TORD BOONTJE FLOWER RUG for Nanimarquina
Posted By Emily Pilloton On October 19, 2006 @ 4:31 am In green Interiors | 11 Comments
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The recent collaboration between star Dutch designer Tord Boontje [5] and the uber-hip Spanish rug company Nanimarquina [6] is truly a great combination- like chocolate and mint, or peanut butter and jelly. The two independently-fabulous design entities have joined forces to create the playfully genius Little Field Of Flowers [7] rug, whose floral shaggy tendrils are just as endearing as they are warm and fuzzy under your bare toes.
Available in shades of purple, red, or green, the hand-loomed wool rug combines Tord Boontje’s [8] engaging aesthetic and shrewd design sensibility with Nanimarquina’s [7] commitment to unique, high-quality, handmade rugs. The result is a wonderful synthesis between two like-minded designers, who not only produce provocative objects, but use ethical business practices and well-selected materials to do so.
Tord Boontje [5] has wowed us before with his recycled Transglass vessels and the Midsummer Light. His design “draws from a belief that modernism does not mean minimalism, that contemporary does not forsake tradition, and that technology does not abandon people and senses.” Nanimarquina [6], the Barcelona-based company known for richly-colored hand-tufted, loomed, and knotted rugs, has used green materials such as recycled bicycle inner tubes, and employs fair and just labor practices in all its manufacturing processes. Talk about a great duo.
+Tord Boontje [8]
+Nanimarquina [9]
Via Teejay’s Backsplash [10] via Mocoloco [11]
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[5] Tord Boontje: http://inhabitat.com/blog/2006/06/13/transglass-recycled-glass-tableware/
[6] Nanimarquina: http://inhabitat.com/blog/2005/12/28/nanimarquina/
[7] Little Field Of Flowers: http://www.nanimarquina.com
[8] Tord Boontje’s: http://www.tordboontje.com
[9] +Nanimarquina: http://www.nanimarquina.com/dev/frontoffice/nanimarquina.php
[10] Via Teejay’s Backsplash: http://teejay5.blogspot.com/2006/10/little-field-of-flowers.html
[11] Mocoloco: http://mocoloco.com/archives/2006_10.php
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