The Rugier Journal

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 32 : une courbe libre construite en arcs, qui traverse la trame de poteaux d’un bâtiment

Brazilian modernism and color: Burle Marx, Lina Bo Bardi and the drawing on the ground

From Burle Marx to Lina Bo Bardi, Brazilian modernism turned the ground into a surface of color and free form: a lesson still alive in the contemporary rug.

Brazilian modernism and color: Burle Marx, Lina Bo Bardi and the drawing on the ground

From Burle Marx to Lina Bo Bardi, Brazilian modernism turned the ground into a surface of color and free form: a lesson still alive in the contemporary rug.

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 31 : le plan d’un camaïeu en quatre valeurs et sa coupe : chaque valeur devient une hauteur

Composing a rug around a single color: the nuances of tone-on-tone in Studio Rugier

Working with the nuances of a single hue to compose a custom rug that brings depth to the pattern and coherence to the interior.

Composing a rug around a single color: the nuances of tone-on-tone in Studio Rugier

Working with the nuances of a single hue to compose a custom rug that brings depth to the pattern and coherence to the interior.

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 30 : la même lumière rasante sur deux fibres : la laine la diffuse, la soie la renvoie

Silk in the tufted rug: sheen, density and play of light

Why silk makes the color of a rug vary with the light, and how it combines with wool without ever replacing it.

Silk in the tufted rug: sheen, density and play of light

Why silk makes the color of a rug vary with the light, and how it combines with wool without ever replacing it.

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 29 : un champ, des encadrements à redans et l’angle travaillé, dessinés à la règle

Art Deco and the geometry of the rug: from the 1925 Exhibition to the floors of ocean liners

How the 1925 Exhibition, the rugs of Ivan Da Silva Bruhns and the great ocean liners codified Art Deco geometry on the floor, and what the contemporary rug retains of...

Art Deco and the geometry of the rug: from the 1925 Exhibition to the floors of ocean liners

How the 1925 Exhibition, the rugs of Ivan Da Silva Bruhns and the great ocean liners codified Art Deco geometry on the floor, and what the contemporary rug retains of...

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 28 : les proportions 60-30-10 relevées sur le tapis, puis réparties dans la pièce

Starting from the rug to compose an entire room

How to start from a custom rug to orchestrate the colors, materials and furniture of a space, with concrete principles.

Starting from the rug to compose an entire room

How to start from a custom rug to orchestrate the colors, materials and furniture of a space, with concrete principles.

Planche du Journal Rugier, fig. 27 : coupe d’une pièce : le son rebondit sur le sol nu, la laine le piège dans l’air qu’elle retient

The wool rug, an acoustic and thermal regulator for a room

Why a wool rug tangibly improves the acoustics, thermal insulation and comfort of an interior, explained by the properties of the fiber.

The wool rug, an acoustic and thermal regulator for a room

Why a wool rug tangibly improves the acoustics, thermal insulation and comfort of an interior, explained by the properties of the fiber.