Rivets 2 is a rectangular wool rug.‎Zollanvari Fine Gabbehs.‎Traditional Gabbehs are characterised by an abstract design that relies upon open fields of colour and playful geometry.‎ Geometric designs are quintessential Gabbeh designs.‎ In Rivets, the designers have combined squares and rectangles, the most recurring motifs in geometric Gabbehs, on a field made up of bands of bold colours that allow the motifs to stand out almost as if they were three dimensional objects.‎The inspiration for this latest collection is an ingenious fusion of traditional Gabbeh iconography and Glitch art – a visual style characterised by using digital or analogue errors for aesthetic purposes, whether that be intentional (that is, “faking glitch” and obtaining a similar aesthetic through design) or by accident (a true manifestation inside of the system without human intervention).‎ The term “glitch” itself originates with engineers and astronauts to explain faults within the technology they were working with.‎ But the visual aesthetic can be traced much further back, to the beginning of the 20th century through distorted forms in cubist paintings, abstract short films and pixel-like rug designs akin to 8-bit video game landscapes.‎ In fact, many antique rugs feature abstract, distorted patterns that seem to predict the glitch movement of later centuries.‎ This new collection, including its marketing and sales, will set off a new Gabbeh revolution.‎ The designs are available in custom and bespoke sizes and colours.‎