Raw by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance For Raw, designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance explores the origins of our planet: the formation of the Earth, the foundation of civilization, the tension in the tectonic plates. The collection’s focus on minerals echoes the origins of his own creative memory, like a personal tribute to his childhood on the wild coasts of Brittany in France. Raw transposes this hard material into something soft, thanks to Tai Ping’s unparalleled skills in hand-tufting. Duchaufour-Lawrance envisioned these designs as strong foundations for interiors: “By introducing this reference to untamed nature, I aim to translate something raw into a smooth and elegant anchor inside the home,” the designer explains. The eleven refined rugs blend wool, silk, delicate silk, jute, lurex and Field, one of Tai Ping’s enhanced performance yarns. “Each pencil stroke I made is transcribed onto the rug, but with a different relationship to time. The line that took me just a moment to draw took much longer to tuft by hand into the design, just as the rock that I pick up in the forest took millions of years to form. I find those temporal modalities interesting, particularly as some of the rugs look like a sketch – a sketch that has required hundreds of hours of work.” The translation of conception to material object conjured the drawings’ modeled volumes without losing their subtlety, so that the rugs seem carved, like a found piece of flint. “Tai Ping found the right balance to keep the drawing’s spirit. The rug exists as an object of its own. This interpretation by Tai Ping’s artisans demonstrates extraordinary craftsmanship. Each design was enhanced in a way I could not have anticipated,” Duchaufour-Lawrance recalls. Duchaufour-Lawrance’s vision here is not just a picture on the floor, but an invitation to engage with nature’s most primal materials in the context of our lived spaces. Shaped silhouettes that are soft to the touch showcase Tai Ping’s superior talents as an interpreter of ideas into form.
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Raw by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance For Raw, designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance explores the origins of our planet: the formation of the Earth, the foundation of civilization, the tension in the tectonic plates. The collection’s focus on minerals echoes the origins of his own creative memory, like a personal tribute to his childhood on the wild coasts of Brittany in France. Raw transposes this hard material into something soft, thanks to Tai Ping’s unparalleled skills in hand-tufting. Duchaufour-Lawrance envisioned these designs as strong foundations for interiors: “By introducing this reference to untamed nature, I aim to translate something raw into a smooth and elegant anchor inside the home,” the designer explains. The eleven refined rugs blend wool, silk, delicate silk, jute, lurex and Field, one of Tai Ping’s enhanced performance yarns. “Each pencil stroke I made is transcribed onto the rug, but with a different relationship to time. The line that took me just a moment to draw took much longer to tuft by hand into the design, just as the rock that I pick up in the forest took millions of years to form. I find those temporal modalities interesting, particularly as some of the rugs look like a sketch – a sketch that has required hundreds of hours of work.” The translation of conception to material object conjured the drawings’ modeled volumes without losing their subtlety, so that the rugs seem carved, like a found piece of flint. “Tai Ping found the right balance to keep the drawing’s spirit. The rug exists as an object of its own. This interpretation by Tai Ping’s artisans demonstrates extraordinary craftsmanship. Each design was enhanced in a way I could not have anticipated,” Duchaufour-Lawrance recalls. Duchaufour-Lawrance’s vision here is not just a picture on the floor, but an invitation to engage with nature’s most primal materials in the context of our lived spaces. Shaped silhouettes that are soft to the touch showcase Tai Ping’s superior talents as an interpreter of ideas into form.
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Jablines I - Wool, Delicate Silk, Field, Silk
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Krunio I - Wool
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Lengfeld I - Wool, Field, Silk, Lurex
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Rugs
Hov I (Field) p. 4-7 2,60 x 3,75 m 8’53’’ x 12’30’’ shaped
Jablines II (Wool) p. 33 2 x 3,46 m 6’56’’ x 11’35’’ shaped
Taramsa I (Field, Jute) p. 24-27 2,2 x 3,2 m 7’22’’ x 10’50’’ shaped 32
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Hov II (Wool) p. 33 2,60 x 3,75 m 8’53’’ x 12’30’’ shaped
Krunio I (Wool) p.12-15 2,50 x 3,68 m 8’20’’ x 12’08’’ shaped
Taramsa II (Field, Jute) p. 28-31 1,79 x 2,60 m 5’86’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Hov III (Field) p. 2, 8-9 1,80 x 2,60 m 5’92’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Lengfeld I (Wool, Field, Silk, Lurex) p. 16-19 2x3m 6’56’’ x 9’84’’ shaped
Taramsa III (Wool) p. 33 1,79 x 2,60 m 5’86’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Jablines I (Wool, Delicate Silk, Field, Silk) p. 10-11, 35 2 x 3,46 m 6’56’’ x 11’35’’ shaped
Lengfeld II (Wool) p. 20-23 2x3m 6’56’’ x 9’84’’ shaped
