Nope,
it's not an indie electronica pop band from the Ukraine. We
Make Carpets is the uber-amazing brain child of three creative folks in
the Netherlands. Using traditional carpet making as their foundation,
Marcia Nolte, Stijn van der Vleuten and Bob Waardenburg create
"temporary, contemporary carpets" from everyday objects in all shapes
and sizes. The result is some awesome works of design. My three
favorites are below. There are tons more on their website! Check them
out, I promise their work will inspire you to think differently about
that plastic fork you used to eat your lunch!
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| Glow Carpet, Eindhove, the Netherlands, 2011 |
The
Glow Carpet was commissioned for the 2011 Glow Festival in Eindhove,
the Netherlands. The carpet is made up of 750 glow in the dark pebbles;
during the day the carpet resembled a gravel path, but at night, glowed
beautiful shades of blue and green. You can see more amazing glow
projects from the festival here.
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| Army Carpet, Dutch Design Week, 2010 |
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| Fork Carpet, Dutch Design Week, 2010 |
Made from hundreds of disposable plastic forks, this carpet is my favorite. I love the pastel color and the play of the lines the forks create.
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