At the Kutnia headquarters, Dominic Lutyens discovers how traditional and contemporary design is woven together to make a product for today’s interiors
Paying homage
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Profiles
La Maison Valadan
New beginnings are in store for rug designer Lila Valadan, who just opened a new home-from-home showroom location in Hamburg, where rugs take centre stage.
Always smiling – the weavers of Nepal deserve a break
Matthew Wailes specialises in designing and producing rugs for the interior design market. He has a close working relationship with his long-standing manufacturing partner in Nepal, which hand-knots his rugs. I visited Nepal in late November with friend and colleague...
Precious Minimalism by Kristiina Lassus
Milan-based designer Kristiina Lassus’ work exudes a quiet elegance. The rugs are minimal in detail but rich in historical and ethnographical reference. The understated patterns are suggestive of places and times, there are subconscious references to aesthetics...
Fiona Haines Textiles
Fiona Haines is a textile artist working in Bath, UK. Her beautiful work incorporates highly engineered materials discarded by many as the by-products of packaging, which are then stitched with vibrant coloured silk threads through bubbles giving an optical illusion...