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1. Creative Matters Four Seasons Resort Whistler
2. Limited Edition Fearless Living
3. Ferreira de Sá Vila Foz Hotel & Spa
4. La Manufacture Cogolin Botanical
For more than 25 years, Creative Matters has produced floorcoverings for hotels around the world. Most recently, the Toronto-based company devised a variety of carpets for Four Seasons Resort Whistler. Understanding how to balance the needs for luxury, wear, cost, scale and personality, the Canadian design studio selected the Axminster style for the hotel’s ballroom, meeting rooms, events corridors and guest walkways, while nylon broadloom was used in the guestrooms. Bath mats were also handwoven and the guestroom entry rugs were hand-loomed, while the lobby and private suites were outfitted with handtufted carpets for a touch of luxury. www.creativemattersinc.com
In a bid to transcend the boundaries of modern flooring and strengthen alternative approaches to design, Limited Edition has launched Studio Limited Edition. Fearless Living, the first of many collaborations with artists and creatives under the new concept, has seen Belgian interior designer Jean-Philippe Demeyer create a tufted carpet with an imaginative pattern, which breaks through the boundaries of classical design while simultaneously giving a nod to the old world. Available in Cloud Blue, Pistachio and Silver Pink, the carpet features various eyes – a recurring symbol in Demeyer’s work associated with fear, misfortune and protection against evil. www.le.be
Founded in 1946, Ferreira de Sá is one of the oldest and largest existing handmade rug manufacturers in Europe. Offering three different production techniques – hand-tufting, hand-knotting and hand-weaving – all Ferreira de Sá carpets are bespoke according to each client’s request and desire. One such client is Vila Foz Hotel & Spa in Porto, for whom the luxury rugmaker recently produced bespoke tapestries. Displayed in the guestrooms and bar, as well as the Vila Foz Restaurant, the yellow, green and brown pastel tones complement the hotel’s interiors by Atelier Nini Andrade Silva, which combine history and modernism. www.ferreiradesa.com
La Manufacture Cogolin has introduced Botanical, a new series of hand-knotted rugs created in collaboration with Tim Simpson and Sarah van Gaeren, co-founders of London-based design agency Glithero. Handmade from silk, wool and linen, the collection depicts pressed flowers composed into intricate designs. The patterns are influenced by the Millefleur tapestries of the early Renaissance, while the background colour gradients reference the botanical photographs of 19th century botanist and photographer Anna Atkins. Available in four colourways – Blue, Moss, Corn and Copper – the range is designed to evoke the atmosphere of the natural world. www.manufacturecogolin.com