COVER speaks with London-based designer Jennifer Manners about her ingenious and delightful new Scallop rug created in collaboration with Salvesen Graham
She sells seashells: Salvesen Graham x Jennifer Manners
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Interiors
The master Mendini
Last year, lauded Italian designer Alessandro Mendini passed away. Denna Jones discusses Mendini’s oeuvre through his rug designs in COVER 55:
Behind closed curtains
Back in 2018, Birgit Krah of rug firm Reuber Henning was delighted to fall upon a book about Iranian interiors. Her interview with the author and traveller Lena Späth first appeared in COVER 50.
New showrooms set to make a mark in 2019
This year a considerable number of new showrooms showcasing handmade rugs have opened in the US, Europe and the UK. COVER 53 presents a selection of those set to make a mark in 2019
Four destination showrooms for rugs
There is no substitute for seeing handmade rugs in the flesh before you buy or commission a bespoke piece. With so much on offer, presenting a multitude of options in an orderly and stylish manner can be a real challenge. Here are four international showrooms, as...
Four rooms defined by rugs
Long gone are the days when the floor was the ignored dimension of a room, a neutral offset to enhance other design elements. Today, handmade rugs have staked out their claim as effortless centrepieces of an interior. They frequently form the starting point for...
Precious Minimalism by Kristiina Lassus
Milan-based designer Kristiina Lassus’ work exudes a quiet elegance. The rugs are minimal in detail but rich in historical and ethnographical reference. The understated patterns are suggestive of places and times, there are subconscious references to aesthetics...
Campaign for Wool Warms Up Southwark Cathedral
Denna Jones Lovers of wool are legging it around the capital to catch events, workshops and exhibitions allied to Campaign for Wool’s fifth annual UK Wool Week (6-12 October 2014). Knit-a-thon at Brora (and a Twitter auction to win the blanket outcome), meet the Maker...
New Designers 2014: the genius of Gen Z
Denna Jones The annual New Designers exhibition of recent graduate work from across the UK was dominated this year by a demographic whose outlook is a fusion of the youngest of the Millennials (born circa 1980), and the elders of Generation Z (born circa 1995). Your...