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CREATIVE MATTERS TO EXHIBIT FOR FIRST TIME AT THE RUG SHOW
Creative Matters' inaugural booth at the NY edition of The Rug Show will showcase hand knotted collections that artfully juxtapose wool and silk./ RugNews.com photo.
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TORONTO, Canada - Creative Matters will exhibit for the first time at The Rug Show, September 10 - 13, 2016, at the Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street. The Toronto-based design team will display 18 hand-knotted rugs from their 2015/2016 Arctic and Perennial Collections.
Creative Matters will join over 70 high-end innovators at The Rug Show, which promises one of the largest compilations of artistic area rugs ever seen in the U.S. in addition to Creative Matters' award-winning designer rug collections.
"Not only is it our first time at The Rug Show, it is also the first time so many of the rugs from our newest collections will be available to view in all their wool and silk glory," said Carol Sebert, president and owner of Creative Matters. "In fact, two of the rugs (Viva - Pastel, and Emerge - Plum), have never been displayed at a show before."
The Viva design from Creative Matters premiere at The Rug Show at the Javits Center in the Pastel colorway.
The Viva design was first released in the bolder Ochre colorway. The more delicate Pastel version was just delivered in August. Thirteen colors and 21 blends suggest a discarded bloom on a raindrop-spotted sidewalk, the natural environment contrasting with the urban landscape.
Creative Matters will unveil its Emerge design in Plum at The Rug Show in New York in September.
With its combination of petals and ice shards, Emerge is the Creative Matters design that links the Arctic and Perennial Collections. Delicate outlines represent a flower bud emerging from a fierce winter.
The design firm's Arctic Collection and the Perennial Collection launched in September 2015 with a second release of designs in January 2016. "Because the rugs are hand knotted, and because we only work with a few mills in Nepal and India to uphold our standards of perfection, the rugs arrive in North America one by one," said Sebert.
"While many architects and interior designers know us for custom projects, our collections offer an increasing selection of ready-designed pieces. We now have six collections to browse on our website and to purchase from our retailers around the world," said Sebert. All the collection pieces at The Rug Show are hand knotted in Tibetan or New Zealand wool, with carefully placed Chinese silk. And, all the rugs carry the fair trade endorsement of Label STEP.
In 2016, Creative Matters exhibited at Domotex in Hannover, Germany and Maison & Objet in Paris. "We are particularly proud to show Crystallize - Ice at The Rug Show because it was one of three shortlisted designs in Best Modern Design Superior at Domotex--the world's highest accolade for contemporary handmade carpets and rugs," said Sebert.
Creative Matters' Glacier design from the Arctic collection received much interest at the shows in Germany and France. / RugNews.com photo.
Established in 1988, Creative Matters designs and creates custom fair trade floor and wallcoverings. With rugs and carpets in more than 40 countries, Creative Matters' international clientele range from such luxury retailers as Christian Dior, Tom Ford and Louis Vuitton to hotels, corporate offices, private homes, and diplomatic residences and embassies worldwide. Creative Matters proudly supports Label STEP, an international organization committed to fighting abusive child labor, improving the working and living conditions of carpet weavers and promoting environmentally friendly production methods.