Contemporary rug company Christopher Farr continue their long-term collaboration with the internationally renowned designer Michael Young, with the unveiling of two rugs on display in the brand new Christopher Farr London showroom, which opened in April on the iconic Kings Road.
“I’ve been mates with Chris and Matt for over 25 years, we had a pint in Primrose Hill back then, I handed over my scarf and said just make it bigger , thats the design and it was magic .Their work is real and a blend of both passion and know-how.
‘Voronic’, a hand knotted rug and ‘Tessellation’, a hand-tufted version are both designs configured through Young experimenting with a voronoi pattern. This motif is found in nature – where it is perhaps most instantly recognisable as the pattern of a giraffe’s skin – as well as in science and mathematics. It celebrates Young’s interest in playing with shape and form and his expertise in combining technology with craft.
“Such scientific patterns allow a play with dimensions,angles and geometric properties. We generated it through computer algorithms and then from this, took random sections; adding a mixed pallet of colours to create an abstract visual. The seemingly endless possibilities and combinations was something I found so interesting about this concept.”
