Badlands Rug by Sebastian Herkner in Wool

On the most charming street in Búzios, Rua das Pedras traces the ocean peninsula adjoining cobbled city streets with azure waters and white sand. Printing Brazilian style, Simone Cos...

Framed by 19th century Parisian architecture, the Rue de Babylone guides both locals and tourists alike through the most celebrated and unassumed segments of Paris. Referencing the angles and silhouettes of the rue, Christophe Delcourt’s design subtly emulates the stature of the French capital.

Large Zenues rug by Sebastian Herkner Materials: 100 % natural virgin wool. Technique: Hand-woven in Colombia. Dimensions: W 200 x L 300 cm Available in size small. The striking Zenues rug, a design by Sebastian Herkner, is inspired by old Colombian civilizations. When visiting the jewelry museum in Bogota, the designer discovered the gold works by the Zenu culture, which are decorated with so-called Narigeura symbols. These peoples lived in the Caribbean plains, through which the three large rivers Magdalena, Cauca, and San Jorge flow. Routinely they’d flood the fields so the Zenúes built a vast system of channels covering more than 500,000 hectares, controlling the flow of the water so that people and harvest would be protected. These landscapes inspired first the goldsmiths of the Zenúes – and now Sebastian Herkner. “These graphic objects have intrigued me for quite a while. Their symbolism is so narrative and expressive”, says the designer. The result: a subtle, yet striking, wool rug with various pile depths in a gentle crème white. Each rug is woven with natural virgin wool on traditional looms in ateliers in the Colombian Andes. The ‘channels’ of the monochrome rugs...

Christophe Delcourt and cc-tapis: The common taste to explore new territories. Over the years and collaborations, his research has become focused on materials. As a result, the work ...