Ann Sacks Tile & Stone

Ann Sacks Tile & StoneHow do you want your home to feel?

It’s the question that lies at the very heart of what we do. We’ve asked it of everyone we’ve ever worked with — and the answer has rarely been the same.

And because everyone’s idea of how home feels is different, we as a company are continually inspired to embrace new ideas, to explore the relationship of tile, stone and plumbing in imaginative and unexpected ways. And while we are always looking forward to what’s next, our past is firmly rooted in the traditional, so we’ll never forget the value of simple, appropriate design done perfectly well.

It is our belief that the process of creating beautiful design will always be a collaborative one, and the only way to get to far more interesting places is by going together.

So let’s have some ideas. Let’s be daring. Let’s be different. Let’s find things that haven’t been seen anywhere.

Let’s discover how home feels.

In 1980, while shopping for a wedding dress, Ann Sacks discovers a box of Mexican Talavera tiles being sold as trivets. These tiles inspire her to start her own company. Later that year, she opens her first showroom. It is located in the living room of her Portland bungalow. Ann quickly outgrew this intimate showcase, and in 1981, she opened her first store to market assorted Mexican tiles from regional artisan factories.

Ann quickly learned that the enormously popular demand for tile was not limited to hand-glazed Mexican tiles. One early request was to match tiles to Kohler plumbing products. Working with local ceramists, Sacks developed a line of color tiles, and by 1983, offered handmade tiles in 100 colors that could be matched to any existing product or environment. The success of this program allowed the company to subsequently open showrooms in Seattle and Vancouver.

By the mid and late eighties, Ann Sacks broadened the collection to include other architectural surfacing materials, primarily limestone, marble, and granite skins, to coordinate with tile collections. Working with suppliers in Italy, the company began to address a more modern aesthetic. During this time the partnership with Kohler, the Wisconsin-based, family-owned plumbing manufacturer, also continued. It was a perfect match for the two companies, as they both approach product design as an expression of style and lifestyle. This collaboration ultimately leads Kohler to purchase ANN SACKS in late 1989.

Throughout the nineties the company continues to expand, opening new showrooms across the country. In 1996, the company is the first to market metal tiles, a modern interpretation of a classic form. Then, in early 1999, ANN SACKS introduces their plumbing collections. This is a different direction and dimension, one that fulfills the company’s mission to approach design programmatically.

This mission to introduce new and inspiring products to the category continues as showrooms across the country work as galleries for material innovations in glass and metal tiles, along with more traditional antique terra cotta and limestone. The company opens its own manufacturing facility in the Pacific Northwest, more new showrooms open each year, and has suppliers in over 10 countries.

Contact Details

http://www.annsacks.com/

New York204 East 58th Street
New York, NY 10022
tel: +1 212 588 1920
fax: +1 212 588 9191

Atlanta351 Peachtree Hills Avenue NE Suite 207
Atlanta, GA 30305
tel: +1 404 264 0255
fax: +1 404 264 9744

Dallas1616 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75207
tel: +1 214 742 8453
fax: +1 214 742 8454

Kohler765 I Woodlake Road
Kohler, WI 53044
tel: +1 920 452 7250
fax: +1 920 452 7261

Los Angeles8935 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
tel: +1 310 273 0700
fax: +1 310 273 0800

New York37 East 18th Street
New York, NY 10003
tel: +1 212 529 2800
fax: +1 212 529 8877

San Francisco2 Henry Adams Street Suite 125
San Francisco, CA 94103
tel: +1 415 252 5889
fax: +1 415 252 5911

Troy1700 Stutz Drive Suite 91
Troy, MI 48084
tel: +1 248 643 3393
fax: +1 248 643 3397

BostonOne Design Center Place Suite 317
Boston, MA 02210
tel: +1 617 737 2300
fax: +1 617 737 0100

Denver545 South Broadway Suite 100
Denver, CO 80209
tel: +1 303 282 9300
fax: +1 303 282 9311

Laguna Niguel23811 Aliso Creek Road Suite 162
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
tel: +1 949 831 3333
fax: +1 949 831 3933

Miami111 Northeast 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137
tel: +1 305 572 1212
fax: +1 305 572 1211

Scottsdale15551 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop Suite 145
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
tel: +1 480 483 0025
fax: +1 480 368 5481

Washington DC3328 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
tel: +1 202 339 0840
fax: +1 202 339 0848

Chicago222 Merchandise Mart Suite 100B
Chicago, IL 60654
tel: +1 312 923 0919
fax: +1 312 923 0906

Greenwich21-23 East Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
tel: +1 203 622 8884
fax: +1 203 622 8890

London115/116 Chelsea Design Centre
London, UK SW10 OXE
tel: +44 2030 550 802
fax: +44 2030 550 811

Naples10800 Corkscrew Road Suite 100
Estero, FL 33928
tel: +1 239 949 3356
fax: +1 239 949 3358

Portland402 N.W. 9th
Portland, OR 97209
tel: +1 503 233 0611
fax: +1 503 233 1291

Seattle115 Stewart Street
Seattle, WA 98101
tel: +1 206 441 8917
fax: +1 206 728 6022

Winnetka906 Green Bay Road
Winnetka, IL 60093
tel: +1 847 446 0251
fax: +1 847 446 0423

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