cc-tapis Press Clipping - Jan to Sep - UK

CC-TAPIS / DEZEEN / UK 11 SETTEMBRE 2019
The name of the campaign speaks to the spectrum of artists, ideas, materials, colours and production
techniques that come together for the project.
“For the Spectrum collection, we chose artists with completely different visions,” explained Lora.
“We didn’t intend for there to be any aesthetic coherence.”
“Every design has its own unique style which required different materials, different yarn thicknesses
and different densities. It forces us to push production, to introduce new ideas and processes to an
ancient production-technique,” continued Lora.
The particular Tibetan method is unique in the rug-making world thanks to its slit-loop technique
which involves yarn from Himalayan sheep wool being knotted into a row of loops and finally slit to
create a pile.
Every knot in a Cc-Tapis rug is made by hand in Nepal.
For the rugs that appear in the Spectrum campaign, the wool is supplemented with silk, linen and
cotton weave alongside aloe and metallic fibres to create a range of different textures.
Xequer by Martino Gamper.
Photography is by Alessandro Oliva.
Rug invaders by the Cc-Tapis design-lab.
Photography is by Alessandro Oliva.
RASSEGNA STAMPA p. 133