For the 50th edition of COVER, we asked influential people in the world of handmade carpets to without prejudice name the best rug since the first issue 13 years ago.The fibre artist, Tammy Kant, chose Speech of Birds by Faig Ahmed.

For the 50th edition of COVER, we asked influential people in the world of handmade carpets to without prejudice name the best rug since the first issue 13 years ago. The interior designer, Vanessa Brady chose “At The End Of The Day” by Knots Rugs.

Samira Boon believes ‘textile is the future of architecture’. ArchiFolds is the result of her extensive, ongoing research in collaboration with Tilburg’s TextielLab in the Netherlands and Professor T. Tachi from the University of Tokyo.

Rachel Meek, COVER’s Assistant Editor in conversation with an emerging designer from Lyon, Olivia Babel.

Between 18-22 January this year’s Paris Deco Off took place in over a hundred textile and rug showrooms throughout the city, the dates almost exactly overlapping with Maison et Objet.

  For COVER 50 we are going global and showing how international the rug industry is. To celebrate our 50th edition with us, please post a photo of yourself or your team with a COVER front cover from whichever part of the world you find yourself in and post on...

We are covering the making of a hand-knotted rug step-by-step, with a real time design story that we hope will increase the understanding and passion for this outstanding example of contemporary craftsmanship and design innovation.

With the winner having been selected from the Art Day workshops taking place at The Rug Show New York in September, the time has come to follow the design from the drawing board through production in a limited edition of two.

At The Rug Show New York, last September, rug brand Creative Matters held a new series of Art Days workshops, in collaboration with COVER.