Capsule: Radiant
Crosby Street Studios introduces a new capsule collection called Radiant, consisting of five hand-tufted rugs all exploring the many different properties of light and reflection. The inspiration for the collection came from the trend of iridescence recently seen in fashion, art, and interiors.
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Left: mood board for Blackout. Right: original artwork for rug design by Crosby Street Studios.
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Blackout in Eclipse is a gradient design that follows a concentric path with the colors subtlety fading from black to white giving the illusion of traveling through the dark and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Left: mood board for Twinkle. Right: original artwork for rug design by Crosby Street Studios.
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Twinkle in Starlight was designed to be simpler with a softer color palette. The artwork was created by photographing reflective paper which the design team bent in different ways to capture the light. The colors are ethereal like those found on the wing of an insect.
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Left: mood board for Shimmer. Right: original artwork for rug design by Crosby Street Studios.
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Shimmer in Nebula is inspired by the iridescent trend, and the idea was to make a rug that looks reflective without using any high sheen fibers. The original artwork was created by crumbling foil paper, layering an iridescent film on top and then photographing it. The hand-tufters achieved a striking likeness to the original art using a matte fiber. The rug is made from the semi-worsted wool, cut pile.
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Left: mood board for Dazzle. Right: original artwork for rug design by Crosby Street Studios.
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Dazzle in Galaxy is inspired by an unforgettable computer glitch, and the design features an all-black field with radiant stripes of big bold color. The sophisticated color blending and details were achieved using semi-worsted wool.
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Left: mood board for Luster. Right: original artwork for rug design by Crosby Street Studios.
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Luster in Red Hot explores a fading technique using rich, vibrant colors that complement each other. The effect of the design is that of light traveling through an intricate geometric path. It is constructed in a wool loop ground with slightly raised Luxe Nylon cut pile design.
Crosby Street Studios introduces a new capsule collection, Radiant, consisting of five hand-tufted rugs all exploring the many different properties of light and reflection. The inspiration for the collection came from the trend of iridescence recently seen in fashion, art and interiors. Our design team played with different light-reflective materials such as glitter, reflective and iridescent papers, and photography as a point of departure for the original artwork.
Each of the five designs: Blackout, Shimmer, Luster, Twinkle, and Dazzle, are hand-tufted qualities using wool with with various other reflective fibers in multi-layered loop and cut pile heights giving the rugs dimension, texture and sheen. The designers synthesized their creative inspirations using mood boards, then create the original artwork that articulates the unique vision for each of the rugs to the skilled artisans who can translate the teams’ designs into beautiful rugs. The Radiant capsule collection is an excellent example of what is possible with the design teams’ artistic and collaborative approach to making custom rugs. All of the rugs can be custom colored and sized to the clients desire.
