We Make Carpets in 2011

December 19, 2011

The brilliant temporary contemporary carpets from Dutch design studio We Make Carpets have caused quite a stir this year. If you have missed out on some of the studio’s more recent designs here are a few to admire before the new editions are released in 2012. The Glow carpet was commissioned by GLOW Festival, Eindhoven, […]

The brilliant temporary contemporary carpets from Dutch design studio We Make Carpets have caused quite a stir this year. If you have missed out on some of the studio’s more recent designs here are a few to admire before the new editions are released in 2012.

Match Carpet 2

Match Carpet 2

The Glow carpet was commissioned by GLOW Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The design consisted of 750 kilogram glow-in-the dark pebble stones. Every ten minutes the carpet was charged for five minutes with light so when the lights were turned off a luminescent carpet appeared.

Glow Carpet

Glow Carpet

 

Pin Carpet

Umbrella Carpet

Umbrella Carpet

 

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