What's new with us?

Sept. 18, 2025: House & Garden: Design 100

We’re proud to be included in Design 100 by House & Garden, a showcase of the most exciting new ideas in design here in the UK. The feature highlights how Not Quite Past blends AI with tradition to make custom Delft tiles accessible. They quoted co-founder Adam Davies as saying: “The use of AI makes the tiles truly custom but affordable”.

Aug. 22, 2025: Cottage of Brunswick: Cotswolds splashback

We are so excited to be featured in this great Instagram reel from Cottage of Brunswick showing how Not Quite Past blends centuries-old Delft tradition with modern AI and ceramics. See the process, the tiles, and the gorgeous finished project!

June 2, 2025: New edit option: "Remove blemishes"

We’ve just launched a new tool to gently remove chips and cracks from our tile images. Since we train on historic ceramics, the originals are often a little worse for wear: charming in person and for many projects, but not always ideal when going for a more contemporary look. Edit any existing tile to "remove blemishes" and make an old, battered tile look brand new.

May 13, 2025: New login options: now with email!

We’ve heard your feedback: social sign-ons aren’t for everyone. That’s why today we’re rolling out email login in addition to Facebook and Google. No more hunting for your social-media account. Just enter your email and you'll get a link and code to log you in. Easy!

April 25, 2025: New rustic tile base

Introducing our new 13 x 13 cm rustic tile base. A handcrafted ceramic perfect for a more antique look. With its gently uneven surface and traditional character, it brings warmth and texture to both classic and contemporary spaces. Each tile is artisan-made, which means no two are exactly alike.

March 5, 2025: Good news: lower minimum order size!

We are happy to be able to lower our minimum order size from 10 tiles to 6 tiles. Our goal has always been to make custom and bespoke Delft tiles more accessible, and we're happy that production advances have meant that we can now offer smaller minimum order quantities.

Jan. 23, 2025: Ceramic gift vouchers

Transform your gift-giving with our unique ceramic gift cards. Each piece features traditional Delft corner motifs, a unique QR code, and personalised redemption code. Perfect for weddings, birthdays, or any special occasion.

Jan. 22, 2025: New porcelain base options

We typically use a 132mm square glazed ceramic tile. It has a lovely uneven surface, but it's not suitable for outdoor use or for every arrangement. We're therefore delighted to offer two new surfaces, both made of harder-wearing porcelain and coming in two sizes: 10cm and 15cm.

New style: small emblems without corner motifs

Dec. 12, 2024: New style: small emblems without corner motifs

One of the most popular requests we have received from customers is for very small, very minimalist designs. They are really charming and full of miniature details - a tiny boat sailing past, a small bird in flight, or a delicate flower. These designs work particularly well in modern spaces where traditional Delftware might feel too ornate. Without the classic corner motifs, these tiles have a contemporary feel while maintaining the timeless blue-and-white aesthetic that makes Delftware special.

New pattern workshop.

Nov. 19, 2024: New pattern workshop.

Announcing our Pattern Workshop: three classic Delftware styles reimagined through AI. Alongside our scenic designs, you can now generate tiles featuring gevlamd (flamed) patterns—the mesmerising marbled effects pioneered in the seventeenth century where no two pieces are alike—plus classic Dutch stippling with its subtle depth, and endless variations on traditional tulip motifs. Each style draws from authentic ceramic techniques while offering new possibilities for unique and custom designs.

Two new styles: ox-head and polychromatic octagonal.

Nov. 18, 2024: Two new styles: ox-head and polychromatic octagonal.

We're introducing two more styles of Delft tiles today. One is incredibly common: the ox-head (ossenkop) corner motif. This is a minimalist, spare one which is visually similar to our web corner motif styles. At the same time, we're also releasing a more specialised style which is based on eighteenth century polychromatic Baroque tiles. Try them out today!

Two new styles: balusters with fleur de lys and roundels with web corners.

Nov. 15, 2024: Two new styles: balusters with fleur de lys and roundels with web corners.

Many Delft tiles have big, expansive scenes that stretch from one side of the tile to the other. That's especially true for some of our more minimal styles, like the one without any corner motifs at all. However, very commonly, historic artisans would wrap what they were depicting in some kind of frame. Two especially popular ones were circular roundels and Renaissance balusters. We are introducing today two styles on our AI workshop that feature these two frames.

AI-powered Delft tile variations.

Nov. 12, 2024: AI-powered Delft tile variations.

