In the US some call him the King of Rugs. His name is Michael Christie, and he is a leading American carpet journalist, blogger of ‘The Ruggist’ and, since the Fall of 2017, Editor of Rug Insider. He was also a speaker during the panel discussion at Domotex 2018 about trends in interior design.
Last week we had the chance to meet and to spend some time with him here at Aquafil’s headquarter in Italy. We invited him to present us “For the love of carpets”, a photo-illustrated presentation which chronicles the modern decorative carpet revolution from its inception in the later half of the nineteen-eighties up through the present. Spanning approximately thirty years of carpet design and manufacture, the presentation rhetorically asks ‘What makes a great carpet?’ and ‘How do I use modern carpets?’.
We fell in love with the carpet designs presented and the approach of Michael to the study of the never-ending cycles of trends and designs in rugs.
If you still don’t know ‘The Ruggist’ here is a short interview where we talk about his very first carpet, his favorite rugs and trends.