Original Article: Domino, 30.04.2026.
Move over solids—the future is wild and whimsical.
By Samantha Weiss-Hills
It’s quite normal to look up in Milan—incredibly varied architecture regularly draws your face toward the sky, and palazzos replete with frescoes keep your irises fully trained on soaring ceilings. It can be easy to ignore what’s underfoot, except when you’re biking over cobblestones in pursuit of too many previews and exhibitions during Salone del Mobile, arguably the design world’s most important week of the year. As I was pounding the pavement to see as much as my legs could hustle to, I kept returning to rugs. Several brands introduced floor coverings with motifs that played on art movements, architecture, and the natural world. They were more than just a place to pad around on, they were room-sized canvases.
Art de Vivre
This handwoven wool-silk collection, sprung from the minds of Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, brings to mind the sinewy, graphic forms of cellular structures. Evoking moss, lichen, and other ground cover, each organic shape embraces irregularity and asymmetry. The color palette and textural variance only add to the intrigue.
- Carpet: Floralis Green III
- Carpet: Floralis Orange II
