Ground control: rigorous rugs take a graphic turn

Top row, ‘Clouds Spring’ rug, part of the Fresco & Nimbus collection, £8,562, by Luke Irwin. ‘Woodlines’ rug, £1,501, by Naja Utzon Popov, for Carl Hansen & Søn, from Skandium. Lying flat, ‘Syllepse’ rug, €3,296, part of the Isotopie collection, by La Manufacture Cogolin. Middle row, ‘Shadow’ rug, £775 per sq m, by Alexandra Champalimaud, for The Rug Company. ‘Rawline Scala’ rug, from £25 per sq m, by Helle Lykke Jensen and Louise Søe Oxlund, for Ege Carpets. ‘Mirada’ rug, from $2,975, by Ben Soleimani, for RH. ‘Oceania Seabed’ rug, £1,193, by Naja Utzon Popov, for Carl Hansen & Søn, from Skandium. ‘Merger’ rug (on cylinder), £272 per sq m, by Hella Jongerius, for Danskina. On floor, ‘Boro’ rug, €2,072, by Jan Kath. ‘Lattice’ rug (on cylinder), from £545, by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, for Nanimarquina. ‘Smoke Grey Oak’ wood veneer (on cylinders), price on request, by Alpi

Left, top row, ‘Carpet Red’ rug, CHF1,632 (€1,526), by Terrazzo Project x Schoenstaub. ‘The Moor’ rug, £1,399, by All The Way To Paris, for &Tradition. ‘Paralleli B1’ rug, €18,650, by Dimore Studio, for Golran. On floor, ‘Palette Yellow’ rug, £495, by Note Design Studio, for Ogeborg. ‘Chipo’ rug, €3,631, by Zaven, for CC-Tapis. Right, top row, ‘Oci’ rugs, £680 each, by Seraina Lareida, for Portego. ‘Field’ rug, £2,167, by Kasthall. ‘Kaibab II Earl Grey’ rug (lying flat), £889, by Clodagh, for Tufenkian Carpets. ‘Glimpse’ rug, from £930 per sq m, by Deirdre Dyson. ‘Devonia Plain’ carpet in Apple Orchard (on cylinder), £43 per sq m, by Axminster Carpets. On floor, ‘Diagonal of Love’ rug, €5,675, by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez, for Tai Ping.

Photography: Luke Kirwan. Interiors: Maria Sobrino. As originally featured in the June 2017 issue of Wallpaper* (W*219)