(Mexico City, February 2025) For the third year running, cc-tapis participates at MÉXICO ART WEEK 2025, unveiling a new collection by New York-based designer Eny Lee Parker, presented together with the Raag collection (2024) by British designers Doshi Levien, in a site-specific installation at the historic Casa-Estudio Max Cetto (1903 - 1980). Curated and hosted by Studio 84, the exhibition will also feature iconic pieces from Flos Archive and contemporary furniture by Unno Gallery. The house will open to the press on the 04th of February, with a design talk including Eny Lee Parker, Jeff Martin, Andrea Vargas Dieppa, and Cristina Moreno moderated by Omar Sosa of Apartamento magazine. Visitors will have a chance to explore the historic landmark from the 4th to the 8th of February, a rare opportunity to step away from the urban hustle and immerse themselves in an environment where design, nature and architecture converge. La primera casa de Jardines del Pedregal - The first house in the “Jardines de Pedgregal” area of Mexico City, Casa-Estudio Max Cetto is nestled in the volcanic lava fields, playing a defining role in the creation of the neighborhood’s Modernist identity. Today, the house remains in the care of the Cetto family—Julian, Max Cetto’s grandson, and his family—who continues to honor the architect’s original vision. Both the indoor and outdoor spaces are utilized for the exhibition, featuring Clay Scan, Eny Lee Parker’s new collection for cc-tapis, alongside Raag, the latest work from Doshi Levien. These rugs will be integrated into the house’s stunning gardens, complemented by Archive pieces from Flos and furniture from Unno Gallery.

Presented for the first time at MÉXICO ART WEEK 2025, Clay Scan delves into the tactile essence of clay and its translation into the visual language of design. Drawing inspiration from her hands-on sculpting process, Eny Lee Parker reimagined the medium by transforming its three-dimensional forms into striking two-dimensional compositions. Using techniques such as rolling, pressing, and shaping, Eny Lee captured the raw textures, undulating edges, and organic imperfections of clay through a scanner. These impressions preserve the inherent beauty of handwork, serving as the foundation for her designs. At the cc-tapis Atelier in Nepal, expert artisans meticulously translated these scans onto rugs, creating three unique designs in Himalayan wool. “This process allowed me to bridge the physicality of sculpting with the artistry of textile design,” explains Eny Lee Parker. “Each rug reflects the transformative nature of clay—its malleability, texture, and the connection to human touch.” The collection’s color palette draws directly from the natural hues of clay: deep, earthy browns reminiscent of drying terra cotta, paired with soft, creamy whites that echo the tones of Eny Lee Parker’s most-used clay. These hues celebrate the raw, unfiltered beauty of the material in its purest form.

Eny Lee Parker is a prominent spatial designer based in New York, known for her work in the realms of objects, furniture, and lighting. Her approach centers around the use of clay as her primary medium, channeling the essence of traditional craftsmanship with a focus on slowness, intention, and a deep respect for natural resources. In doing so, she creates contemporary objects that not only elevate our awareness of our presence but also celebrate the beauty of non-living things. Lee’s talent and dedication have not gone unnoticed, as her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times T Magazine, Vogue, Elle Decor, Architecture Digest, Wallpaper*, Domino Magazine, Dwell, Financial Times, and more. Her insights into design have also led her to become a judge for the esteemed Dezeen Awards in 2023. In addition to her editorial recognition, Eny Lee has made her mark in the design world through both solo exhibitions and group shows. Her involvement in events like Design Miami during Art Basel, Milan during design week, showcases her commitment to exploring the boundaries of creativity. As a testament to her curatorial talents, she debuted her first show at Objective Gallery inviting global artists to participate. Beyond exhibitions, Lee has collaborated with brands such as Lulu and Georgia and Hudson Valley Lighting to design furniture and lighting collections that marry functionality with her artistic language. With her remarkable portfolio and contributions to the world of design in the short span of six years, Eny Lee Parker continues to inspire and redefine the boundaries of contemporary design, reminding us of the intrinsic beauty in the objects that surround us.

Launched in 2024, the Raag collection by Doshi Levien combines the designer’s relationship with color together with inspiration from Indian miniature artists and modernist ceramics. Choosing to work within parameters, they experimented on a self-imposed grid, collecting, matching and playing with colorful hand painted samples. Scaling down their chromatic spectrum to 7 colors, the duo interpreted the sequence of notes associated to the classical Indian music system “Raag”, with a chromatic language of composition and proportion. Following the designers’ original grid, artisans weave a flat fabric on which some or all seven notes (colors) are played in ascending and descending scales, producing surprising rhythms which “are not just random patterns, there’s mathematics and experimentation behind it” - specifies Nipa Doshi.

Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien met as design students at London’s Royal College of Art in 1995. Nipa, who was born in Mumbai and raised in Delhi, recalls being shaped by an appreciation for modernist design ideals and the importance of craft, while Jonathan, who was trained in fine cabinetmaking and industrial design, spent much of his childhood learning how things are made in his family’s factory in Scotland. Though somewhat opposing, this plurality of influences and cultural experiences proved a great force. Today, their celebrated studio Doshi Levien is defined by a hybridised mindset bringing technology, craftsmanship and industrial techniques to the fore across furniture, textiles and product design. Over the course of their shared lives and careers, the pair have “created a universe” for themselves in London. Their studio of 14 years is a former 19th-century furniture workshop on Columbia Road in the East End, where their small team makes models, sketches and mixes colours across the studio, colour lab and gallery space. Given Nipa and Jonathan’s diverse upbringings and propensities, it is unsurprising to see cross-cultural perspectives continually emerge in their work. My World, one of their earliest commissions from the British Council served as a manifesto in their formative years. “We wanted to bring different worlds together in our work – not as an aesthetic language but more as a philosophical approach and a way to consider globalisation as a positive process of the exchange of cultures, values, materials and production methods”. This cross-cultural lens has become an unwavering undertone of the studio’s approach, In the past two decades, guiding their work for Moroso, Cappellini, Hay, Kettal, Nanimarquina, B&B Italia, Arper, for prestigious international museums and cultural institutions (notably Sevres – Cité de la Céramique and The Grand Hornu), and for their Paris-based gallery: Galerie Kreo. Much like the foundations of Nipa and Jonathan’s partnership, the plurality of the Doshi Levien portfolio is significant. It is rich, not solely because of the pair’s wide-reaching strengths in the field of design, from colour and textiles to form and structure but because there is a generous dose of each of them in every project. It is their contrasting cultural experiences and creative attitudes – evidently magnetic from their very first encounter – which imbue the Doshi Levien universe with endless eloquence and joy.

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Founded in 2011, today cc-tapis has a catalog that includes a wide range of rugs designed in partnership with forward-thinking creatives and brands. This model allows the company to constantly explore new aesthetics and manufacturing solutions, in a process of continuous research and cross-pollination. The majority of cc-tapis’ collections are handmade in the company’s ateliers in Nepal and India, where high-quality raw materials such as Himalayan wool, pure silk and linen are shaped by master artisans, following a centuries-old craftsmanship tradition. Smaller productions are carried out in Italy, where cc-tapis keeps pushing the limits of what is considered possible in the realms of rug-making through modern technologies like robotufting. Over the years, the company has developed a substantial know-how in creating custom rugs for specific projects. Today, this ability makes cc-tapis a leader in bespoke services for companies and professionals working in the contract and residential sectors. Far from mass production, cc-tapis aims to offer a tailored service to those who understand and enjoy a high-end product which contains the story of an ageless culture.

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