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THE SHAPED RUG - AN UNDENIABLE STATEMENT PIECE
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THE SHAPED RUG - AN UNDENIABLE STATEMENT PIECE

Shaped rugs steal the spotlight, they’re a conversation piece on the floor and they make spaces exciting. Over 35 years we’ve designed a lot of rugs in abstract shapes so we’d thought we’d have a little retrospective. We chose five rugs designed in recent times and five rugs from our 90s archive. From the elegant to the eclectic to the practical, scroll down and enjoy them.

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OUR DESIGNERS’ FAVOURITE FLOOR COVERINGS OF 2022
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OUR DESIGNERS’ FAVOURITE FLOOR COVERINGS OF 2022

As the demand for Creative Matters’ carpets continues to increase so must our design team grow bigger. This year we have 13 designers not including our three Partners (Ali, Ana and Carol) who still love to fit in some design among their other responsibilities. We asked each designer to select their favourite 2022 carpet and they came up with 12 different answers, testament to the diversity of our creations.

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MACRAME - THE LATEST AND MOST TEXTURAL RUG COLLECTION
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MACRAME - THE LATEST AND MOST TEXTURAL RUG COLLECTION

Macrame is Creative Matters’ 14th rug collection and it’s an extra special one. Extra special because texture plays a much bigger role in the designs than it has in previous collections. To achieve the desired richness of texture the designers looked to skillfully combine an extravagant variety of weaving techniques.

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OUR RAVEN RUG TAKES FLIGHT
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OUR RAVEN RUG TAKES FLIGHT

We were delighted to debut our Raven rug at the Maison&Objet design show in Paris last month. Raven is the first in a series of rugs we are currently calling The Storytelling Collection. Each of the rugs will be based on the artwork of a Canadian indigenous artist and recreated in a handtufted or handknotted technique.

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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS
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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS

Do you feel like exploring the most intriguing pieces that shaped Creative Matters in 2017? Then look no further than this list of some of our designers' favourites which run the gamut from a 36-foot (11-metre) residential runner to a wall hanging for an airport to a corporate rug sprayed with mustard yellow. 

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ART DAY - INSIDE RUG DESIGN AT CREATIVE MATTERS
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ART DAY - INSIDE RUG DESIGN AT CREATIVE MATTERS

Art Day is not only intrinsic to the Creative Matters process of design, but has also generated a searchable archive of over 2,500 original designs primed for custom contemporary floor and wallcoverings.

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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS
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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS

We asked our designers for their favourite rugs - 8 designers, 8 very different choices. Reading though the reasons for their selections, we realize the criteria for a successful rug are endless. 

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WALLCOVERING INSPIRATION FOR INTERIOR DESIGNERS
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WALLCOVERING INSPIRATION FOR INTERIOR DESIGNERS

The interior design opportunities of wall coverings have risen exponentially in the last 10 years.  Due to new digital and printing technologies, what used to be "wallpaper"  has opened up to a whole new world of different materials and printing techniques.

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