Material palette and watercolor carpet inspired by India's Blue City

Material palette and watercolor carpet inspired by India’s Blue City

31/01/2021
Category: Mood boards

Located on the edge of the Thar Desert, Jodhpur is a city in Rajasthan with many names. The most recognizable by being known as the Blue City. This thanks to a sea of blue-colored homes that stretch for more than 10 kilometers along the historic walled old city walls. Many people have different theories on why these are painted blue. Some believe it is because of the status symbol. According to these people, the Brahmin community painted their houses blue to differentiate themselves from the lower-class people. Others believe it repels insects like termites and helps to keep the city cool. Jodhpur is now a popular tourist stop for many travelers and the inspiration for our watercolor carpet and materials palette. The city has earned recognition for its textile industry, furniture shops, cuisine, museums, tours, and many other attractions.

To pay homage to India’s blue city, we recolor watercolour by ege carpets to match the hues of blue and violet you see throughout the city. Using that as a canvas for our material palette, we add some fun pops of color like Raffia by Barbarossa Leather and Impress Dreamcatcher by Garrett Leather. To help visualize your space better, we include some images from our friends at Bernhardt designs to showcase how great their lilypad seating looks in this setting.

If you like this material mood board and want to see more, click here. We offer endless color variations of this carpet thanks to our Easy Recolor concept. With our online tool, you can customize and visualize any carpet of your choice. We can get you a sample from us within seven business days. If you want to spice up your commercial space, feel free to contact one of our team members.

Contract materials used:

Watercolor RECOLORED by ege carpets

Raffia by Barbarossa Leather

Rayfleck by TorZo Surfaces

Bolon by Jean Nouvel by Bolon

Great Smoky by Fireclay Tile

Glass – C095 by CARVART

Moment by Amorim Cork Flooring

Hadley by Cambria

Impress Dreamcatcher by Garrett Leather

watercolor carpet, Material palette and watercolor carpet inspired by India’s Blue City

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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.