Create subtle shifts in any design while keeping its Delft spirit. Whatever the subject, no tile ever needs to be the same again with our new variations feature. Vary a tile design of your choice either a little or a lot in our AI workshop today.

We now sell gift cards!

Nov. 2, 2024: We now sell gift cards!

Give the gift of creativity with a Not Quite Past gift voucher, now available for sale on our website. We deliver them by email, they do not expire, and they can be filled with any value you'd like. Perfect for the holiday season!

New matching plain tiles.

Nov. 1, 2024: New matching plain tiles.

We now offer matching tiles of the same size and glaze as our decorated Delft tiles. They're perfect for making a checkerboard or other geometric pattern, and are available in six colours: rose gold, teal, mint, royal blue, and plain white.

New "Baroque Cartouche" style.

Oct. 28, 2024: New "Baroque Cartouche" style.

Delft tiles did not exist in separation from the cultural and artistic context of their times. Styles — including the Baroque that gripped Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries — profoundly impacted its progress. This style, like our Greek A style, was particularly inspired by the contemporary engravings of Daniel Marot. Each scene is framed neatly in an oval cartouche, and the overall style is playful and classical, while still retaining the classic Delft blue and white.

New hoekmotif-free style + updated Early Delft style.

Oct. 27, 2024: New hoekmotif-free style + updated Early Delft style.

We have a range of tile styles in our AI Delft Tile workshop. Today, we've added one more style: a minimalist style without any corner motifs (or hoekmotief in Dutch). This is a minimalist, spare look that was present historically and is a perfect match for a more modern and less busy look than some other classic Delft tiles. As part of this update, we've also updated our existing polychromatic Early Delft style to provider richer, deeper colours and more prompt adherance.

Spell it out in Delft with our new letter range.

Oct. 6, 2024: Spell it out in Delft with our new letter range.

We've gotten lots of requests over the past few months for Delft tiles that can be used to spell out a message with letters and numbers. We're happy to announce that we've just released a special section of our workshop that makes that easy. As ever at Not Quite Past, we've used AI to bring back some of the beauty of the past, in this case the deliciously wonky variations between every tile, even when depicting the same character. This should help you create something that is both beautiful and utterly unique.

First five tile murals available for sale!

Sept. 29, 2024: First five tile murals available for sale!

Since starting Not Quite Past, one of the first things that we wanted to release was show-stopping tile murals, traditionally known as tegeltableaus in Dutch. We've released five floral designs that can extended infinitely to any number of tiles.

Aug. 13, 2024: New maiolica-inspired style.

Historic Delftware tiles were inspired by the Italian-Spanish Majolica tradition, and we've added a new style to our AI model that reflects that. This style is characterised by bright colours, ornate patterns, and restricted imagery, and it's perfect for those who want a more old-school or brighter look. The strong corners also create a lovely carpet effect when tiles are arranged together. This also shows the power of AI to precisely map out specific elements of a style and bring them to life.

We've produced our first mural!

Aug. 8, 2024: We've produced our first mural!

We've our first tile mural (or tegeltableau) for a client. It was a custom design based on the myth of Orpheus, and the surreal, dreamlike quality of the design was a perfect fit for the subject. It is a square made up of 25 tiles, measuring 66cm x 66cm. We're excited to make more murals in the future and are working on a new feature to make it easier to design them in the workshop.

New “web” corner motif.

July 30, 2024: New “web” corner motif.

We've just added a new style to our range, based on the specific web-like corner motifs of some Dutch Delftware. This style is now our default and is more consistent than our old spare default and generates consistently square tile designs.

New Greek A style.

July 17, 2024: New Greek A style.

We added a new style to our AI model: Greek A. This style is inspired by the De Grieksche A factory, which operated in Delft around 1700. The factory was known for its classicising style, often inspired by the engravings of Daniel Marot, and was collected abroad, including at Hampton Court in England under the reign of William and Mary. It's very baroque and symmetrical, with a lot of detail.

June 20, 2024: Added Chinese meander and fleur de lys styles.

We're adding two new styles to our AI model: Chinese meander and fleur de lys. These styles are inspired by the influence of Chinese porcelain on Dutch pottery and the French royal symbol, respectively. They're both traditional corner motifs but they retain all the AI-powered versatility of our default style.

May 29, 2024: We're live!

We are excited to announce the launch of Not Quite Past, reviving the tradition of Delftware tiles for the 21st century. Our specially trained AI model can generate whatever designs you want, or you can choose from our extensive library of pre-made designs. We can't wait to see what you create!