Tag: Carpets & Rugs
Pure Imagination
Villa Nova's Picturebook II collection for children (young and old) delivers a whole new world of fantasies to explore.
Raw Beauty
Jacaranda Carpets & Rugs teams up with KLC School of Design for a rug-design competition – with the winning collection inspired by the rugged Portuguese coastline.
Kick Off Your Shoes
Inspired by wintry landscapes, The Rug Company's Alpine collection is the last word in cosy comfort
Fit for an Emperor
Wendy Morrison trains her eye on the opulent Mughal empire for her latest collection With the V&A currently celebrating the golden age of the Mughal Court with The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture & Opulence, this time and place in history – the Indian subcontinent of the 16th and 17th centuries – continues to inspire the contemporary design world. Wendy Morrison Designs' …
A Cultural Journey
Take a journey with Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour and discover some of the products and designs from the showrooms that owe a debt to the Silk Road.
Meet the Showroom: Jaipur Rugs
"We tell them to connect with their heart": meet Jaipur Rugs, supporting the livelihoods of a network of 40,000 artisans.
Postcards From Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour
Enjoy some armchair travel courtesy of this round-up of projects that all include products from Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.
Luxe Live
Interior designer Henry Prideaux designs a set for fashion and lifestyle brand SheerLuxe – a project that started life when Prideaux's work was spotted at WOW!house in 2023.
A Fantastical Entrance
Jennifer Manners Design creates a fabulously surreal rug to welcome guests to WOW!house 2024 Visitors can't help be struck by WOW!house's entrance, which this year is augmented by a colourful handwoven rug from Jennifer Manners Design. Asked to create something suitably showstopping for this year's showhouse, Jennifer Manners created the 'Secret Garden' rug, inspired by the surrealism of Alice's Adventures in …
Patchwork of Colour
Pierre Frey's latest rug collection channels the rich textile heritage of Japan and Korea, from silken kimonos to indigo dyeing techniques.
Meet the Showroom: The Rug Company
James Seuss, CEO of The Rug Company, talks about why the brand made the move to the Design Centre, new collections, and why natural and neutral is giving bold and bright a run for its money.
The Must-sees at London Design Week 2024, According to Designers
What's on the radar of designers including Kit Kemp, Emily Todhunter and Suzy Hoodless? Find out where they will be making a beeline for at London Design Week 2024.
Meet the Showroom: August+Co
Iolanda Martinho and Vincent Pennetier founded August+Co in 2023, deliberately describing their showroom as a "gallery" to elevate the status of the fine craftsmanship to be found within it.
The Creative Collaborations to Look Out for at London Design Week 2024
Amazing things happen when creative minds come together, and London Design Week 2024 will be showcasing the work of some perfect partnerships.
A Meeting of Minds
Hosted by Wells Abbott, 90 US designers visit the Design Centre for a day of discovery and insights.
Meet the Showroom: Wendy Morrison Design
With a new showroom that one visitor described as "a joyful little jewel", Wendy Morrison has created an irresistible evocation of her world of rugs, fabrics and wallcoverings in Design Centre East. Find out more about the showroom – and how she creates "art for the floor" – here.
Sartorial Style
Holland & Sherry often taps into its tailoring roots for its collections, and Carnaby draws on the vibrant cultural explosion of 1960s London.
Meet the Showroom: The Specified
"There’s a certain ambience that defines Australian style" – Vange Markou, founder of The Specified, explains how the Design Centre East showroom is bringing Antipodean brands to a wider audience.
Natural Weave
"It would work equally well in a room with antiques as with contemporary art" – Emma Sims-Hilditch on her new rug with Tim Page Carpets, traditionally hand-woven in India.
Climate Leadership for Jacaranda
Jacaranda Carpets & Rugs is taking a raft of measures to ensure that the business will halve its greenhouse gases by 2030 – and be carbon neutral by 2040. Find out how it will meet its pledge here.
A Jubilee Garden for Coutts
As part of Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the Design Centre's Personal Shopping team was invited to make its own contribution, by creating a special installation at Coutts' London headquarters on the Strand.
Making Shapes
Jennifer Manners Design and interior design studio Zulufish have come together to create a new four-piece rug collection that explores a myriad of textures, techniques and architectural shapes.
A Transatlantic Collaboration
Kit Kemp has teamed up with Annie Selke to produce a rug collection – a meeting of minds for the two textile-loving designers. Find it at Andrew Martin.
Friendly Forms
Sculptural, monolithic furniture with gentle curves such as Pierre Frey's Litho collection is in the spotlight at the moment; upholstered with tactile materials, these are pieces that contrast purity of form with an irresistible tactility and a certain friendliness.
Technicolour Dream
British designer Peter Saville has once again collaborated with Kvadrat on a collection of textiles – and this one has a woolly story about its origins. Technicolour is named after the multi-coloured spray-paint that farmers use on sheep to help identify them in the flock.
Wonder Weaves
Identified by the United Nations as a "future fibre", abacá is something of a super plant when it comes to sustainability. Topfloor by Esti has launched two new collections of rugs that combine the material's best natural qualities with a strong, graphic aesthetic.
Designer Loves: Alidad
Looking ahead to London Design Week 2021, Alidad selects his preferred products for the new season.
Designer Loves: Staffan Tollgard
Staffan Tollgård curates a selection of products from the showrooms' latest collections, and reveals which colour he returns to time and again.
Designer Loves: David Collins Studio
Roslyn Keet of David Collins Studio selects her wish-list of preferred products from the spring/summer 21 collections in the showrooms.
Carpet of Contrasts
Stark Carpet has added two collections of flatwoven rugs to its portfolio. Corsa fizzes with energy from its rainbow of hues, while Carbon takes a monochrome approach, finding creative expression in the contrast between black and white.
