‘Stripes’ carpet system by DUM for M.I.D. Carpets

Dutch design brand DUM has created a series of distinctive brightly coloured wool carpets called ‘Stripes’ with help from noted colour artist Fransje Killaars.

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‘Hidden Stockholm’ carpets by Form Us With Love for JoV

An excursion through the surrounding blocks around the Form Us With Love studio in the Sankt Eriksplan neighbourhood of Stockholm, yielded the patterns, colours and textures for a series of carpets called ‘Hidden Stockholm’ for Belgian carpet brand JoV.

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Carpet Concept Acoustic System, Photo: Werner Huthmacher, Berlin

The Carpet Concept Acoustic System, CAS, has become a comprehensive aesthetic and functional spatial concept. CAS Carpets transform floors into acoustic performers for outstanding spatial comfort. CAS Objects consolidate that acoustic effectiveness with three-dimensional designs for walls, ceilings and spaces. Their tested quality and textile expressiveness set new standards in furnishings.

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With next Gen, Carpet Concept is using parametric models in carpet development for the first time

With next Gen, Carpet Concept is using parametric models in carpet development for the first time. These models shape the correlation of the manufacture and the laying of carpets. Width sizes, cutting edge and repeating patterns are the factors that have been declined mathematically. These resulted in the model parameters whose creative definition was used to produce various designs…

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‘Nova’ carpet by Studio FRST for Chevalier édition

Consisting of four, variously-sized polygonal models, this collection of hand-knitted carpets has been designed by the French design duo Studio FRST. Manufactured by Parisian contemporary rug specialists Chevalier édition, ‘Nova’ series is made of 100 % wool and each of the multi-coloured pieces can be arranged and grouped in multiple combinations or used individually. (more…)

‘Tresse’ rug collection by Samuel Accoceberry for Chevalier édition

‘Tresse’ – French for ‘plait’, is a collection of bold, graphic patterned carpets recently created by Paris-based designer Samuel Accoceberry for a French contemporary rug specialists Chevalier édition. Available in variety of shapes, sizes and vivid colourways, the series has been hand-knotted in wool and silk. (more…)

'c1' rug from the 'Room moment' collection by detailF

Franziska Wernicke, a Rotterdam-based textile designer and founder of detailF design studio has realised this subdued, four-piece collection of New Zealand wool rugs called ‘room moment’. Comprising one rectangular and three circular versions, the series features a distinctive three-colour gradation which is accentuated by a delicate radial pattern emanating from an offset point. A complex, high-tech tufting technique has been used in the production of the series and the ‘c3′ model of the rug was exhibited and nominated for the ‘interior innovation award 2012′ at the imm cologne’s [D³] Contest. (more…)

'Dag&Natt' carpet by Petra Lundblad-Fridén for Kasthall

Earlier this year, designer Petra Lundblad-Fridén has created this series of hauntingly beautiful, inkblot-like printed carpets for the Swedish rug manufacturer Kasthall. Called ’Dag & Natt’ – Swedish for ‘Day & Night’ – the dreamlike collection stems from Lundblad-Fridén’s ‘passion for experimenting with different images and colours, and using layers to create new expression’ and encompasses four different designs inspired by the weather and sky phenomena: Haze, Thunder, Summer Dawn and Autumn Dusk. (more…)