Lifetime memories of tile designs —and a tile maker’s handmade house

On the entropy of broken tiles. You can’t unbreak an egg, say the laws of thermodynamics. But you can recreate beauty—and purpose—out of broken tiles.

What's the entropy of broken tiles? You can't unbreak an egg, say the laws of thermodynamics. But you can recreate beauty—and purpose—out of broken tiles.

Looking at tiles and appreciating them is a hobby I nurtured by going by all sorts of tile-rich places I saw almost daily while growing up in Barcelona. It's a thing I used to love as a kid, and I wond…