The Rugier Journal
Experimental design, or the art of making life difficult for a good reason
Translating a moiré effect into hand-tufted wool means finding the right scale, neighboring colors that vibrate and areas of silk that catch the light.
Experimental design, or the art of making life difficult for a good reason
Translating a moiré effect into hand-tufted wool means finding the right scale, neighboring colors that vibrate and areas of silk that catch the light.
Art Deco is a hundred years old, and it's in great shape.
A century after the 1925 Exhibition, Art Deco endures through its geometry: chevrons, radiating lines, symmetry. On the floor, this vocabulary organizes space without competing with the furniture.
Art Deco is a hundred years old, and it's in great shape.
A century after the 1925 Exhibition, Art Deco endures through its geometry: chevrons, radiating lines, symmetry. On the floor, this vocabulary organizes space without competing with the furniture.
The most expensive furniture in the world can't stand without a floor
Without a rug, the finest furniture floats. The floor is the plane the eye reads constantly: it sets the scale, connects the seating and establishes the palette of a room.
The most expensive furniture in the world can't stand without a floor
Without a rug, the finest furniture floats. The floor is the plane the eye reads constantly: it sets the scale, connects the seating and establishes the palette of a room.
Hand tufting is a simple technique. That's why it's hard to do well.
The tufting gun is a simple tool. The quality of a hand-tufted rug therefore depends on everything else: the wool, the density, the drawing, the shearing and the carving.
Hand tufting is a simple technique. That's why it's hard to do well.
The tufting gun is a simple tool. The quality of a hand-tufted rug therefore depends on everything else: the wool, the density, the drawing, the shearing and the carving.
Bhadohi
Families of artisans for five generations, specialized dyers, shearers and finishers: what you come to understand about Bhadohi by working on site with its workshops.
Bhadohi
Families of artisans for five generations, specialized dyers, shearers and finishers: what you come to understand about Bhadohi by working on site with its workshops.
Memphis saved me from beige.
An art school teacher, Miami Vice and the furniture of Ettore Sottsass: how the Memphis group shaped Rugier's view of color, geometry and the rug.
Memphis saved me from beige.
An art school teacher, Miami Vice and the furniture of Ettore Sottsass: how the Memphis group shaped Rugier's view of color, geometry and the rug.