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CREATIVE MATTERS UNVEILS NEW DESIGNS AT COVER CONNECT NEW YORK
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CREATIVE MATTERS UNVEILS NEW DESIGNS AT COVER CONNECT NEW YORK

Creative Matters was thrilled to participate in COVER Connect New York for the fourth consecutive year. Hosted by COVER magazine, this boutique trade show presents a curated selection of handmade floor coverings from global rug brands. This year, we enriched our collections with a stunning array of meticulously crafted designs and sophisticated new colourways, expanding the Vista, Vanguard, Arcadian and Macrame collections.

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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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DYNAMIC VARIETY OF RUG CONSTRUCTIONS FOR T-MOBILE
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DYNAMIC VARIETY OF RUG CONSTRUCTIONS FOR T-MOBILE

In 2018 Project Manager and Senior Designer Sandra Ciganic-McKinney gave a Creative Matters presentation to the Seattle office of Gensler. One of Gensler’s clients is T-Mobile, and in 2019 they asked us to start work on the first of what would become a whole range of floorcoverings for their Headquarters Campus in Bellevue, Washington.

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OUR FIRST VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW
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OUR FIRST VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW

January is usually a busy month for trade shows for those of us who create handknotted rugs with the Domotex show in Germany and Maison+Objet in France. This year however, we participated in our first virtual trade show - an innovative event organized by COVER, the world’s leading magazine for handmade carpets and textiles for interiors.

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WELCOME CANADIAN WOOL COLLECTION
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WELCOME CANADIAN WOOL COLLECTION

When our President Carol Sebert met Matthew Rowe from Campaign for Wool - Canada at the opening of our new showroom in September 2019, little did we know that a year later we would be launching a capsule collection of rugs made from 100% Canadian wool.

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ELEGANT YET EDGY DESIGNS FOR A BOSTON INVESTMENT FIRM
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ELEGANT YET EDGY DESIGNS FOR A BOSTON INVESTMENT FIRM

Private equity firm Great Hill Partners looked to Gensler Boston to create a workplace that distinctly reflects their culture. Gensler designed a welcoming environment that pairs a dramatic palette with statement features and asked us create a series of six rugs in four complementary designs for the locations most visible to clients.

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NEED RUGS. MUST TRAVEL.
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NEED RUGS. MUST TRAVEL.

Rug designer may not sound like a career path that involves a wide variety of international travel but at Creative Matters it surely does. As in many jobs there are trade shows to attend, but what really racks up the passport stamps are the trips we make to supervise production of our rugs.

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A STUNNING SPIRAL STAIRCASE
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A STUNNING SPIRAL STAIRCASE

Late 2018 Cheryl Krismer of Crayon Design came to us with two detailed hand-drawn sketches for two flights of a spiral staircase in a spacious contemporary Toronto residence. We then worked together to turn her exquisite sketches on small pieces of tracing paper into fully developed designs for each runner.

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