British designer Sir Paul Smith celebrates the twentieth anniversary of his iconic Swirl rug with new versions of the classic pattern
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Naked nature: unbleached, undyed handmade rugs—part 2
In the second part of our trend feature on how ‘rugs in the raw’ reflect a new concept of comfort in a COVID-19 world, we look at seven unbleached and undyed natural fibre handmade rugs from global companies
Naked nature: unbleached and undyed handmade rugs—part 1
A growing trend for ‘rugs in the raw’ reflects comfort in a COVID-19 world. In the first of a two-part feature we delve into the background and ask designer Ilse Crawford and nanimarquina rugs to describe how their Wellbeing Collection captures a new kind of comfort
New rugs for Summer 2020
We select new rugs for Summer 2020 that represent the best in contemporary design
Photo finish: Tania Johnson Design
Tania Johnson designs contemporary hand-knotted rugs inspired by her photography
The dye master Joseph Carini
In COVER 56, Denna Jones spoke to dyeing expert Joseph Carini, of New York’s Joseph Carini Carpets. Here he offers us an inspiring lesson in colour and experiment
Scandinavia’s new atelier rug company Cappelen Dimyr
Cappelen Dimyr sets the scale for conscious consumerism and slow consumption with its quiet but luxe line of handmade rugs
Glimpses, glitches, and gesture: cc-tapis reveals a new collection
cc-tapis invited five designers to interpret the concept of gesture as hand-knotted rugs for the Gesture Project. Denna Jones investigates
Face the felt
Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo faced the fear of coronavirus by creating portraits in a new medium: felt. Denna Jones learns how making art provides power and comfort in stressful times