Samuel Wilkinson graduated in furniture and related product design at Ravensbourne College of Art & Design in 2002. While at Ravensbourne Wilkinson won several design awards, including the RSA award and D&AD New Blood. After working for 5 years for leading consultancies he set up his eponymous studio in 2008. The studio's work diversifies across various disciplines from small consumer products to large public projects. Samuel's work has been published worldwide and has won numerous awards including two of the highest honours in design, Design of the Year from the London Design museum and the Black pencil from the D&AD. His work is features in permanent collections of some the most regarded museums including the MoMA, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Collection, The Art Institute of Chicago and Design Museum’s in London and Helsinki.
British designer Samuel Wilkinson has managed to represent the capture or recording of a sound as if it were a digital environment. The copious succession of tones in this rug's composition is crafted using the artisanal hand-knotted technique. A meticulous method of knotting, which is the only way to achieve the level of detail, definition, and heterogeneity that the Echo collection design has.
Echo, a model from our Hand Knotted rug collection
The hand-knotted technique, as its name suggests, is a manual method of rug making that allows for highly detailed designs due to the fact that each knot is tied individually. It is a very laborious technique and, as a consequence, offers great flexibility in terms of line and pattern. With this peculiarity in mind, at GAN we design rugs to be made with this technique, both with a uniform design and with an apparent randomness in the pattern.
Echo, a model from our Hand Knotted rug collection
The hand-knotted technique, as its name suggests, is a manual method of rug making that allows for highly detailed designs due to the fact that each knot is tied individually. It is a very laborious technique and, as a consequence, offers great flexibility in terms of line and pattern. With this peculiarity in mind, at GAN we design rugs to be made with this technique, both with a uniform design and with an apparent randomness in the pattern.
Manufacturing technique
Hand Knotted
Material
Fibre composition: 100% wool
Approx. total height
9 mm / 0,35"
