Nordic Knots’ new rugs playfully reimagine the English backyard

Nordic Knots has launched a brand new rug assortment in collaboration with property developer and design studio Eagle + Hodges. Drawing inspiration from the British backyard, the gathering sidesteps predictable floral tropes in favour of a extra nuanced, imaginative interpretation. These rugs evoke the spirit of the backyard – layered, expressive and magical.

The idea, explains Alex Eagle, artistic director of Eagle + Hodges, was born out of a need to discover quintessential Britishness: ‘We’re all the time asking ourselves: what makes one thing uniquely British? And what’s it that folks love about it? For me, it all the time comes again to the backyard. Gardens seize the juxtaposition of Britishness – whimsical however wild.’

The English backyard is conventional, but stuffed with risk, which Eagle and her accomplice, inside designer Sophie Hodges, embraced. ‘We reside and breathe stunning British materials,’ says the artistic director, ‘however with this assortment we gave ourselves permission to discover bolder colors, richer distinction – one thing a bit extra daring.’

The gathering includes three designs: Walled Backyard, Giverny and Columba. Walled Backyard has a palette of heat beiges and earthy reds, evoking the golden tones of late summer season. Giverny, a British reinterpretation of the gardens famously recreated by Monet, is shaded in smooth teal and dusty pink. Columba, named after Eagle’s daughter, feels extra playful, with mild blue and inexperienced tones paying homage to the hazy summer season days of childhood.

The rugs are designed to be, says Hodges, ‘heirloom’ items (in accordance with the inside designer, ‘each good room begins with a rug’), whereas additionally being versatile sufficient for varied settings, from a ‘countryside cottage [to] a brutalist loft’. They possess a fragile arts-and-crafts sensibility, and there’s additionally a delicate nod to the Victorian custom of taking rugs into the backyard for out of doors picnics, and the notion of indoor consolation spilling into the open air.

Based in 2015, Eagle + Hodges has earned a repute for its distinctly British aesthetic, quickly to be showcased within the residences at 180 The Thames, opening in London this autumn. This appreciation for timeless design is shared by Nordic Knots, a model famend for its high-quality, handwoven merchandise – certainly, Eagle and Hodges have usually used Nordic Knots rugs of their tasks.