Scribbles and paint-like splotches appear on this range of rugs that designer Faye Toogood has created in collaboration with Cc-tapis, currently being presented within the brand's new Milan showroom.
The Doodles collection by Cc-tapis is comprised of six rugs, each crafted to resemble textural artworks that Faye Toogood has created over the past 18 months.

"Our intention was not to create photocopies of the original artworks but rather we wanted to try and capture the materiality and richness of each piece," Cc-tapis' art director, Daniele Lora, explained.
"We wanted to translate Faye's expression created through the delicate use of colour and shading."

The rugs ? which are each hand-knotted in Nepal by Tibetan artisans ? boast an array of organically shaped cutouts in muted tones of grey, blush pink, navy, sage green and sienna, stitched across with black squiggle-like markings. Some of the coloured patches have been dyed to have a slightly blotchy appearance, emulating the consistency of watercolour paints that Toogood used in her original artworks.

Yarns of different thickness have also been used to create a mix of both shaggy and smooth areas across each rug.
Cc-tapis explains that these irregularities are also meant to nod to Toogood's "preoccupation to tinker through her work" and incidentally create new designs.

"Though the rugs are independently idiosyncratic, they connect to each other through an overarching style of ready-mad...