Winners of the Carpet Design Awards announced at DOMOTEX 2016
– Top award for the world’s best in hand-made carpets
– Prizes presented on 17 January at DOMOTEX in Hannover
Hannover. The world’s finest designer carpets and rugs have just been awarded well-deserved prizes at the 2016 Carpet Design Awards, held at DOMOTEX in Hannover, Germany. The award ceremony took place on 17 January, with winners announced in eight categories. These include Best Studio Artist Design, Best Traditional Design, Best Modern Collection and Best Innovation. The winners were picked from a list of 24 finalists, whittled down from an initial 320 entries from 21 countries. This was the eleventh successive year that DOMOTEX has hosted the top international award for modern hand-made carpets and rugs.
Under the chairmanship of the British designer Michael Sodeau, the international jury selected designer pieces that really stand out in terms of design, quality and craftsmanship. Entries were judged on design and design concept, materials, execution, texture/structure and quality as well as sustainability and branding.
The presentation of the Carpet Design Awards is one of the highlights of the annual DOMOTEX show. Excitement mounts each year when the prizes are presented on the Sunday of the show at a special award ceremony attended by numerous guests from the international carpet industry.
All 24 carpets from the short-listed finalists will be on display at the Innovations@DOMOTEX area in Hall 17until the end of DOMOTEX. This gives the visiting public the opportunity to pick theirown personal favorites. The entry that wins the most votes will then be awarded a special trophy at the end of the show.
Carpet Design Awards 2016 prize-winners:
01 Best Studio Artist Design
Re Orient – Studio Brieditis & Evans
Statement of the Jury: Combines upcycling with the roots of traditional rug making
02 Best Modern Design Superior
Aleph – Naziri
Statement of the Jury: The judges were attracted to the minimalism and versatility
03 Best Modern Design Deluxe
Electric Taupe – Hossein Rezvani Design
Statement of the Jury: deconstructs traditional Persian design into its essential elements
04 Best Traditional Design
Marta Stripe – Rug and Kilim
Statement of the Jury: reveals the process in the weave and the warm tones of its colours
05 Best Transitional Design
Secret Garden – Naziri
Statement of the Jury: literally embodies the notion of transitional rug design
06 Best Modern Collection
Landscape Collection – Wool and Silk Rugs
Statement of the Jury: for communicating a sense of time and place
07 Best Traditional Collection
Pine Garden Collection – Rug Star by Jürgen Dahlmanns
Statement of the Jury: taking us on a journey through colour
08 Best Innovation
Glow – Zollanvari
Statement of the Jury: the potential to have a widespread ecological impact on rug production
