Wender·Vista
Casablanca
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileMorocco
on Morocco's Atlantic coast

Casablanca

— — the white city the ocean keeps polishing.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A white city on the Atlantic, with the Hassan II Mosque rising at the water's edge. The medina is small by Moroccan standards; the boulevards downtown are wide and lined with the Art Deco facades the French laid out and the Moroccan craftsmen finished. The ocean light keeps everything pale. — from the studio

from the studio
Casablanca
— bring it home

Casablanca, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Casablanca

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Casablanca sits on Morocco's Atlantic coast, about 95 km southwest of Rabat, the capital. With roughly 3.7 million residents in the metropolitan area, it is Morocco's largest city and its economic centre. The Berber settlement of Anfa became the port the Portuguese called Casa Branca in the 15th century, and the Spanish form of the name stuck. Modern Casablanca grew under the French protectorate after 1912, when the architect Henri Prost laid out the boulevards that still radiate from Place Mohammed V.

— informed by Wikipedia: Casablanca
— the stone

The downtown is a working museum of early 20th-century Mauresque architecture, a hybrid the French protectorate encouraged, fusing Art Deco geometry with Moroccan zellige tilework, horseshoe arches, and carved cedar. Buildings along Boulevard Mohammed V and around Place des Nations Unies still carry their original ironwork. North of downtown, the Hassan II Mosque, completed in 1993 by the French architect Michel Pinseau, anchors the corniche; its minaret rises 210 metres, the second-tallest religious structure in the world.

— the light

The light here is Atlantic, not Mediterranean. The ocean to the west keeps the air clean and the colour pale, especially in the mornings when fog rolls in off the cold Canary Current. By midday the limewashed walls catch a flat brightness that softens to gold along the corniche at sunset. Photographers in the city say the best hour is the half hour after the muezzin's evening call, when the marble of the Hassan II Mosque takes the last of the light off the water.

— informed by Wikipedia: Casablanca
— where
Morocco · Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
— position
33.5731° N · 7.5898° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
95 km NE
Rabat
capital city
95 km SW
El Jadida
Portuguese coastal city
240 km SE
Marrakech
imperial city
N
Casablanca
Rabat
El Jadida
Marrakech
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Casablanca — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The name comes from the Portuguese Casa Branca and the Spanish Casablanca, both meaning white house. Limewashed buildings and Atlantic light have kept the city pale for five centuries.

Its minaret rises 210 metres, the second-tallest religious structure in the world. The prayer hall holds 25,000 worshippers, and the plaza outside accommodates roughly 80,000 more.

April through June and September through October bring mild Atlantic weather around 22°C with little rain. Summers stay cooler than Marrakech because the ocean fog tempers the afternoon heat.

Moroccan Arabic, known locally as Darija, is the everyday language. French is widely used in business, signage, and education. Berber and English are common among younger residents.

No. The Warner Bros. picture was filmed entirely on a Burbank, California studio lot. Humphrey Bogart never visited the city; the story is set in Casablanca but every frame is Hollywood.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers with family in Casablanca or the wider Maghreb. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The piece sits comfortably in Mediterranean-modern, Moroccan-modern, and Coastal-modern rooms. The pale Atlantic tones pair with limewashed walls, natural linen, and warm wood.

Moroccan-modern continues to draw on zellige tilework, carved cedar, and warm neutrals. The tile reads as a single anchor piece against that palette without competing for attention.

A single Large reads well above a 1.8-metre console. Above a standard three-seat sofa, the 4-tile Mural fills the wall proportionally; the 9-tile Mural suits taller rooms.

Yes, with the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are scratch-resistant and stand up to humidity and splash without affecting the colour beneath the surface.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour lives in the ceramic surface itself, so regular cleaning will not lift it. Avoid abrasive pads and harsh solvents.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is by Reid Wender, the curator, in the studio's own visual language. There is no licensing in or out; the art lives only on Wender Studios surfaces.

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