In this special trend report, RugNews.com investigates how the latest crop of machine-made area rugs are expanding the category's potential by introducing a fresh class of better-quality machine-woven designs crafted with wool and infused with technological advances.
The latest innovations at NeoCon reflect top emerging design trends embracing sensory-rich experiences, multi-functionality, smart materials & technology, and adaptive resilience.
Spring 2025 High Point Market area rug exhibitors tap into consumers’ growing demand for on-point handmade wool rugs at attainable price points with strong showing of hand-tufted intros.
Swedish luxury rug atelier Kasthall updates its enduring textural Tekla collection introducing a fresh crop of colors that celebrates tradition and renewal.
Characterized by its organic nature, PANTONE 17-1230 Mocha Mousse is a warm, rich brown described as nurturing us and comforting, yet sophisticated.
We scope out Las Vegas Market exhibitors‘ top-selling area rugs, and present insignts into the designs, colors and yarns that will produce sales in the fourth quarter and beyond.
RugNews.com previews a curated selection of trending rug designs and weaves heading to 15+ showrooms.
Area rug exhibitors at a renewed ICFF in New York stole the show with unexpected beauty, artistry and edginess that showcased the next-level expressive possibilities of an ancient craft.
Follow along with RugNews editors as we scope out the hottest area rugs on show at the spring edition of High Point Market.
In this RugNews.com exclusive, we give you a snapshot of what’s in store for area rug shoppers at the spring 2024 High Point Market. Read on for product launches, new designer collaborations, trending colors, designs and weaves.
PANTONE 13-1023 Peach Fuzz, declared the Color of the Year 2024, is a velvety gentle peach whose all-embracing spirit enriches heart, mind, and body.
National furniture retailer Ballard Designs leans into the decorating world's return to traditionalism with a fresh focus on organic lines, natural textures, and whimsical details.
Luxury area rug showroom The Rug Company debuts its studio designed modernist-inspired hand-knotted Future Forms rug collection.
Part 2 continues RugNews.com's state of the industry special report and discusses what area rug executives anticipate for the beginning of the new year and how business fared in 2022.
In this two-part state of the industry special report, RugNews.com dives deep and discovers that area rug executives are looking forward to calmer waters in the second half of 2023, following fine-tuned strategies in 2022.
RugNews.com uncovers 2022's top-selling area rugs featuring fresh palettes across the style universe from updated traditional to modern geometrics and still popular abstracts, with warmer tones and textures now virtually de rigueur.
Couristan is set to launch its fourth edition of its popular series of Area Rug Trend Report videos, a product preview, marketing, social media initiative program established in 2018.
A vibrant red shade, Viva Magenta is Pantone's 2023 Color of the Year.
New study conducted by Behr paint shows three-quarters of homeowners believe that the color white promotes relaxation and creates a sense of calm, and Blank Canvas is described as a transformative hue with endless design possibilities and an opportunity for self-care.
Several area rug players rolled out new custom rug programs and grew their OAK assortments at the spring High Point Market -- and retail buyers and interior designers snapped up unique looks.
Las Vegas Market’s proprietary FIRST LOOK forecast features three new trends – Beach Bound, Overlay and Purple Prose – inspired by destinations, moods and popular colors
Online retailer Rugs Direct reviewed 280 million user interactions over the course of 10+ years to analyze the decade's most popular interior design trends at the top five social media sites.
CB2 surveys designers for a look at their inspiration for 2022, and insights into 2021 challenges that in impacted home purchases, shaped interior design trends, and more.
California interior designer Chris Barrett will participate in a special Design West panel discussion at Las Vegas Market. She also gives RugNews.com a preview of her inaugural area rug collection, currently in development with Mansour Modern.
Pantone's Color of the Year 2022, Very Peri, exhibits a courageous presence that encourages personal inventiveness and creativity.
The winner of the HGTV Dream Home 2022 sweepstakes will receive a grand prize package valued at over $2.4 million and which includes a fully furnished home in the mountain town.
Room & Board, which recently participated in the boutique design hospitality fair BDNY, at the Javits Center in New York, releases its top-five design directions in the sector.
In this second installment of RugNews.com’s exclusive three-part Buyers’ Guide to area rugs at Las Vegas Market, we take dull and boring out of the equation with a curated selection of today’s newest neutral area rugs.
In this RugNews.com exclusive three-part Buyers’ Guide to area rugs at Las Vegas Market, we step behind the curtain to curate a selection of the latest traditional designs that breath new life into classic motifs.
The High Point Market Authority releases the always popular High Point Market Style Report for Summer/Fall 2021, highlighting 19 unique trends.
Couristan takes inspiration from Colorado for its top design trends, all of which get “Back to Basics," and encourages breaking free while turning to nature to rediscover wellness.
Trends Melange, Mixtape, and Resilience & Resolve will be showcased for spring 2021 market, and IMC exhibiters are invited to submit products for TrendWatch by April 7.
The 84-page rug guide by Karastan includes a focus on five major trends for 2021/22 for retailers and details on more than 15 recently added collections.
Feizy hosted the first installment of a new Instagram Live video series that will showcase fashion-forward area rug trends and focused on a Valentines-inspired pink rug vignette to launch the program.
The Pantone 2021 duo represents a marriage of color conveying a message of strength and hopefulness that is both enduring and uplifting.
For the first time, the One Room Challenge held an all-digital event with designers working completely via virtual room design and rendering to create settings filled with High Point Market products.
Bold blues have been trending on the runways, in interiors and on social media, and RugNews.com uncovers the latest fashion-right area rugs for buyers at High Point Market or shopping online this fall.
Area rug designs are featuring a combination of natural, soft -- and sometimes feminine colors -- that take their cues from the fashion runways in New York and Paris earlier this year.
The resurgence of the 1980s on fashion runways inspired a collection that is clean lined and brimming with personality.
The retailer's new Artisanal Modernism collection created by Canadian designer Christiane Lemieux includes hand-made rugs from Momeni.
The latest collection draws inspiration from the late 19th- and early 20th-century Prairie School design movement.
Eight trend trackers share designs top directions for summer and fall.
Oriental Weavers has released its Spring 2020 Trends Book featuring the company's predictions for colors and designs to watch and emerging lifestyle decorating directions.
Fair focused on the keynote theme of "ATMYSPHERE" -- a nod to the new "healthy living" megatrend.
Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year, 19-4052 Classic Blue, highlights a desire for a stable foundation on which to build as we enter a new era.
Color and design trends for home furnishings 2020 reveal a fascinating dichotomy as a new era brings in both novel and nostalgic approaches to design in a new Prints Charming color palette from Pantone, which highlights a global fascination for tattoo art.
Pantone is projecting color and design trends in its PantoneView home + interiors 2020 printed report, and gives a sneak peek at forecast palette.
RugNews.com explores the fashion and design possibilities of Living Coral, named Color of the Year 2019 by Pantone, and offers a comprehensive area rug buyer's guide to the energetic hue.
Pantone's Color of the Year 2019, Living Coral, makes its way from the catwalk to floor, and area rug vendors are injecting the color into the latest area rug looks.