Warli Arles Rug

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ARLES RUG

ARLES RUG

Design Paolo Zani, 2014

Rug assembled and woven by hand in synthetic ‘w-proof’® fiber.

Arles is made by applying and sewing by hand rings on a thin textile base. It is a precious rug of very elaborated and complex crafting.

designer

PAOLO ZANI - ART DIRECTOR

Born in Cesena, Italy, in 1960, he lives and works in Milan. Graduated from the I.S.I.A. in Faenza (Institute for Arts and Industrial Design) in 1986.

In 1987 graduated with the Masters Degree in Industrial Design from Domus Academy, Milan.

As an independent designer he has designed ceramic tiles, hi-fi accessories, tableware and kitchen accessories, wall to wall carpets and rugs, eyewear, home and office furniture, lights, mobile phones, faucets, dorr handles, sanitaryware. He has been the art director of Cierre accessoriers, Italian manufacturer of home accessories.

In 1992 he established ‘Warli’, a collection of contemporary carpets and rugs manufactured in India by local weavers, handknotted according to traditional and innovative techniques.

Many of his products have been selected for international design exhibitions, design prizes as well as published in the best design magazines.

In 1996 he collaborated with Alessi to the project and the book ‘La Cintura di Orione’. In 2009 Warli received the 'Innovative and Creative Brands' Prize from the Milan's Chamber of Commerce

From 1992 to 2013 has been teaching lndustrial Design at I.S.I.A in Faenza, as well as seminars and workshops at ‘National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India’, ‘Kent Institute of Arts & Design’ Rochester, England, ‘National College of Arts, Dublin. EIRE, Kuopio Academy of Design, Finland, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.