September 20, 2024

8 Artisans Crafting The Future Of Flooring

See how these designers are pushing the boundaries of creativity with flooring solutions that transform spaces into stunning works of art.

Meet The Artisans Wiping The Floor With These Innovative Solutions

1. Brian Coleman for Knots Rugs

image of abstract rug — Photography by Andrea Basile.

Product: The Getting By
Standout: The contemporary painter’s brushwork has the instinctual spontaneity of a flock of birds in flight, the fluid and rhythmic motifs transliterated from acrylic, ink, and graphite on canvas to a wool-and-silk rug.

2. Feruccio Laviani for Illulian

Ferruccio Laviani for Kartell — Photography courtesy of Illulian.

abstract blue and orange squares together in a rug — Photography courtesy of Illulian.

Product: Symi
Standout: Gestural strokes in opposing colors intersect, overlap, and separate to create gaps through which the floor can be glimpsed in the Milan-based architect’s wool rug woven in Nepal.

3. Malene Barnett for Ruggable

Malene Barnett standing in living room — Photography courtesy of Ruggable.

multiple different colored rugs stacked on top of each other — Photography courtesy of Ruggable.

Product: Ruggable x Malene Barnett
Standout: The women-led rug brand teamed with the Black Artists + Designers Guild founder on rugs that honor aspects of African heritage, from Malian mudcloth to Nuba body art.

4. Athena Calderone for Beni

Athena Calderone in front of room — Photography courtesy of Beni.

large tan rug with red squares — Photography courtesy of Beni.

Product: Metropolis
Standout: The Insta-darling turned designer juggernaut channels her New York apartment’s art deco detailing into ornamental rectilinear shapes applied to the manufacturer’s debut low-pile knotted rugs. Eye swoon!

5. Barbara Ghidoni, Marco Donati, and Michele Pasini for Battilossi

three people standing in front of drapes — Photography courtesy of Battilossi.

rug with green stripes and one large white stripe — Photography courtesy of Battilossi.

Product: Celsius
Standout: The Storage Milano founders’ four designs, each in a dis- tinct weaving methodology, showcase iterations of a single pattern—see the ethereal ebb and flow of this Tibetan wool stunner, shown in the Night Lawn colorway.

6. Brigette Romanek for Loloi

Brigette Romanek standing in front of marble countertop — Photography courtesy of Loloi.

white checkered rug — Photography courtesy of Loloi.

Product: Knox
Standout: As cozy as a knitted sweater, the interior designer’s checkerboard pattern blends wool, polyester, and cotton fibers and is GoodWeave–certified, ensuring adherence to the highest ethical standards.

7. Nikodem Szpunar for Moooi

room with blue walls, abstract green artwork and table — Photography courtesy of Moooi.

Product: Big Scale
Standout: For the Shape collection, the Warsaw-based abstract painter treats polyamide carpet as his canvas, generously scaling up his bold brushstrokes in blue ink, gold, green, or red wine colorways.

8. Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer of Cold Picnic

Cold Picnic cofounders — Photography courtesy of Cold Picnic.

Product: Embrace
Standout: Stemming from the Brooklyn-based partners’ family art session in the countryside, the anthropomorphic series includes a New Zealand wool rug outlined with a playful arm motif, as if embraced by a nurturing hug.

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