Danish designers create collection of entirely unique carpets

Snøhetta, a design and architecture company in partnership with Danish Ege Carpets, has created the MATTER collection of woven carpets, with randomness as its core design philosophy.

The carpets combine craft and code to create unique nature-inspired designs. Each carpet uses computer algorithms that control how multiple threads are woven in unique ways so that every carpet has a one-of-a-kind design.

Binary computer code is converted to digital pixels, which control the arrangements of the woven threads. An algorithm adds randomness and makes sure that no two carpets are the same, though by using two colour palettes with 18 colours and muted undertones, there are similarities and coherence in the look of the carpets.

The carpets contain elements of both precision and imperfection in what Snøhetta and Ege claim is a new design methodology. Adding digital processes to physical carpets is a design philosophy that aims to make unpredictability a source of beauty. The carpet design method imitates nature to utilise organic randomness to grow individual trees and plants, which are unique yet possess similar properties.

The carpets are made from recycled yarns and are flat-woven for durability. Tenna Knak, Director of Product and Marketing at Ege Carpets, says that each carpet is beautifully produced…:

"with a perfect surface, high density, and extraordinary quality."

Most carpets available today are not unique, but a carpet retailer in the Chester and North Wales region has a wide range of carpets in a rich variety of colours and patterns.