Unusual and Beautiful Area Rugs Combine Art and Faux Cowhide.

Designed by Young & Battaglia with artwork by Chiara Fersini and Chad Wys, these beautiful and unusual hide area rugs are made in England.

The Non-Flying Carpet. Six Modular Pieces That Work Together Or On Their Own.

The Non-Flying Carpet from Sergio Mannino Studio is handmade in Nepal by professional artisans and is the first modular carpet of its kind. With six uniquely shaped pieces that fit together like a puzzle, it recreates a courtyard indoors.













Different configurations of the six 100% wool carpets are on sale online on Fab.com right now. Use this invite link if you are not a member. Do not miss the opportunity to get this low maintenance wool garden that will continue to grow indefinitely.

The Non-Flying Carpet will debut at the Tunnel - 269 11th Ave, New York - May 19th, 20th and 21st, 2012 at: Wanted Design

Artist Dan Golden Introduces His Cartoon Throw Pillow Collection

A longtime fan of Dan Golden's whimsical and downright hilarious hand-tufted cartoon rugs (you can see them on my Fancy Friggen Flooring and Radical Rugs list), I was thrilled to hear that he's launching a pillow collection of some of the same designs this coming November.

Below are the designs for the upcoming pillow collection.

Alien:

Crazy New Shit:

Greater Than Picasso:

The Harvey Weintraub Experience:

I Love Bob Newhart:

Keep Dogs Off Grass:

Knack Cover Band:

Morphine is the best medicine:

Ned - Keepin' it real:

Nudist Colony:

Seaweed:

Superheroes:


The pillow collection is now available for pre-order. The national retail launch will be in November.

Each pillow is 18"x18", hand silk-screened organic cotton with down inserts.

Pillows are $130. (shipping & handling is $20 US and $55 International)

The first 25 orders of each design will come with a signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.

Pre-Order now here to guarantee delivery at the beginning of November.

His Cartoon rugs are no longer available for purchase but here's a look at them:






See more of Dan Golden's work here.

Can Sayinli & Jorgen Evil Ekvoll Weave Sex, Drugs & Rock n' Roll Into Silk Rugs

above: detail from the silk hand knotted Rock n' Roll rug

Central St. Martins College of Art and Design graduates Can Sayinli (graphic design) and Jorgen Evil Ekvoll (fine art) are a talented and edgy design duo. Amongst their irreverent, unusual, somewhat anarchistic and definitely provocative work are two collections of textile art. In these particular cases, silk hand knotted rug designs.




Turkish-born Sayinli asked his dad to hook them up with traditional rug-making families from villages near Istanbul. Everyone works from the same computer-generated patterns, yet each rug differs hugely in appearance. “The way the knots are tied varies from village to village, making each rug unique,” says Sayinli – something that appeals to his hippie sensibility and brings us back into the realm of handicraft.

The rugs as shown in exhibition:



I'm sharing two collections by these young artists with you today, both are silk and hand knotted. The rugs are really art pieces as opposed to mass produced products and can only be purchased through galleries such as Galerist in Turkey.

Traditional weavers from villages near Istanbul hand make the rugs based on computer generated patterns:


The finished project: Jørgen Can 1 (Hereke)


Silk Rugs (The Sex, Rock n Roll, Drugs and War Rugs):

Sex:

detail of Sex:

Drugs:

detail of drugs:


Rock n' Roll:

detail of Rock n Roll:

weaving the Rock n' Roll rug:

War:

detail of War:

weaving the War rug:


The Carpet Project:

Jørgen Can 1 (Kayseri):

Free Paris Hilton:

The last days of Maradona:

Breaking Bill Gates:

The Portrait of pope Benedict XVI:

Putin's input:

The sun went down on Queen Elizabeth II:

Saddam forever:

Snoop Dog, another wild American puppy:

A quick visit to Takashi land:

A Zizek composition:


Jørgen Evil Ekvoll- b. 03 April 1981, Oslo
Can Sayinli - b. 12 April 1981, Istanbul
Saylini Evkoll website.

Galerist
TR-34340 Istanbul | Istiklal Cad. Misir Apt 311/4
Phone +90/212 - 244 82 30

If you like unusual, beautiful and artful rugs, be sure to see the over 130 rugs I've singled out for their design. Or search this blog for previous pots on rugs.