The Rugier Journal
The five mistakes beginners make when designing their first rug
The five classic pitfalls of custom rug composition, and the designer's counter-decision for each.
The five mistakes beginners make when designing their first rug
The five classic pitfalls of custom rug composition, and the designer's counter-decision for each.
Bhadohi: the handmade carpet capital of the world
In Uttar Pradesh, northern India, one city alone accounts for a significant share of the world's handmade carpet production. Bhadohi, also known as Sant Ravidas Nagar, has for centuries been...
Bhadohi: the handmade carpet capital of the world
In Uttar Pradesh, northern India, one city alone accounts for a significant share of the world's handmade carpet production. Bhadohi, also known as Sant Ravidas Nagar, has for centuries been...
Rugs and Optical Illusion: The Legacy of Op Art
Rugs and Optical Effects: The Legacy of Op Art Op Art, or optical art, is an art movement born in the 1960s that exploits the mechanisms of visual perception to...
Rugs and Optical Illusion: The Legacy of Op Art
Rugs and Optical Effects: The Legacy of Op Art Op Art, or optical art, is an art movement born in the 1960s that exploits the mechanisms of visual perception to...
What is a hand-tufted rug?
A hand-tufted rug is handcrafted using a tufting gun, with New Zealand wool, in specialized workshops such as those in Bhadohi, India. Discover what distinguishes this technique from knotted rugs,...
What is a hand-tufted rug?
A hand-tufted rug is handcrafted using a tufting gun, with New Zealand wool, in specialized workshops such as those in Bhadohi, India. Discover what distinguishes this technique from knotted rugs,...
Why large hotels have geometric carpets.
You don't ask questions when you enter the Ritz. You put down your bags, look up at the ceiling, notice the woodwork, the flowers, the soft lighting. The floor is...
Why large hotels have geometric carpets.
You don't ask questions when you enter the Ritz. You put down your bags, look up at the ceiling, notice the woodwork, the flowers, the soft lighting. The floor is...
Moiré effect. An enduring disturbance.
There are visual phenomena that we don't look for. We encounter them. On the fabric of a dress photographed too closely, on a poorly adjusted scanner screen, in the superimposed...
Moiré effect. An enduring disturbance.
There are visual phenomena that we don't look for. We encounter them. On the fabric of a dress photographed too closely, on a poorly adjusted scanner screen, in the superimposed...