LAGUNA RUGS Q & A
TAKING AN OLD AGE CRAFT THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR GENERATIONS AND ADAPTING IT TO MAKE IT COMMERCIALLY VIABLE IN THE MODERN WORLD CAN BE A TRICKY TASK BUT LUXURY CUSTOM RUG BRAND LAGUNA RUGS HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER IN THIS SECTOR . PRODUCING STUNNING HANDMADE , BESPOKE RUGS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF COMMERCIAL CLIENTS . RECENTLY ARCHETECH ’ S EDITOR IN CHIEF ANTONY SPOKE TO LAGUNA ’ S CREATIVE DIRECTOR SASKIA ANGILERI WHERE THEY DISCUSSED THE BRANDS RECENT INVOLVEMENT IN SOME AMAZING PROJECTS , THEIR CHARITY SUPPORT AND FUTURE TRENDS .
AS PEOPLE MAY BE AWARE THE LAGUNA RUG BRAND SOURCES IT ’ S MATERIALS FROM NEPAL . WHAT KIND OF INFLUENCE ’ S DOES NEPAL BRING TO THE PRODUCT ?
The influences are in the craftsmanship and skill of the Nepali weavers . The age old tradition of Nepali rug-weaving is the main element to the timelessness of each hand-made rug . Each stage of the rug production goes through a time consuming process from the early point of shearing the sheep and washing the wool , dying it then drying naturally . Carding the wool and then spinning into the yarn ready for weaving . A standard spec rug can take one of our weavers to hand-knot between 10 and 11cm a day , their technique is also done at a fast pace , even I as a trained weaver find hard to replicate .
LAGUNA DOES SOME FANTASTIC WORK , PARTNERING WITH THE GLOBAL CHARITY GOODWEAVE . HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO YOU THAT THE COMPANY CONTINUES WORKING WITH THIS GREAT CAUSE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CHARITY AND TO HELP CONTINUE THE CHARITIES GREAT WORK ?
It is really important and ethical for me as an individual but also as a business ! It not only creates an awareness but also feeds and supports the mechanism of the areas that the charity is working so hard to stop child labour in the rug and textile industries of the East . Thanks to Goodweave ’ s work ,childrenhave been able to go to school and get an education as opposed to once having been subjected to poor working conditions in the rug and textiles factories from anearlyage because many came from poorbackgrounds . Goodweave has a rehabilitation centre ( Hamro Ghar ) in Nepal which is the nerve centre for Nepal ’ s rescued children . Some of the rescued children are aged between 10 and 14 and are often illiterate , overworked and physically abused . We are proud to support Goodweave and in also knowing every rug we sell benefits them financially which then also helps continue their great work !
RECENTLY LAGUNA HAS PARTNERED WITH SQUIRE & PARTNERS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE FORMER VICTORIAN PRINTWORKS IN SOUTHWARK , LONDON . COULD YOU TELL ME HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP CAME ABOUT AND HOW LAGUNA PLAYED A PART IN THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT ?
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We had previously collaborated with Squire and Partners on previous projects and were very excited when we were asked to be involved with this one . The designs for this rug collection were produced by Squire and Partners , Eley Kishimoto and ourselves . The brief was to create a collection of designs which grounded the internal social communal areas through a series of different rug designs . The rug collection had a series of bold block patterns and another collection offlat woventextured rugs madeto balance some of thebusierpatterns of the other rugs they weregroupedwith .