Showrooms, shops and showhouses; pop-up installations, corporate lobbies and private penthouses—we get a glimpse of their rugs
Rochelle Jordan’s album ‘Through the Wall’ was envisaged as the soundtrack to this living room, The Retrofête, by its creator Abigail Marcelo, founder of Casa Marcelo. The rug is by Jensin Okunishi Studio.
A former textile factory in the picturesque Gràcia neighborhood has been transformed into a modern and welcoming work environment. The offices for the rug company nanimarquina were designed by interior designer Paula Brusés Marquina and architect Robert Pallí.
The hand-knotted, bamboo silk Écrin Kaki rug by Serge Lesage featured in the first edition of Curated Room by Anne-Sophie Latil and Marie Thomazo, 14-20 January. At the intersection of art and design, the project presented works by ten creatives. On the wall is art by Daniela Busarello, whose studio hosted the show.
Lucy Tupu collaborated with &two studio to design two custom rugs for this office and retail building’s lobby. The irregular-shaped rugs have a geometric layered look in a soft palette, complementing the architecture and contrasting with the vibrant plantlife beyond.
Flying Thoughts is a textile installation for the new CADFEM HQ created by Mareike Lienau of Lyk Carpet in collaboration with interior designer Britta van Mehren. It is inspired by its setting’s ‘transitions, the relationship between the interior and the curved gardens, and the people who use the conference room’.
This residential penthouse occupies a newly constructed roof structure atop a listed historic monument. Designed by Munich studio Holzrausch, it serves as a backdrop for the owner’s extensive art and furniture collection, to which this unique Moroccan rug belongs.
A Rum Fellow has made a special hand-knotted rug for the recently renovated Sainsbury Wing at The National Gallery. It is positioned in Crivelli’s Bookshop on the new mezzanine floor. The colour palette draws from another Sainsbury Wing commission – Paula Rego’s monumental 1990s mural Crivelli’s Garden.
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