Curated by Ark Journal and Pernille Vest, Design / Dialogue returns for its second edition as an exclusive platform celebrating craftsmanship, creative collaboration, and refined design. As part of the exhibition, cc-tapis will present two distinctive collections: Hypercode by Roberto Sironi and Monograph by Destroyers/Builders.
Following its debut at Milan Design Week, the Monograph collection will be showcased in Copenhagen with two brand-new models exhibited for the first time, on the occasion of 3daysofdesign. 

With Monograph, cc-tapis and Destroyers/Builders bring the studio’s architectural sensibility to the world of rugs, balancing contemporary and traditional elements, rawness and softness, literally applying the hands-on process-driven concept of the designer to artisanal craftsmanship. With a design language rooted in the act of assembly and disassembly, Destroyers/Builders continuously explores architectural elements, materials, and techniques with a deep curiosity for the making process. Focusing on paper collages with adhesive tape, the collection takes inspiration from one of the most primitive and instinctive phases of creation. While Linde Freya Tangelder, founder of Destroyers/Builders, typically applies her research to metal, wood, or glass, the Monograph collection marks her first exploration into textiles and twodimensional design, embracing the raw, tactile qualities of jute and wool. Her process of collaging, folding, cutting and taping, were adopted by Indian Artisans who embraced and translated it with out of scale pieces of jute, folding and stitching raw textile together. Just like her sculptural works, these rugs celebrate subtle reliefs, layered textures, and tonal variations, evoking the overlapping transparency of tape on paper by stitching a series of hand-woven rug strips together. The Monograph collection celebrates the rawness and simplicity that define Destroyers/Builders, transforming an ephemeral moment of material experimentation into an enduring textile piece.

Within the works of Linde Freya Tangelder exist an overarching inspiration found in architectural elements, materials or building techniques. Linde Freya Tangelder, founder of the studio, strives for sensory relevance and cultural value in detail and on a larger scale. The works have a sculptural and architectural character, and balance between contemporary and traditional elements, translated through diverse materials. Linde Freya takes on projects that range from commissions to selfinitiated projects, and extend across the realms of both furniture, interior and fashion collaborations. Linde Freya Tangelder founded her studio Destroyers/Builders in Belgium in 2015, with a distinct signature blending the control of form with raw material experimentation. Linde Freya, born on 6 October 1987, works and lives in Antwerp and Asse, close to Brussels. Her work is internationally exhibited in galleries and several museums. In 2019, she is awarded as Young Designer of the Year (Belgium) and in 2023 as Young Design Talent of the Year Edida International. Combining art and design, sculpture and architecture, Linde Freya Tangelder highlights the materiality and character of each work. By naming her studio Destroyers/Builders, an evocative oxymoron, the Belgian based studio, run by the Dutch artist affirms her fascination for deconstruction, which allows her to imagine her own works. Linde Freya studied at Design Academy Eindhoven (graduated 2014), her internship at Estudio Campana (Sao Paulo) and the Brazilian connection she conveyed from her family background, remains an influence in her work. Linde Freya exalts hand-signed craftsmanship and industrial techniques by combining different materials, sometimes precious, sometimes raw.

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Exhibited at Design / Dialogue.

The collection is rooted in Roberto Sironi’s extensive research and documentation of inscriptions from both contemporary and prehistoric sources worldwide. By merging mythological symbols, ancient carvings, enigmatic glyphs, and raw urban graffiti, Sironi forges a new aesthetic language—one that reflects humanity’s innate desire to leave a lasting mark on its surroundings, creating a visual bridge across time and space. While drawing inspiration from contemporary artistic expressions, Hypercode remains deeply connected to tradition.
Historically, rugs have served as narrative artifacts, with warp and weft intertwining to recount the stories of civilizations, cultures, and individuals. Each piece in this collection conveys messages through symbols and languages that transcend immediate comprehension, inviting reflection and interpretation.
Crafted using the jacquard weaving technique on a traditional Indian handloom, master artisans seamlessly blend heritage with innovation, weaving intricate patterns that transform into visual codes. By layering solemn Greco-Roman inscriptions, enigmatic Japanese mythological symbols, spontaneous declarations of love, and the universally recognized smiley face, Hypercode turns each rug into a palimpsest of timeless narratives.

Roberto Sironi is a research-based and process-oriented studio, where thinking and making converge in the creation of environments and artifacts. Matter is investigated and manipulated through an anthropological approach to create new meanings and powerful narratives.

In this new multidisciplinary exhibition blending design, art, music, and fashion, cc-tapis participates with two rugs from the Grandma Patterns collection by Rop van Mierlo, alongside other renowned names such as BD Barcelona, Muuto, and NM3. 

Bringing playfulness to traditional tartan patterns, Grandma Patterns is a soft, texturally rich collection of five rugs designed by Rop van Mierlo, founder of Wild Animals. Using the wet paper technique, Rop van Mierlo created a series of vibrant, untamed patterns, that celebrate the cozy, cocooned world of grandmothers. By playing with bold color contrasts and natural materials, the collection merges nostalgia for grandma’s plaids with contemporary design. A progression on Rop van Mierlo’s signature abstract animal watercolors, the Dutch artist experimented with painting precise, geometric forms on a wet surface with the same wild approach: an unpredictable process done, in this case, “without any prior knowledge of patterns”, explains Rop. Each of the five motifs translates organic water lines, marks, points, and geometric forms into a unique piece with a shaggy pile which expresses the freedom of the imprecise grids. Crafted by hand, the collection embodies the raw, primitive beauty of natural materials.
Grandma Patterns challenges the boundary between the wild and the domesticated, presenting geometry as a way to structure and soften our domestic world, capturing what Rop van Mierlo describes as “patterns of uncontrolled behavior”.

Amsterdam-based designer and illustrator Rop van Mierlo (1980) graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2008. His playful and idiosyncratic works take many forms—ranging from paintings to mohair tapestries, hand-tufted wool carpets and trippy animations—but the process usually begins with drawing or painting. Control—or the lack thereof—is an important and intriguing part of his work. The artist often makes animals his muse, but his work is less about the creatures than about the process of making them. Rop’s signature technique is wet-on-wet painting, using liquid watercolors on moistened paper, resulting in an unpredictable end product. This uncontrollable process gives the artwork its own personality. In 2020, he launched Wild Animals (W.A.), a product label based on his freeform series. He has collaborated with big names in fashion, culture and music including Marni, Hermès, H&M, Moncler, Young Marco and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

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