The list of designers behind many of Nanimarquina’s floor coverings suggests a fast, state-of-the-art company—Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Ilse Crawford, Tord Boontje. But the production process of its high-quality, hand-crafted rugs is neither modern nor quick.
Hand-knotting, a labor-intensive technique in which weavers tie and cut individual knots row by row for durability; and hand-tufting, or adding carpet pile using a manually operated pistol to methodically inject pieces of wool, for example, are Nanimarquina’s routine fabrication methods. Electrically-powered machines do not touch these rugs. And keeping that handcrafted process transparent distinguishes the carpet maker in a market increasingly driven by high-tech innovations.
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