Modern Persian carpet inspired by Anila Agha's visionary art installation

Modern Persian carpet inspired by Anila Agha’s visionary art installation

29/03/2021
Category: Mood boards

Pakistani-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha creates fiber art installations using geometric shapes and ornaments. Her pieces are large-scale architectural sculptures with tiny details that blend Islamic culture into her work. She uses her childhood experiences and cultural significance throughout her life as her inspiration. We’re creating a materials palette paying homage to her vision, featuring a modern Persian carpet design.

One of her most famous artworks is her Intersections installation that she creates for the Grand Rapids Museum. Inspired by a trip to the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, she builds an interior installation that uses Islamic art designs. The installation has a bright light that shines through the piece. The light suspending from the ceiling shines through a laser-cut box that is made out of wood. The wooden box has outlines in black and is very clean-cut and crisp. The cube uses a symmetrical pattern that resembles the Alhambra. The laser box acts as a projector screen that reflects the box’s detailed design on a larger scale in the room.

The geometric shapes and lines all have unique decorative elements and cover the gallery walls, floor, and ceiling. The projector screen makes a dense silhouette effect on the visitors, and their bodies change the patterns as they move.

Similarly, we use one of our corridor designs as the backdrop of the mood board. Village Prints which we recolored, has many line details and patterns just like Aghas’ work. We pair our recolored carpet with materials such as Quadri by LBI Boyd Design Resource, with Bellingham Grey by Durasein. We also use Fabricadazzle by Maya Romanoff, with elegant Vetrite by Sicis, and Refractions by Weitzner. The Metamorphosis by Wolf-Gordon, Le Muse by Koroseal Interior Products goes well on our board with Optik by Verner Panton. Lastly, we use Scirocco by Arto and Breton by CF Stinson.

With our easy recolor program, you can recolor any of our existing carpet patterns to your own preferences. With our near-endless color and visualization options, you can easily see what will work for your next interior project. We have various patterns available in broadloom, carpet tiles, or as commercial area rugs. There are thousands of carpet patterns to choose from, including abstract, modern, and organic carpet designs. Please contact one of our team members through the chat button or our contact page.

Materials used:

village prints RECOLORED by ege carpets

Quadri by LBI Boyd Design Resource

Bellingham Grey by Durasein

Fabricadazzle by Maya Romanoff

Vetrite by Sicis

Refractions by Weitzner

Metamorphosis by Wolf-Gordon

Le Muse by Koroseal Interior Products

Optik by Verner Panton, 1969 by Maharam

Scirocco H14A by Arto

Breton by CF Stinson

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Sitting right next to Pompidou in Paris is Atelier Brancusi. This place is a reconstruction of the studio of renowned Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi. In the atelier, there are 137 sculptures, 87 bases, 41 drawings, two paintings, and more than 1600 grass photographic plates and prints by the artist.

Brancusi died in 1957, leaving behind a lot of his work in his studio, which consisted of 11 joined studios. The Romanian artist would break down walls to adjoin studios and create various environments to exhibit his work. He considered the relationship between sculptures and the space they occupied to be of crucial importance.

In 1997, the Atelier Brancusi as we know it today opened its doors on the esplanade of the Center Pompidou. So much of Brancusi’s work is on display at the atelier, giving you an idea of how much the artist put into the world. There are wood and plaster sculptures, bronze colonnades, animal shapes, and photographic studies. It is a beautiful and inspiring place to visit.

Inspired by the stone and natural textures of Brancusi’s work, we recolored the Stone Surface carpet. This is part of the nature collection by ege carpets, which takes inspiration from forests, deserts, and oceans. This light recolor of the carpet allows you to bring a textured palette to your next interior design project.

We created a material board that focuses on a textured palette with the atelier colors and the recolored carpet in mind. We included dark woods like Texas Mesquite 83000 and Artisanal Hardwoods. Keeping the dark brown theme, we also included different textured textiles like Artisan Textured Finishes by CopperSmith, Basketcase by Cortina Leathers, Lafayette Velvet by Opuzen, and Chesney by Valley Forge Fabrics. Additionally, we decided to bring some lighter tones of cream and white by adding Cove, True Terrazzo, Concrete Look Porcelain Paver, and Passion. To tie in the soft colors with the dark ones, we included mid-toned neutral paints like Crewel Tan by Sherwin-Williams and Mesa Tan by Dunn-Edwards Paints.

If you like our textured palette, you might be interested in our Easy Recolor Program. We used this to recolor our Stone Surface carpet, enabling us to source the perfect backdrop for our textured palette. Using our online tool, you can do the same. Choose from any of our collections and recolor them to match any interior. You can then visualize the carpet before ordering physical carpet samples. You’ll receive your samples within three business days at an affordable price. Contact us if you want to learn more.