Hov I (Field) p. 4-7 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Hov II (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Hov III (Field) p. 2, 8-9 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Jablines I (Wool, Delicate Silk, Field, Silk) p. 10-11, 35 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Jablines II (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Krunio IA (Wool) p. 12-15 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Krunio IB (Wool) p. 12-15 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Lengfeld I (Wool, Field, Silk, Lurex) p. 16-19 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Lengfeld II (Wool) p. 20-23 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa I (Field, Jute) p. 24-27 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa II (Field, Jute) p. 28-31 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa III (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
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Rugs
Hov I (Field) p. 4-7 2,60 x 3,75 m 8’53’’ x 12’30’’ shaped
Jablines II (Wool) p. 33 2 x 3,46 m 6’56’’ x 11’35’’ shaped
Taramsa I (Field, Jute) p. 24-27 2,2 x 3,2 m 7’22’’ x 10’50’’ shaped 32
Samples
Hov II (Wool) p. 33 2,60 x 3,75 m 8’53’’ x 12’30’’ shaped
Krunio I (Wool) p.12-15 2,50 x 3,68 m 8’20’’ x 12’08’’ shaped
Taramsa II (Field, Jute) p. 28-31 1,79 x 2,60 m 5’86’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Hov III (Field) p. 2, 8-9 1,80 x 2,60 m 5’92’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Lengfeld I (Wool, Field, Silk, Lurex) p. 16-19 2x3m 6’56’’ x 9’84’’ shaped
Taramsa III (Wool) p. 33 1,79 x 2,60 m 5’86’’ x 8’53’’ shaped
Jablines I (Wool, Delicate Silk, Field, Silk) p. 10-11, 35 2 x 3,46 m 6’56’’ x 11’35’’ shaped
Lengfeld II (Wool) p. 20-23 2x3m 6’56’’ x 9’84’’ shaped
Hov I (Field) p. 4-7 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Hov II (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Hov III (Field) p. 2, 8-9 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Jablines I (Wool, Delicate Silk, Field, Silk) p. 10-11, 35 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Jablines II (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Krunio IA (Wool) p. 12-15 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Krunio IB (Wool) p. 12-15 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Lengfeld I (Wool, Field, Silk, Lurex) p. 16-19 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Lengfeld II (Wool) p. 20-23 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa I (Field, Jute) p. 24-27 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa II (Field, Jute) p. 28-31 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
Taramsa III (Wool) p. 32 60 x 60 cm 2’ x 2’
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Milan Piazza San Simpliciano 20121 Milano Italy T. +39 02 83 43 96 20 italy@houseoftaiping.com
Shanghai (Flagship) No. 111 SOHO Tian Shan Plaza No. 421 Zi Yun Road Chang Ning District Shanghai 200050 T. +86 21 6067 3791 shanghai@ houseoftaiping.com
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Locations Americas
Europe
Asia
Middle East
New York (Flagship) 26 West 17th Street Second Floor New York, NY 10011 T. +1 212 979 2233 ny@houseoftaiping.com
Paris (Flagship) 4-6, rue de Montalembert 75007 Paris France T. +33 1 42 22 96 54 paris@houseoftaiping.com
Dubai dubai@houseoftaiping.com
Chicago 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 635 Chicago, IL 60654 T. +1 312 644 0400 chicago@houseoftaiping.com
Hamburg Steinhöft 11 20459 Hamburg Germany T. +49 40 80 81 94 90 hamburg@ houseoftaiping.com
Hong Kong (Headquarters) No. 1803, 18/F 909 Cheung Sha Wan Road Cheung Sha Wan Kowloon T. +852 2848 7668 hongkong@ houseoftaiping.com
Dania Beach DCOTA Suite C228 1855 Griffin Road Dania Beach, FL 33004 T. +1 954 923 4888 dania@houseoftaiping.com
London Chelsea Harbour 406-407 Design Centre East London SW10 0XF UK T. +44 207 808 9650 london@houseoftaiping.com
Hong Kong (Showroom) 213 Prince’s Building 10 Chater Road, Central T. +852 2522 7138 hk@houseoftaiping.com
Khobar Gallery Design Khobar Prince Turkey Street Khobar 34611 Saudi Arabia T. +966 13 864 7667 info@gallerydesign.com.sa
Dallas 1025 N. Stemmons Freeway Suite 310 Dallas, TX 75207 T. +1 214 741 4215 dallas@houseoftaiping.com Los Angeles Pacific Design Center 8687 Melrose Avenue Suite B400 Los Angeles, CA 90069 T. +1 310 652 3058 la@houseoftaiping.com San Francisco 111 Rhode Island Street Suite 11 San Francisco, CA 94103 T. +1 415 431 4373 sf@houseoftaiping.com
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Graphic design Alain Bourdon
Milan Piazza San Simpliciano 20121 Milano Italy T. +39 02 83 43 96 20 italy@houseoftaiping.com
Shanghai (Flagship) No. 111 SOHO Tian Shan Plaza No. 421 Zi Yun Road Chang Ning District Shanghai 200050 T. +86 21 6067 3791 shanghai@ houseoftaiping.com
Riyadh Gallery Design Riyadh N° 580 Takhassusi Street Mohammadia District Riyadh-Saudi Arabia T. +966 11 200 2360 info@gallerydesign.com.sa
FOR MORE LOCATIONS houseoftaiping.com
Singapore Etesse Private Limited 18 Sin Ming Lane, #05-16 Midview City Singapore 573960 T. +65 6908 0889 sales@etesse.com.sg Taipei Shops 209-211, 2/F The Arcade Mandarin Oriental 166 Dun Hua North Road Taipei 105 Taiwan T. +886 2 2718 0469 taipei@houseoftaiping.com
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