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Painting on the floor
An exhibition of felt rugs by Melina Finkelstein, K’era Morgan and Jen Garrido
Looking forward to Domotex Middle East
Taking place from 22–24 April at the Dubai World Trade Centre, this show offers an array of flooring solutions for a huge number of international visitors
Islamic Arts Biennale 2025
This Islamic Arts Biennale 2025 showcases Saudi Arabia’s role as the guardian of the holy cities of Mecca and Madina, offering a rich blend of history, spirituality, and contemporary artistic innovation. Aisha Zaman reports
Five rug highlights at London Design Week
Top picks from COVER’s visit to London Design Week
New collections and showrooms at London Design Week
With the arrival of Spring comes an array of design shows, one of the first of which is London Design Week
Mocha Mousse
A deep-dive into the new Pantone colour of the year and the rugs that feature it
DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR
There are just three months to go until the leading flooring exhibition in the Asia-pacific region
Rug love
COVER selects four rugs from its 20-year-old archive that best commemorate the day of love
Design for Myriad Minds
Denna Jones looks at how rug design can impact mental health—particularly neurodiverse individuals—from stressful patterns to soothing textures and materials
Editor’s pick
ACEBA in action
The five-year ACEBA project has sought to promote sustainable economic growth in Afghanistan’s carpet production. In COVER 75, Lucy Upward looks at the work of this endeavour in the country and beyond
New issue
COVER ISSUE 78 OUT NOW
The Spring 2025 issue is the first of our 20-year anniversary editions, and it has three front covers: Destiny by artist Mirmola; the new Domni, The Dance Within collection by Tissage, and–our special edition for Milan–Jan Kath’s new Cyprinus collection. For Milan Design Week, we also report on Lila Valadan’s show at the Alberto Levi Gallery and the latest from cc-tapis. Reviews include COVER Connect Las Vegas, Maison&Objet Paris, Heimtextil, Las Vegas Market, Déco Off and ICFE while we preview Domotex asia/CHINAFLOOR, High Point Market and XTANT. Reports include the last Bestselling rugs article plus brands Dinodo, Knothouse and Arian Fasihzadeh. New collections come from Katherine Parr x Turquoise Mountain, JD Staron, Paulig, Rug + Loom and Choudhary Exports. Read about Econyl Bespoke yarn, the ‘RugLife’ exhibition at the MCD, Kips Bay Palm Beach and banana fibre flooring from Uganda.