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RETI
STUDIO TERHEDEBRÜGGE
THE RETI COLLECTION IS A PROPOSAL FROM THE GERMAN STUDIO TERHEDEBRÜGGE WITH A NOTICEABLE
GRAPHIC INSPIRATION, AS IT RECREATES A GRID TRANSFERRED TO A RUG. ITS APPEARANCE MAY RECALL
THE GRIDS USED IN GRAPHIC DESIGN TO WORK ON EDITORIAL COMPOSITIONS, BUT ALSO THAT OF AN UR-
BAN LAYOUT OR A NOTEBOOK.
"RETI IS BORN FROM OUR PASSION FOR GRIDS. WE LOVE THEIR ORDER,
THEIR RHYTHM AND THEIR SIMPLE BEAUTY," EXPLAIN THE STUDIO.
"A GRID IS A VERY STRONG BUT AT THE SAME TIME FLEXIBLE ORDERING
SYSTEM, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE MANY FORMS. THAT'S WHY WE
CHOSE RETI AS THE NAME OF THE COLLECTION, WHICH COMES FROM
THE LATIN WORD RETE, MEANING NET OR WOVEN STRUCTURE. A TERM
THAT REFERS TO BOTH SOMETHING STRUCTURED AND FLEXIBLE,
WHICH IS PRECISELY WHAT WE WERE PURSUING WITH OUR DESIGN."
RETI BLUE-GREEN RUG
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GRID REFERENCES
RETI IS ALSO A COLLECTION OF RUGS MADE WITH RECYCLED PET FIBRES, SO THEY CAN BE PLACED IN IN-
DOOR AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. DUE TO THEIR DESIGN, THEY FIT BOTH IN A LIVING ROOM, AS IN A
WORKSPACE OR A TERRACE.
COMING FROM STUDIO TERHEDEBRÜGGE, IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT RETI HAS SUCH A GRAPHIC AESTHETIC.
"OUR BACKGROUND IN GRAPHIC DESIGN INFLUENCES HOW WE APPROACH OBJECTS AND SPACES, FROM AN
APPROACH WHERE FUNCTION MERGES WITH PLAYFUL EXPRESSION. FOR US, DESIGN IS A LANGUAGE OF VISUAL
COMMUNICATION, WHERE SHAPES, COLORS, AND STRUCTURES WORK TOGETHER TO TELL A STORY. RETI VERY
WELL SUMMARIZES OUR WAY OF WORKING: IT IS BOTH A RUG AND A COMPOSITION. IT IS STRUCTURED, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME EXPRESSIVE AND ALIVE," EXPLAIN SIBLINGS SILVIA, ANTONIA, AND JULIUS TERHEDEBRÜGGE, FOUN-
DERS OF THE STUDIO.
RETI RUGS ARE MADE WITH SOFT RECYCLED PET FIBRES ON HAND-OPERATED LOOMS USING THE HAND
LOOM TECHNIQUE, SO THEIR TOUCH IS VERY PLEASANT, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE VERY RESISTANT.
THIS ARTISANAL MANUFACTURING PROCESS IS WHAT ALLOWS THEIR DESIGN TO BE EXECUTED WITH THE
NECESSARY PRECISION. "THE DETAILS AND PRECISION OF RETI'S PATTERN REALLY COME TO LIFE THROUGH
WEAVING. IT IS A DESIGN IN WHICH WE HAVE COMBINED A STRUCTURED AND MODERN PATTERN WITH TRADI-
TIONAL WEAVING TECHNIQUES. THE GRID GIVES THE DESIGN A CONTEMPORARY LOOK, WHILE THE HANDMA-
DE PROCESS ADDS WARMTH AND TEXTURE. THIS MIXTURE MAKES RETI RUGS PERCEIVED AS BOTH PRECISE
AND ORGANIC, MODERN BUT WITH A HUMAN TOUCH," POINT OUT STUDIO TERHEDEBRÜGGE.
