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Ruckstuhl's 2013 Edition brings together designs by internationally famous designers whose signatures could not be more different from one another - ranging from an avant garde London-based fashion designer by way of an experimental Swiss studio to the most influential female designer in Milan. All of them were asked to come up with a contemporary interpretation of the patterned carpet, and they have created fascinating designs, each reflecting the approach of the individual designer.
Figures from a video game feature on an oriental rug, colours seem to melt into one another, and graphic forms suggest the leafy pattern of a branching palm. The carpets of the Edition Ruckstuhl 2013 do not have many common features, but rather represent an impressive pot-pourri of multicultural currents and ideas.
The Swiss carpet manufacturing company was able to acquire the services of six celebrated designers, who engaged with the tradition of the patterned carpet to create novel but timeless forms of ornamentation. The designers chosen not only have different origins and a different understanding of design - they also come from different disciplines and backgrounds. Hussein Chalayan was born in Cyprus, and is principally known as a fashion designer. He has twice been chosen as British Designer of the Year. Victor Carrasco, a product designer and communication manager, also advises his customers on the development of brand strategies. Arik Levy studied industrial design, but sees himself as being not just a designer and technician - at the same time he is an artist, a photographer and a film maker. Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architects' office. They were represented at the Architectural Biennial in Venice in 2004. Last in the line-up are Milan designer Patricia Urquiola and the Swiss design studio atelier oï, known for its artistically imaginative scenographic productions.
Apart from the dictated concept of pattern and the condition that only natural and sustainable raw materials should be used, Ruckstuhl left the designers' imagination a free rein. The result has been a multilayered and richly varied collection which combines a wide range of design currents and cultural influences.
Hussein Chalayan has focused on the still enduring myth of the Silk Road and created three modern oriental rugs of an unusual kind. In 'Balance', Victor Carrasco has come up with a sensitive dialogue between colour and form. The strong colour tones of the rounded woollen rug seem to dissipate like a watercolour and gradually fade out into white. 'Balance' is obtainable in four colours, including maize yellow and marine blue.
'Crack' and 'Landscape' translate Arik Levy's favoured artistic themes into carpeting. The imperfect geometry of his graphic patterns becomes an object of three-dimensional experience, based on a kind of carving technique. Subtly shimmering viscose highlights the individual areas. 'Crack' comes in two, 'Landscape' in three colour variants. Claesson Koivisto Rune have based their design on nature, tracing the lines of a palm branch. The relief-like structure of their 'Palm Leaf' carpet is based on the varying height of the pile, resulting in an effective illusion of colour. This woollen carpet is available in five colour shades.
The designs described above, and an initial prototype from atelier oï , will be presented to the public for the first time in November at the 14th Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal. Patricia Urquiola's carpet creations are to follow in the spring of next year.
Most carpets of this stimulating and many-sided Edition Ruckstuhl 2013 will be available on the market from January 2013.
Figures from a video game feature on an oriental rug, colours seem to melt into one another, and graphic forms suggest the leafy pattern of a branching palm. The carpets of the Edition Ruckstuhl 2013 do not have many common features, but rather represent an impressive pot-pourri of multicultural currents and ideas.
The Swiss carpet manufacturing company was able to acquire the services of six celebrated designers, who engaged with the tradition of the patterned carpet to create novel but timeless forms of ornamentation. The designers chosen not only have different origins and a different understanding of design - they also come from different disciplines and backgrounds. Hussein Chalayan was born in Cyprus, and is principally known as a fashion designer. He has twice been chosen as British Designer of the Year. Victor Carrasco, a product designer and communication manager, also advises his customers on the development of brand strategies. Arik Levy studied industrial design, but sees himself as being not just a designer and technician - at the same time he is an artist, a photographer and a film maker. Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish architects' office. They were represented at the Architectural Biennial in Venice in 2004. Last in the line-up are Milan designer Patricia Urquiola and the Swiss design studio atelier oï, known for its artistically imaginative scenographic productions.
Apart from the dictated concept of pattern and the condition that only natural and sustainable raw materials should be used, Ruckstuhl left the designers' imagination a free rein. The result has been a multilayered and richly varied collection which combines a wide range of design currents and cultural influences.
Hussein Chalayan has focused on the still enduring myth of the Silk Road and created three modern oriental rugs of an unusual kind. In 'Balance', Victor Carrasco has come up with a sensitive dialogue between colour and form. The strong colour tones of the rounded woollen rug seem to dissipate like a watercolour and gradually fade out into white. 'Balance' is obtainable in four colours, including maize yellow and marine blue.
'Crack' and 'Landscape' translate Arik Levy's favoured artistic themes into carpeting. The imperfect geometry of his graphic patterns becomes an object of three-dimensional experience, based on a kind of carving technique. Subtly shimmering viscose highlights the individual areas. 'Crack' comes in two, 'Landscape' in three colour variants. Claesson Koivisto Rune have based their design on nature, tracing the lines of a palm branch. The relief-like structure of their 'Palm Leaf' carpet is based on the varying height of the pile, resulting in an effective illusion of colour. This woollen carpet is available in five colour shades.
The designs described above, and an initial prototype from atelier oï , will be presented to the public for the first time in November at the 14th Designers’ Saturday in Langenthal. Patricia Urquiola's carpet creations are to follow in the spring of next year.
Most carpets of this stimulating and many-sided Edition Ruckstuhl 2013 will be available on the market from January 2013.