The winners of the Carpet Design Awards 2023 have been determined
The Carpet Design Awards ceremony took place on 13 January 2023. See for yourself who was awarded for outstanding carpet design this year.
Jamie Metrick: 'It was a great opportunity to be part of the Carpet Design Award judging process, sharing ideas with other members of the rug industry. The awards are really important for the market as they offer an invaluable window into the designs, trends and techniques of a particular time.
All Winners at a Glance
Omaggio a Maria Lai: Legarsi alla montagna
Joias
"Homage to Maria Lai" by Joias ,designed by Stefania Spanu, the design idea takes its cue from the work of Maria Lai of 1981 "Legarsi alla montagna"; universally recognized as the first work of relational art in Italy. A choral work as a symbol of complicity and belonging between people, nature and art.
AAD...Enclosure of Life
Saraswati Global Pvt ltd
In AAD...Enclosure of Life electric green color over the neutral palette of greys & beiges creates a modern aesthetic with its untouched rustic charm creating a statement piece. A perfect depiction of urban design language extracted by organic textures occurring due to time in nature over man-made materials.
Green Agate ltd.
Ashtari Carpets bvba
The starting point for this design was a cross section of an Agate stone. Characteristic for these stones are their complex rotations and harmonious color transitions. The organic shape can be customized in any shape and size for floor and wall purposes.
Talisman Hand-knotted
Wendy Morrison Design
This wool and silk hand-knotted rug, shares the story of human optimism and the joy of life, and reinterprets traditional design for a new audience. It features a pair of playful dragons cocooned by billowing ombre clouds, edged with gentle green waves and a colourful, geometric-patterned border.
Tulu
Manglam Arts
A modern rug with a bold geometric design adds a sculptural look to our area. It features a neutral tone and bold design for versatile styling, and yarns blended with natural fibers for a texture-rich feel.
Trails Collection by Sebastian Herkner
M2Rugs
In the designs of the TRAILS collection, a clear hand-dug style is recognizable. Sebastian Herkner‘s designs emerged as a spontaneous translation of intuitive hatchings on paper.This results in five designs that symbolize walking on different paths through their colourfulness and tangible materiality.
Emily Forgot - Modular (Amity)
FLOOR_STORY
The collection is colourful and in-keeping with Emily Forgot’s structural style of design and each are intended to work either as statement pieces in a minimal setting or additions to an already colourful, maximalist space. The individual pieces also act as an assemblage and are designed to be joined together, forming one 'modular' rug.
Taufa
Jaipur Rugs
Manju has named her Manchaha 'Taufa', which, in Hindi, means 'a present'. The inspiration for the rug comes from her daughters, who told her about the Christmas festival and the tradition of leaving gifts under the Christmas tree. Original rugs designed by rural weavers spontaneously on the loom using leftover yarn from the industry.
Impressions from the Award Ceremony
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