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Design Rug Little Field of Flowers

Tord Boontje's 'Little Field of Flowers'
Modern Rug from the Nanimarquina collection Spain

In 1987, Barcelona-based designer Nani Marquina established a textile and rug design studio. Since 1993, the company’s designs have been manufactured in northern India. Marquina has devoted her career to promoting sustainable ethics in production. Her definition of “sustainable” applies both to materials (her rugs are mostly biodegradable, and one, Bicicleta, is made from recycled bike inner tubes) and to fair labor and trade practices. One of the most popular design rugs in the Nanimarquina collection is the Little Field of Flowers rug, the first rug by Netherlands-born, England-trained, France-based Tord Boontje.

Tord Boontje's 'Little Field of Flowers'
Modern Rug from the Nanimarquina collection Spain

The Little Field of Flowers rug is made using felt strips, lending a texture that is very soft and pleasant, yet strong. A little space for day dreaming. With 'Little Field of Flowers' you’ll feel as if you’re resting in a cool meadow on a hot summer's day - your own small place for relaxing and daydreaming. It has a certain lightness to it which creates a comfortable environment.


Tord Boontje's 'Little Field of Flowers'
Modern Rug from the Nanimarquina collection Spain

Following the philosophy of Studio Tord Boontje, this design gently softens angles, finding its inspiration in nature and playing with shapes and layers to seduce your imagination and awaken your emotions.



Tord Boontje's 'Little Field of Flowers'
Modern Rug from the Nanimarquina collection Spain

Little Field of Flowers is hand loomed from 100% New Zealand wool felt which is hand dyed.


How the Little Field of Flowers rug is made

From an article in Dwell which explains how this rug is made: depending on the size of the rug—they come in three sizes—one or two technicians operate the loom, which involves painstaking manual labor. “Every two or three lines,” Nani Marquina explains, “we insert a pair of die-cut flowers. They are fixed through a wool thread that is woven between the flowers and the base.” The technicians follow an intricate pattern, much like in knitting, which graphically conveys the intended location of each distinct flower pairing. They can produce one rug in a seven-hour workday. “It wasn’t easy,” Marquina remembers, “to find manufacturers willing to take on this project—it’s quite complex.”

The Nanimarquina rug collection is sold in the USA through Stardust.

Selina Rose's beautiful eco-friendly rugs

I have been a fan of Selina Rose's designs for a while so I'm very excited to have some of her designs such as the beautiful Botanica rug, Bloom rug and Bloom table runner (fab if you are looking for something unique to style your Christmas table) on BODIE and FOU.

For those who don't know Selina yet, she is a British designer-maker who creates intricately cut and printed home accessories, using cutting edge technology. She is well-known for this gorgeous, hot pink Botanica rug which was the one that really caught my eye last year but she does amazing and bespoke sliding curtain panels and room dividers to commission for residential and commercial clients, architects and interior designers.
Like Designer Michelle Mason, Selina Rose designs beautiful, contemporary rugs that add instant style to a home.

While Michele Mason's Stella rug (featured below, available in cream here) is a contemporary take on lacemaking where cotton yarns were traditionally worked into decorative shapes to create lace for clothes and home linens, Selina Rose's designs are inspired by nature and visits to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew (a must-see if you're coming to London).

There is a lot more to say about these two talented girls but I really like the fact that both design eco-friendly interior products that are not only good for the environment but also look amazingly beautiful. Both Michele Mason and Selina Rose make their rugs in the UK (hence reducing footprint), using 100% wool felt - a material known for its eco credentials. They also use environmentally friendly dyes so you not only get a beautiful piece of design for your home but you do something good for the planet.

I'm also quite taken by the Cotton Bud wallpaper that Selina hand-drawn after a visit to Kew Garden’s Millenium Seed Bank which houses rare and essential seeds in an underground bunker as an insurance policy against the extinction of plants in the future.

She said about her Cotton Bud wallpaper “I loved the unusual form of the cotton buds with their candy floss flowerheads. The plants at the Seed Bank are grown in glass cases which heightens the sense of fragility. My wallpaper celebrates nature and its importance to us and our environment.”
The Cotton Bud Wallpaper (also available in turquoise/pink) is an eco friendly digitally printed product, made in the UK using environmentally friendly inks on paper from sustainable sources.

Cotton Bud Wallpaper is available in two colour ways Brights or Grey
£78.99 per roll. Dimensions 52cm x 10m (66cm repeat).

You may be interested in B&F's eco designs here.