Ontwerp voor een tapijt met vierkanten, rechthoeken en variaties op 'L'-vormen 1929

Here's a rug design with squares, rectangles, and L-shapes made by Dirk Verstraten in 1929. There's something about this color palette of browns that's so appealing. The whole design feels really intuitive, like Verstraten was just playing around with shapes and seeing what happened. I can imagine him shifting the shapes around, trying out different arrangements until something clicked. Maybe he was thinking about how these shapes might translate to the three-dimensional world of a woven rug. Like, how do you take these flat ideas and turn them into something you can touch and walk on? The orange and brown reminds me of the Wiener Werkstatte, that collective of artists working in Vienna at the turn of the last century. It makes you think about how artists are always looking at each other's work, borrowing ideas, and pushing things forward. It's an ongoing conversation, and we're all invited to join in.