8 Designers Take Their First Stab at Flooring

Designer:


Malene Barnett



Manufacturer:


Surya

Products:

Destinations 61, Voyages 29, Destinations 71

Standout:

The brain behind

Malene B

brings her global perspective—and her boldly colored flat-woven and hand-tufted wool rugs—to a wider audience.

Designer:

Bernardo Rojo


Manufacturer:


Nourison

Products:

MUL01

Standout:

Extending his reach from fashion to flooring, the creative director of mens wear label

Joseph Abboud

continues his aesthetic  in Mulholland, an ensemble of neutral hand-tufted polyester rugs.

Designer:


Charlotte Lancelot



Manufacturer:


Gan

Products:

Canevas

Standout:

Wool felt doubles as a scratchpad for the young Belgian designer’s imagination, the rug’s super-textural surface supplied by cross-stitch construction.

Designer:


Sandra Espinet



Manufacturer

:

Aga John Oriental Rugs

Products:

Walk Little Bird

Standout:

Quirky and classical coexist in the Los Angeles designer’s first stab at flooring, as fowl fades into a forest of abstraction across a ground of silk-wool blend.

Designer:


Michael Wolk



Manufacturer:


Pierpoint Pacific

Products:

Leaves

Standout:

Typically found frequenting furniture and upholstery showrooms, the Miami designer directs his modern tendencies to  the floor with a freeform group of tufted-wool rugs.

Designer:

Kit Kemp


Manufacturer:


Christopher Farr

Products:

Pebbledash

Standout:


The Firmdale Hotels

owner and design director’s modern English approach animates hand-knotted jute, appropriately enough, with varied pebbly textures.

Designer:


Amy Lau



Manufacturer:


Kyle Bunting

Products:

Flow

Standout:

Wavy strips of dyed cowhide simultaneously channel optical art and the architecture of Gio Ponti—and add to this designer’s growing product collection.

Designer:


David Weeks



Manufacturer:


Christopher Farr

Products:

Onda

Standout:

The pendant-fixture wunderkind shines his spotlight downward for his rug debut, arranging hand-tufted and hand-dyed wool in striking graphics and colors.