What if furniture wasn’t bound by traditional perceptions of placement, calling into question your relationship to the architectural plane? Imagine the untapped potential of banal staircases, thresholds, and edges as they turn the corner. Paddy Pike Studio has pioneered contemporary home furnishings that celebrate and recontextualize these oft ignored liminal spaces as places with the power to pull focus. Paddy, the studio’s eponym, launches the Cresco Rug Collection in his latest exploration of textile applications and functionalities that articulate structure while conjuring ethereal passageways to new interior atmospheres through his brilliant aesthetics.

This release comprises five dramatic, distinct pieces created from hand-knotted wool by artisans in India. The collaborative process is an intriguing mix of Paddy’s subversive approach to the pragmatic tempered by an exercise in traditional craft. Surfaces are rendered such that graphic elements imply flow from the floor to wall to the openings they highlight. And contrasting colors generates great visual interest while retaining a softness from natural textures and the warm hues.

Presented at the architectural scale, their larger-than-life size allows for a fusion with the room and the full integration into any space for which they are custom tailored. While they do dominate their surroundings with an incredible gravity, they also create the opportunity to place complementary elements within their orbit, staging pieces at eye level just as one might consider seating atop whatever rug is underfoot. Designers are provided a fresh approach to aesthetic schemes as the Cresco Rug ascends and cascades across interior vistas.

The collection also represents the coming together of interests Paddy has fostered for nearly a decade. His broader work is a survey of provocative rugs and wall hangings with transformative powers especially for those parts of the home that are grossly underserved and underutilized in many aspects. “Doorways and staircases symbolize exploration and the transition to new, uncharted areas. This mirrors how I feel about the direction my studio is taking,” Paddy says. “Each new idea feels like stepping into an exciting, unknown space. There’s always something new around the corner, and that energy is thrilling.”

To learn more about Paddy Pike Studio and its creative practice, visit paddypike.com.

Photography provided by Paddy Pike Studio.

With professional degrees in architecture and journalism, New York-based writer Joseph has a desire to make living beautifully accessible. His work seeks to enrich the lives of others with visual communication and storytelling through design. When not writing, he teaches visual communication, theory, and design.