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Beautiful new rug showrooms at DCCH London
New carpet showrooms at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour were the focus of Denna Jones’ visit to London Design Week
Unravelling narratives
London’s Barbican Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition that aims to convey the potent messages in work by international textile makers. Denna Jones shines a light on some of the artworks and their relationship to the world around them
Six rugs for March
Six rugs for the season, florals versus neutrals
Following the Thread: Episode 02
The second episode of the ‘Following the Thread’ podcast is now available to stream!
Looking back on COVER Connect Las Vegas
CCLV took place last month at the
Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Vegas
All you need is love
A few rugs for Valentine’s day
CC-Tapis in Casa Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
Rugs by cc-tapis are currently on display at the house of Mexican architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez.
GoodWeave International
Jon Jacoby became GoodWeave International’s new CEO on 1 September 2023, taking over from Nina Smith, who headed the organisation for 24 years. Lucy Upward discusses GoodWeave in action with Jacoby
Rug Highlights from January 2024 Events
Images from recent European design events to go with Lucy Upward’s talk in the new HPL podcast ‘Following the Thread’, now on Soundcloud
Editor’s pick
COVER Connect New York 2023
COVER Editor Lucy Upward gives the lowdown on the recent event in New York City
New issue
COVER ISSUE 73 OUT NOW
COVER 73 looks forward to the second edition of COVER Connect Las Vegas with an in-depth preview of the twenty brands that will be showing there. Further previews include Domotex Hannover and the Carpet Design Awards, Heimtextil, Maison&Object and the Lila Valadan exhibition that will be on show at Domotex in January. Plus, we review COVER Connect New York, The Rug Show, London Design Week and Decorex.
The issue reports on some exciting rug projects, including the newly opened Jan Kath Rug + Art Space in Kathmandu and Rug Star’s new innovative project with Anna Beselin of the Pergamon Museum. We look at the exciting work of Mexican rug brand Balmaceda and Kyiv-based OLK Manufactory. Brand focuses also include Sahar, Tamarian, Creative Matters, Ashtari Carpets and SHIIR while exciting new hand-knotted rug collections come from Reuber Henning, Shame Studios,Ward & Gray and cc-tapis.