Monograph

about the collection

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 two-dimensional 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.