Paddy Pike Studio launches the Cresco Rug Collection with 5 designs that celebrate liminal spaces while blurring the line between rug + wall art.

What if furniture wasn?t bound by traditional perceptions of placement, calling into question your relationship to the architectural plane" Imagine the untapped potential of banal staircases, thresholds, and edges as they turn the corner. Paddy Pike Studio has pioneered contemporary home furnishings that celebrate and recontextualize these oft ignored liminal spaces as places with the power to pull focus. Paddy, the studio?s eponym, launches the Cresco Rug Collection in his latest exploration of textile applications and functionalities that articulate structure while conjuring ethereal passageways to new interior atmospheres through his brilliant aesthetics.
This release comprises five dramatic, distinct pieces created from hand-knotted wool by artisans in India. The collaborative process is an intriguing mix of Paddy?s subversive approach to the pragmatic tempered by an exercise in traditional craft. Surfaces are rendered such that graphic elements imply flow from the floor to wall to the openings they highlight. And contrasting colors generates great visual interest while retaining a softness from natural textures and the warm hues.

Presented at the architectural scale, their larger-than-life size allows for a fusion with the room and the full integration into any space for which they are custom tailored. While t...