LAUNCHING: Rug Design Collab from Coalesse + nanimarquina
Rugs for the New Life of Work
Debut collaboration celebrates a shared interest in the natural world and the sustaining of craft traditions through modern design.
Coalesse and Spanish rug company nanimarquina launch a design partnership centered around crafted tradition and modern nature.
The Nanimarquina Collection for Coalesse includes six patterns, each in five color variations and three sizes, exploring the warmth, comfort and residential soul of hand-woven rugs, bringing new life to work.
“With an increase in open spaces and hard floor surfaces, rugs are becoming an increasingly important design element to help ground today’s work settings by forming natural boundaries while absorbing sound,” says Lew Epstein, General Manager for Coalesse. “The Nanimarquina Collection for Coalesse will bring a greater sense of warmth, vitality and soul, as well as visual and physical comfort to the workplace.”
For this collaboration, traditionally crafted hand-tufted and hand- loomed dhurrie weaves are creatively adapted with materials that broaden applications, including outdoor use.
A specially curated palette from the Coalesse color point of view is the foundation of the collection, featuring rich, elemental tones from both land and sea that draw in the senses. Each abstract, textured pattern is subtle yet familiar, inspired by organic forms found in nature and in the geometry of weaving techniques.
“When we collaborate, we look for a partner who brings a knowledge and a passion to the thing they do well,” says John Hamilton, Global Design Director for Coalesse. “The nanimarquina team has a Mediterranean sensibility about them – a really special, authentic way of looking at design challenges by taking an artistic approach to creating rugs with a high standard of execution.”
Family-owned in Barcelona, Spain, nanimarquina specializes in contemporary rug designs using traditional, hand-crafted techniques.
Their team leads with a focus on design, craft and social impact. After long development into the use of different fibers, nanimarquina developed a way to craft weather-resistant outdoor rugs by combining ancestral weaving techniques with a recycled PET fiber. This material innovation retains the same look, feel and woven detail of fine indoor rugs.
“At nanimarquina, we make tradition contemporary. Our rugs are modern in styling, yet our designs and motifs reflect different cultures and ancient weaving techniques,” says Nani Marquina. “Working with Coalesse was a natural process, resulting in craft at its finest.”
Strokes
Rhythm and line.
Minimal, interlacing linework is adapted from a set of hand-drawn, sequenced marks over solid color fields. Varied patterns form a family of gestural rugs that can be combined for large areas. The linear designs share coordinating tonal, neutral colorations. Hand-tufted in 100% new wool.
Shadows
Abstract leaves.
Inspired by the shadows cast by plant foliage, an organic pattern emerges that moves irregularly across the rugs. Shadows captures the gentle vitality of light, branches and leaves, with an intricacy pleasing to the senses, in warm combinations of earth tones.
Hand-tufted in 100% new wool.
Basket
Open weave.
Looking closely at light passing through a woven basket, a mesh pattern emerges with beautiful gaps and variations. Enlarged and slightly faded for a more abstract geometric field, the design explores dark and light natural color combinations.
Hand-tufted in 100% new wool.
Patch
Panels and fringe.
This modern take on the traditional dhurrie is made of patch-like panels that have been individually dyed, hand-loomed and sewn together by hand.
The fringing is complete on some borders, and playfully placed on others for graphic impact.
Hand-loomed flat-weave dhurrie construction, crafted from 100% hand-spun New Zealand wool to give the rugs a distinctive variegated color.
Diagonal (outdoor)
Graphic twill.
A classic twill weave is enlarged into a diagonal- textured pattern with wide borders colored in coordinating shades for bolder visual interest. For outdoor use, the five color combinations reference soft botanical and earth tones. Hand-loomed flat- weave dhurrie construction in 100% recycled PET.
Mesh (outdoor)
Warp and weft.
Reminiscent of bamboo matting and other natural banded weaves, this design combines two different PET fiber weights to create varying textures in a unique dimension of the weaving across both warp and weft. Mesh outdoor rugs include two patterns in five banded and color-blocked combinations, across a range of subtle colorways. Hand-loomed flat-weave dhurrie construction in 100% recycled PET.
Additional details
- Six patterns are presented in five colorways each. Pattern varies with each colorway within three of the rug styles (Strokes, Patch and Mesh) for even more design choice.
- Pattern families work together in single or mixed combinations to cover large spaces.
- Premium 100% new wool in hand-tufted and hand- loomed dhurrie constructions for indoor applications.
- Special material innovations: 100% recycled PET replaces natural fibers for weather-resistant outdoor use, while retaining the look, feel and woven detail of fine indoor rugs.
- Exclusively made in India. Together with Care & Fair, nanimarquina supports local artisans and their families through education and access to healthcare.
- Sizes available include: 6’x9’ / 8’x10’ / 9’x13’
- Select rugs from each pattern will be available through the Rapid10 Quick Ship Program
The Nanimarquina Collection for Coalesse will be available globally, exclusively through Coalesse.
For more information on Coalesse and its products, visit www.coalesse.com
Bringing New Life to Work™
About Coalesse
Led by intuition, backed by research, and driven by design – Coalesse creates thoughtful furnishings for the modern workplace. We help our customers to make great spaces that inspire great work by empowering social connection, creative collaboration, and focus and rejuvenation. For workplaces around the world, we design products that blend beauty and utility, comfort and vitality, and insights with inspiration to bring new life to work. As part of the Steelcase Inc. family of brands, we are globally accessible through a network of over 800 dealers.
About nanimarquina
nanimarquina was founded by Nani in 1987 with a singular desire: “I wanted to design visually stunning rugs for people to enjoy.” Searching for constant innovation of techniques and materials, nanimarquina is a family company, a pioneer in the market of contemporary rugs. Based in Barcelona and NYC, manufacturing is carried out in India and Pakistan, thus revealing the unlimited possibilities of handicrafts. In regards to design, the brand collaborates with renowned national and international designers to guarantee diversity of styles and experimentation with textures, materials and shapes. The result is a unique nanimarquina rug for each person, for each space, for each emotion.
