Hannover, Germany—The winners of the Carpet Design Awards 2021 were presented for the 16th time in front of a digital audience on May 20, 2021. A total of nine designers and carpet entrepreneurs were honored with the industry award. The winners had previously been selected by a top-class jury of experts from the design and carpet industry. The award winners are considered exceptional examples in the industry that combine design, quality and craftmanship to a special degree, according to group organizers.
With the new category “Best Emerging Designer,” the Carpet Design Awards 2021 honored outstanding young designers for the first time together with the Scottish NGO Turquoise Mountain.
The awards, presented in collaboration with the magazines Cover and Hali, have celebrated the best in contemporary carpet design for more than 15 years and reflect the industry’s innovation and trends, Domotex organizers said. Selection criteria included design and design concept, material, execution, structure and quality and as sustainability and branding.
The Carpet Design Awards 2022 will once again take place during Domotex, taking place here, from January 13-16 in 2022.
The winners are:
Category 1: Best Studio Artist Design
Experimania, Studio Bahlner | Enskede, Sweden
Category 2: Best Modern Design Essentiell
Machine ki Duniya, Jaipur Rugs | Jaipur, India
Category 3: Best Modern Design Superior
Azure Rug, Obeetee Private Limited | Mirzapur, India
Category 4: Best Modern Design Deluxe
“Carpet blue / green”, Ashatari Carpets bvba | Antwerpen, Belgium
Category 5: Best Transitional Design
Her Highness, Selam Carpet & Home | Istanbul, Turkey
Category 6: Best Flatweave Design
Stripes Olive, Creative Matters Inc.| Ontario, Canada
Category 7: Best Collection
19-19 Collection, FLOOR_STORY, United Kingdom
Category 8: Best Interior
Isokon Building for the 19-19 collection, FLOOR_STORY, United Kingdom
Category 9: Best Emerging Desginer, presented in cooperation with Turquoise Mountain
My Story, Milad Sediqi | Kabul (AFG)
The full description of winners is on the Domotex website.