Take a world-class ‘hard edge’ painter. Add 25 years rug design and weaving experience and the result is the mesmerizing MATRIX rug collection, a collaboration between Gianluca Franzese in San Francisco and Esti Barnes, Founder and Creative Head at Topfloor by Esti. ‘NEBULA’s facets shimmer and sparkle in homage to the solitaire diamond that was its inspiration.   Image: NEBULA – inspired by the solitaire diamond, part of the MATRIX rug collection, a collaboration between accomplished artist Gianluca Franzese in San Francisco and Esti Barnes, Founder and Creative Head at Topfloor by Esti.

Topfloor has always loved natural fibres with their earthy glowing tones and myriad possibilities of creating intricate woven patterns and motifs. You can almost feel the warmth of the African sun with SERENGETI, an organic woven jute rug that looks equally at home in town as in the country.   Image: SERENGETI - an organic woven jute rug that looks equally at home in town as in the country.

Wintry winds and glistening snow, ice-bedecked eaves and a crunch underfoot set the stage for WINTERTIME, a rug collection designed and launched by Topfloor by Esti in 2021 to capture the romantic side of the chilliest season. Icicles make the perfect subject for the weavers’ skills in carving the snowy white wool pile.   ICICLE: part of the WINTERTIME collection, ICICLE is the perfect subject for the weavers’ skills in carving the white wool pile.

Photographic artist Simon Dodsworth hails from North Yorkshire and a selection of ethereal landscape images of his home count have been turned into rugs in a collaboration with Topfloor by Esti. Collaborations work best when both parties are on the same artistic wavelength so it was no surprise to learn that Esti’s choice of images, including ‘MISTY’ shown here, turned out to be favourites of Simon as well.   Image: MISTY: Photographic artist Simon Dodsworth hails from North Yorkshire and a selection of ethereal landscape images of his home county have been turned into rugs in a collaboration with Topfloor by Esti.