LOVE A DUCK
LOVE A DUCK is a Viennese startup specializing in innovative floor coverings that resolve the perceived contradiction between high design and low maintenance: The rug-style coverings feature a face layer of cotton canvas on felt backing. The canvas face is finished to order with customizable patterns and furnished with a water- and dirt-repellent film to make cleaning a breeze.
Follow Me
2020
Follow Me is a rhythmic carpet design based on the sequence of hopscotch, incorporating hand and foot movements through abstract shapes.
The starting point of this design was based on researching Sensory Rooms designed for people on the spectrum. The rug dictates a rhythm of movements that can be traced and followed. The purpose is to give a moment of focus, a moment of calm, a moment of routine. This helps center one’s attention, likewise to the goal of the sensory room, as a response to following this pattern.
This pattern design was tested out in Portugal at the Nobel International School of The Algarve at the Almancil Campus. In order to makeshift test out this pattern I did an art lesson with the Year 2’s (6-7 year olds), teaching them about simple geometric shapes and how everything around us is composed from these. For example: a simple drawing of a mushroom is composed of a rectangle for the base, a semicircle for the top and circle for the mushroom pattern. For this lesson they all chose a shape on which they then drew as many different shape constellations as they could come up with. They then presented these to the rest of the class.
After this process we took the shapes to the Nursery students and pasted these on the floor of their classroom with no further explanation. Immediately, once the shapes were pasted, the students started jumping about and interacting with the shapes on the floor, both by themselves and with each other. It was incredibly inspiring to see this interaction take place!
Wild Things
2020
Wild things is a pattern inspired by the book by Maurice Sendak and it’s beautiful illustrations. The design is influenced by patterns within nature, ranging from ocean corals to veins in the human body, creating organic shapes. It is a pattern of connections and repetition that varies in size. This allows for a variety of focus points within the design.
The idea of this pattern is to create a creative space for play, a pattern of opportunity.