in collaboration with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation

Homage to the Square porcelain wall tile Josef Albers x Mutina geometric color composition installation

Study for Homage to the Square: Amplified, 1957 Oil on Masonite 24 9/16 x 24 1/2 in. (62.4 x 62.2 cm)

Homage to the Square

A porcelain surface collection developed with the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation—translating one of the most influential studies of colour into architectural surfaces.

A study in colour, perception, and form

Emerging from the dialogue between Mutina and the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Homage to the Square revisits one of the most iconic investigations of twentieth-century art. Rooted in experimentation, the collection reflects a shared inquiry into how colour, form, and spatial relationships shape perception.

For Albers, colour never exists in isolation, but it is continually influenced by its surroundings. As he observed, “In mathematics, one plus one plus one equals three, but in art it equals three or more,” revealing how visual relationships create effects beyond their individual elements.

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Homage to the Square porcelain tile collection square format color palette Mutina

Peach square porcelain wall tile glossy grid pattern modern interior surface design

Chocolate square porcelain wall tile fireplace surround geometric grid pattern modern interior

Colour is never absolute

A foundational principle of Josef Albers’ work, expressed through porcelain surfaces that shift with light, adjacency, and spatial context.

The work Homage to the Square explores a fundamental principle: colour is relational, not fixed. It shifts, responds, and transforms depending on its environment, creating subtle variations in depth, rhythm, and visual experience.

“Every perception of colour is an illusion. We do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another.”‍ ‍
— josef Albers

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Homage to the Square Sage porcelain tiles by Mutina with layered geometric square design in soft green tones

A modular design approach translating Josef Albers’ compositional framework into architectural tile applications

As in the work of Josef Albers, the square becomes more than a compositional element. It is a structure through which perception is explored. Its apparent neutrality allows colour and material to take precedence, creating surfaces that shift with light, adjacency, and spatial context. The simplicity of the square allows the design work to be "done" by the colours.

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