Tag: Carpets & Rugs
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.
Designer Loves: Natalia Miyar
Natalia Miyar thinks pink for her selection of spring/summer 21's products, chosen as part of the Design Centre's First Look initiative.
Creative Collages
From Wanderlust to Neo-nostalgia, discover four trends that are redefining design.
Designer Loves: Albion Nord
Camilla Clarke of Albion Nord puts together an edit from First Look's spring/summer 21 collections, and reveals which palettes she'll be working with this year.
Designer Loves: Mark Smith
The Design Centre asked top designers to pick some of their favourite products from First Look, its curated edit of the new collections. Carden Cunietti’s vibrant selection kicks things off.
Designer Loves: Carden Cunietti
The Design Centre asked top designers to pick some of their favourite products from First Look, its curated edit of the new collections. Carden Cunietti’s vibrant selection kicks things off.
First Look: Purple
It has associations with opulence and power, but purple can be light and joyful too. Dive into Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour's First Look initiative and discover its many guises among the latest collections.
First Look: Yellow
Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour's First Look initiative sees hundreds of new products expertly curated by colour online, and there are plenty of highlights when it comes to sunshine-soaked shades of yellow.
Find the Right Rug
"I do things differently, and I like to change, as well. That’s been my motto so far." So says Esti Barnes of Topfloor by Esti, talking to Design Centre Chelsea Harbour's personal shopper Gabrielle Grubanovich for a special 'Getting to Know Rugs and Carpets' session as part of Focus/20's virtual programme.
Ahead of the Curve
With its sweeping curved facade overlooking Regent’s Park, Regent’s Crescent makes one of London’s grandest architectural statements. Although the 200-year-old John Nash facade may be original, the spaces behind them have been completely remodelled for modern living, with a new residence by Millier recently unveiled.
Optimistic Outlook
"Colour has the power to lift us up, make us happy, and change our moods. Colour should be a magnetic force that makes us want to stay right in front of it," says Boston-based artist Liz Roache, the latest person to collaborate with Pierre Frey. Her joyously bold work has translated wonderfully to a collection of fabrics, wallpapers and rugs.
Rugs with Purpose
Specialising in exquisite hand-made rugs, Jennifer Manners Design, a new arrival in the Centre Dome, counts some of the world's most influential interior designers as clients.
