nanimarquina

Stills from the Nanimarquina Rabari film What luck! After we spent some time recently understanding the influences of current “it” design pair Doshi Levien (read the post here) we uncovered this adorable video on Nanimarquina’s YouTube channel. It’s a wonderful film which explains and shows the influences and manufacturing processes of the Rabari collection designed by Doshi Levien for...

The East London designers of Doshi Levien: Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien KE-ZU has recently welcomed two new designs from the UK based duo Doshi Levien with Shanty for bd Barcelona and Rabari for Nanimarquina. Both of these products bear the Doshi Levien stamp,a visual appreciation of the talented design duo. Appreciating Doshi Levien’s work can best be done...

The 2014 nanimarquina campaign at Salone Milano rests heavily on a few key products.  While 2013 saw the inception of the vast Naturals collection, this year the Spanish rug queen has an emphatic design message. We couldn’t help but get excited as we walked past Nanimarquina to see the familiar pattern and high craftsmanship of the Losanges rug by the...

The worlds largest and most coveted furniture fair kicks off in the magical Milano next Tuesday.  Here is our official Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2014 guide here. Caron, Moraima and Simon are off to Milan so stay tuned for our daily round ups throughout the fair and our post-Milan report in early May.  

A collaboration between iconic graphic designer Milton Glaser and Spanish rug manufacturer Nanimarquina has resulted in the astounding Africa and Shakespeare in Africa collections. 84 year old Glaser is better known for founding New York Magazine and his prolific graphic design (the I ? NY and DC Comics bullet logos and posters for Bob Dylan and Sony). Glaser uses his signature style...

Image courtesy of rojoshow.com The Rojo Exhibition has arrived at the Disseny Hub Building in Barcelona and will be on display until the 19 March. The exhibition showcases a diverse range of furniture, lighting and accessories which have been designed and produced in Spain. The products, all of which are finished in a hue of Rojo (Red) are displayed on a modular...

Ghost, the latest creation from Spanish rug manufacturer nanimarquina is hauntingly beautiful. Designed by Marti Guixé, the man who brought us News and Extended, this rug features black and white motifs of birds, flowers, horses and deers, which like ghosts weave in and out of sight. Released this month at Imm Cologne, Ghost is a modern take on a classic...

Nanimarquina’s News rug reminisces the graphic technique so often used in advertising, its shape re-contextualized utilising the same colour as its inspiration to create a visually striking floor piece from the Spanish rug manufacturer. Recently arriving in the KE-ZU showroom with two cousins (read the Blog posts about Topissimo and Rangoli here), News is the design by Martí Guixé providing...

The second of the three Nanimarquina rugs new to the KE-ZU showroom is Topissimo. This fun collection is inspired by polka-dots, these dots protruding and coming to life from the rug giving it a sense of playfulness and depth.   These shapes form an exploration of the rug’s texture and provide a canvas to play with pattern and colour.  The result...

The showroom floor here at KE-ZU has recently seen some action; it was overhauled for Saturday Indesign by Dana of Yellowtrace and now plays host to some great new floor coverings by Spanish rug manufacturer Nanimarquina. We’ll let you know about all of the pieces we’ve brought out from Spain shortly, but first cab off the rank is Rangoli –...