The rugs period of work that began in the 1990s in Nepal and India and continues with the same belief from back then: simplicity is the true luxury. Today, alongside the classic I+I rugs, we present other monochromatic textural surfaces in a variety of colours, made using differing weaving and knotting techniques, yarns and manufactures. There are nine weaves in all, eleven ways to cover a surface using the same colour: from the shiny viscose weaves of our classic rugs to sophisticated new knotted pieces. These surfaces have the capacity to enhance an environment with style, without ever being banal. More recent additions are Richard Hutten’s “Playing with Tradition” rug series, “Transitional Mashup”, “Pop Classic” and the geometric designs of “Croci” or “Hatch” suggest spaces in a which define spaces in a more precise way, much as a stage set can delineate a precise area.

“My history with rugs dates back to the mid-1990s when I proposed plain-coloured rugs together with the objects and fabrics that we were designing and producing. They were simple, minimal rugs where the focus was on the structure of the rug inself, the carefully chosen materials and dark, natural colors. I love rugs – as I said introducing the collection for the first time – for their ability to occupy a space, generating their own territory. More than twenty years have passed and I still think about how prophetic those words were with regard to the world of contemporary carpet in general. Even now, when I design a carpet I ask myself: how will it occupy the space? Will it be capable of generating its own territory? This idea encapsulates the significance of I + I’s work in recent years. The carpet has become a distinctive element because the domestic space develops around it, and increasingly becomes an oasis of tranquillity