Specific designed silver-doped glazes have already been used for antimicrobial coating applications in ceramic consumer oriented industry; however, comprehensive use of silver-based agents in ceramic glazes presents issues of clouding, crazing, discoloration, and other undesirable consequences to the glaze aesthetics as well as severe cost problems. Accordingly, there is a need for low-cost and high quality glazes and coatings that offer persistent built-in antimicrobial protection. Here we show that electrophoretic deposition, based on membrane templating, may answer these requests of realization of micro-topological design of glazings, while offering at the same time a wide library of available antimicrobial efficient nanomaterials to be incorporated into the micro-structured glazes. As consequence, these coatings are particularly suited for applications where interaction with pathogens in liquid solutions or gas-phase atmospheres has to be favoured. Strategies on the integration of microstructured coatings into devices with applicative purposes in consumer ceramics and sanitary ware products, are presented.