art-grade bronze. The nearly 5-inch units are available in three white-bronze or silicone-bronze patinas and all originate at the company's Idaho foundry and studio. 706 South Main Street, Bellevue, ID 83313; 866-788-3681; svbronze.com. circle 856
Rock the casbah with artfully weathered ceramic tiles for walls or light-duty residential floors. Jessinian Scallop and Jessinian Field are complementary shapes decorated with a rustic arabesque that seamlessly flows from one tile to the next. 143 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013; 212-431-4646; urbanarchaeology.com. circle 854
Natura wall panels grew out of the company's wood ceilings line. Intended for vertical surfaces, these veneered wood-composite panels in Cedro, or 17 other veneers and six stains, sell in three lengths, from 4 to 8 feet, and two widths, 1 and 2 feet. 1 Hunter Douglas Circle, Thornton, CO 80241; 866-556-1235; hunterdouglascontract.com. circle 855
An anodized-aluminum skeleton supports Giacobone e Roj's Domino integrated modular wall system, featuring ebony-finish solid paneling, hanging storage, and inset components. The interiors are equipped with built-in illumination to enhance depth perception and highlight decorative objects on display. 13 Via Piemonte, 20010 Mesero, Milan, Italy; 39-02-9789248; lualdi.com. circle 858
Pearl farmers provide the freshwater shells; Hakatai infuses them with one of four luminous colors, including pale-blue Moonlight, to create its Seashell series. The net-mounted square mosaics array ¾-inch tiles with 1/16-inch grout lines and are perfect for walls that are not exposed to direct sunlight. 701 Mistletoe Road, Ashland, OR 97520; 888-667-2949; hakatai.com. circle 862
A command center for a room's lighting design, the Grafik Eye QS facilitates preset lighting levels with backlit buttons that can be custom engraved. Sivoia QS, an optional column of extra buttons, allows integration of window-shade controls. The unit is available in more than three dozen colors to coordinate with practically any décor. 7200 Suter Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036; 877-258-8766; lutron.com. circle 861
Sighted occupants will view the Lima ER82B and Panama ER81B as attractive, if conventional, levers. But the visually impaired will appreciate the way this satin stainless-steel hardware presents a semiconcealed plate for messages printed in Braille. 32 Raiffeisenstrasse, 74906 Bad Rappenau, Germany; 49-72-6491-6452; karcher-design.com. circle 859
Gossamer Windowsheer fabrics interweave poly, raffia, and abaca, a sheer banana-related fiber. Once carefully selected, the natural fibers are hand-knotted to create exquisite window shades or sliding panels in custom widths. 979 Third Avenue, Suite 1615, New York, NY 10022; 212-752-1140; windowmodes.com. circle 860
From the budding collaboration of Chilewich for the Shade Store come Woodgrain panel systems and custom roller shades. Both sport tonal patterns in Driftwood or Dogwood, or such intricate designs as bamboo, basket weave, lattice, and mini basketweave. All five styles employ Sandy Chilewich's signature vinyl yarns for longevity. 33-02 Skillman Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101; 800-754-1455; theshadestore.com. circle 863
Daniele Lago's Italian-made N.O.W. modular storage system is available in 30 vibrant hues—the name stands for "not only white," after all—back-painted on matte or glossy glass wardrobe and closet fronts. Hinged and sliding doors may be mixed, and individual doors can come tiled with several colors at once, with insides colored to coordinate. 81 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02445; 866-720-4222; italian-design.net. circle 867
Not just another brick in the wall, Murano Vena II 1/8-inch-thick rectangular wall mosaics consist of almost half-recycled content. The collection delivers approximately 2-inch art-glass tiles in a selection of variegated through-body colors. Courses in regular or custom widths come mesh-mounted as interlocking sheets for precise installation. 9E Chris Court, Dayton, NJ 08810; 732-329-8988; hirschglasscorp.com. circle 864
It's all about what you don't see. The powerful hydraulics of a PerkoPower concealed door closer tuck into a custom-fitted void in a fire door's edge. Which means the hardware stays completely hidden when the door is shut. 111 East 39th Street, Suite 3R, New York, NY 10016; 212-599-5177; samuelheath.com. circle 866
Textured to recall cast iron, Nouvelle Vague tiles are in fact through-body porcelain in black, brown, and white. Installed edge to edge, they present an almost seamless look because the massive ceramic slabs are either 8 by 24 inches or a colos sal 24 inches square. Italian Trade Commission, 33 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021; 212-980-1500; italytile.com. circle 865
Obsessed with coordination, the integrated paneling and cantilevered square shelves were designed to match any kitchen cabinetry. The result is available in one of nine wood veneers, from light oak to wengé. In addition, dozens of standard matte or high-gloss lacquers ensure storage will blend with other elements in areas like libraries and entrances. 150 East 58th Street, Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10155; 888-765-4367; poliformusa.com. circle 868
Artists sculpted this spectacular 16-foot Bristlecone Pine on a steel armature without using any molds. The eerily accurate faux bark is the fruit of a team of painters and carvers, who even approximated insect holes along with patches of mossy wood, decay, and new growth. 6225 El Camino Real, 110, Carlsbad, CA 92009; 760-438-4244; naturemaker.com. circle 869
Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette are the latest design icons to create handles for the Italian manufacturer's Fusital collection. The team's brass Decq-Cornette Door Handle H352 is finished in shiny or satin chrome to pair perfectly with the collection's knobs and pulls and door handles with square rosette. 150 East 58th Street, New York, NY 10155; 877-326-2565; vallievalli.com. circle 872
Robert Taylor invented the mod Lumi-optic pattern Saturday A GoGo expressly for the architectural plastics innovator. The acrylic panels range in size from 8 to 20 square feet and will lend a groovy vibe, man, to ceilings, walls, countertops, dividers, furniture, structural panels, lighting, and accessories. 1999 Dandurand, Montreal, Quebec H2G 1Y8, Canada; 866-877-1495; lumigraf.ca. circle 871
What look like mini mosaics are actually 1-foot-square Le Murrine ceramic tiles, sporting islands of metallic glaze and raku-effect surface crackle in over 100 colors and patterns. They seem destined for luxury hotel bathrooms and swinging retro nightclubs. Italian Trade Commission, 33 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021; 212-980-1500; italytile.com. circle 870
