We take a look back at some featured interiors from issues published in the 2010s
This year is COVER’s 20th anniversary and to celebrate, we will be looking back at some of the great rug moments in our history as well as looking forward to new collections, designs and trends. In this article we go through four interior highlights that were featured in the Spaces section of the magazine throughout the 2010s.
COVER 47, Summer 2017: Ralph Pucci, New York City
Paris-based architect and designer India Mahdavi joined the Ralph Pucci brand in 2008. Her upholstered pieces were included alongside those from seven other designers in an exhibition at Pucci’s Gallery Nine premises in New York this May. Mahdavi’s Jardin Intérieur rugs for House of Tai Ping brand La Manufacture Cogolin set off her seating, tables and lamps to punchy perfection.Â
COVER 49, Winter 2017: Sketch, London
The Glade at Sketch is the latest fashionable setting to be given a touch of woodland glamour with a tufted Alexandra Kehayoglou creation underfoot. The London destination for food, art and music opened in 2002, conceived by French master chef Pierre Gagnaire and restaurateur Mazouz. The bar’s magical aura matches that of the Michelin-starred restaurant (and the bizarre pod toilets) in the next-door rooms.
COVER 57, Winter 2019: El Fenn
In 2019, New York-based rug and textile designer Madeline Weinrib joined Vanessa Branson as partner in this boutique Marrakech hotel, where she had been staying since it opened in 2004. Each of the 23 rooms and suites possesses a laid-back air of modern Moroccan luxury, with rugs by the city’s own Soufiane Zarib. Just a stone’s throw from the bustling medina and its carpet souks, where better to stay for a long weekend or on a quest for a Moroccan rug of one’s own?
COVER 51, Summer 2018: Sasha Bikoff
‘Influenced by the 1980s Italian Memphis Group and Ettore Sottsass in particular, Bikoff custom-designed the spectacular The Rug Company staircase carpet. Some of the numerous motifs reminded me more of pills on the cover of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls, but they did also recall the zigzags, squiggles and asymmetric designs of Sottsass. Bikoff created a cohesive and joyful transitional space with custom wallpapers by Voutsa that repeated the cheerful patterns in the carpet.’ Elizabeth Parker
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