Jan Kath
Bidjar muted green
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Design: Jan Kath
Presented: imm cologne 2012, Cologne
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Product description
The fun factor, which gave the collection the second part of its name, "Enjoy," does not end with these intense, positive colors. During a soccer match between two teams in the German Bundesliga (a relegation game between VFL Bochum and Borussia Mönchengladbach), the designer traced the ball's path using a digital pen on the monitor. He then combined the jumble of lines resulting from all the passes and shots on goal with the Bidjar pattern. The "offshoot" of the carpet had been created by the twentieth minute of the game, and its "little brother" was complete by half-time – a whole carpet trilogy was made in this way. The original Bidjar (not its namesake, which was sold during the commercial heyday of the Oriental carpet) has always been synonymous with quality and extreme robustness. In keeping with tradition, Kath therefore uses a particularly dense and thick pile for the Bidjar Enjoy collection. The carpets are knotted by hand over a period of months using hand-spun Tibetan highland wool, silk, and stinging-nettle fiber. The opulent "mother carpet" is made with traditional tassels while the two eroded "offshoots" are given a colored border – a bold brushstroke in the design that gives the carpet additional strength and underscores its high quality.
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Flooring as an artwork and design object
The times when flooring led an existence as the Cinderella of the interior design world are over. The whole industry has discovered its creative side and carpeting has received something of an image makeover over the past few years. But wooden and laminate flooring aren’t far behind. This year, Domotex in Hanover even put on a special show on its leading theme “Flooring Deluxe”, curated by designer Stefan Diez.
The Barcelona Pastiche
The imm Cologne is swiftly getting back on an even keel. And how are designers and manufacturers making use of the opportunity? A tour of the trade fair shows that they often resorted to the tried-and-true, reanimating and dressing it up for contemporary use. Even Konstantin Grcic opted for a tongue-in-cheek approach to a design classic.
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It’s all in the right mix
The 23rd edition of the international “Biennale Interieur” in Kortrijk, Belgium, was yet another successful, appealing trade fair though of a slightly different kind, thanks to the mixture of manufacturers’ stands, intelligently chosen projects and the presentation of new design talents.
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