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Marlene Topfloor Rugs 
Otane DGR in dark grey light beige Kristiina Lassus 
Ibiza Sumaq Alpaca Rugs
GRAPHIC AND GEOMETRIC
If kaleidoscopes were black-and-white, they might look like Topfloor Rugs’ Art Deco-inspired Marlene rug, from the Jazz Age collection. Kristiina Lassus’s Otane DGR rug, meanwhile, offers a striking contrast between the thin, beige linen lines and large expanses of dark grey wool. Although the Milan-based designer uses a computer to design her rugs, they are ‘developed as if hand-drawn’, she revealed in COVER 33 (Autumn 2013). Finally, Ibiza is an example of Sumaq Alpaca Rugs’ famous double-faced designs. Hand-woven in one piece, the rug has a different pattern on each side – providing two rugs in one.
<em>Acid Splat<em> Yerra 
<em>Glow in Platinum<em> Creative Matters 
<em>Midday 1<em> Light Shadow Collection Deborah Berke Partners for Warp Weft
PAINTERLY
Standing on an Acid Splat rug by Yerra is like having an Abstract Expressionist painting under your feet. Each of these cowhide rugs is a by-product of the meat industry and has been tanned using environmentally friendly methods. The hand-knotted Glow rug from Creative Matters’ Aerial collection is reminiscent of a snowy winter’s sky, but provides a warm reception in the Park Hyatt New York by Yabu Pushelberg (as seen above). Midday by Deborah Berke Partners for Warp & Weft was inspired by ‘the values that inform the firm’s architecture and interiors: a commitment to creating place-specific designs that are sensitive to climate and culture’. It evokes a modernist work.
<em>Tye n Dye Soie in Grey<em> cc tapis 
<em>Marble plate 9 black ivory<em> Thibault van Renne 
<em>Fade 6 in Crème<em> Battilossi
OMBRE
Despite the stony appearance, Thibault van Renne’s Marble rugs are hand-spun in wool and silk. The collection – created in collaboration with Van Den Weghe marble plates and design expert Frederic Rozier – is available in three colourways. The luxurious handmade silk pile Tye ‘n Dye Soie rug from cc-tapis features a gentle fade from black to light grey and back. For a more subtle ombre, Fade 6 by Battilossi offers a thin fade between two strong blocks of black and grey. Bespoke colours are also available on request.
