Five examples of rug and textiles from collaborative projects by multi-disciplinary design studios that have featured in COVER this year.

The summer issue of COVER magazine is available for free via Exact Editions. Here is a taster four of the brightest rugs and textiles right now as featured in Hotlist

As noted in COVER 47 Trends, recent rug and textile collections have highlighted the prevalent use of metal in contemporary design. Here COVER selects some fine modern metallics.

The Anka Cooperative, a social enterprise in association with US rug producer Woven Legends, is turning to Kickstarter to improve the lives of even more refugee women.

The current show ‘Entangled: Threads & Making’ at the Turner Contemporary in Margate UK, until 7 May has a great deal to say about women’s art and textiles.

Gothenburg-based luxury art rug brand Henzel Studio have organised a charity rug auction on Paddle8 from which all proceeds will be going to the international nonprofit organisation GoodWeave.

COVER has noted a recent flurry of beautiful and inspiring textile books relating to artists, designers and design as well as fabrics and carpets. Here are nine publications that featured in COVER magazine in 2016

A series of eight rugs based on Studio Proba’s A Poster a Day project launched at Canal Street Market, New York in December 2016

Working with contemporary artist Stephan Geisler, MTM will present a collection of hand-knotted rugs at interior design fair imm Cologne.