Sottoportico Rug By Seraina Lareida

Sottoportico rug by Seraina Lareida.Dimensions: W 300 x H 390 cm. Materials: 100% New Zeland top-quality wool.Available in sizes: Medium (150 x 200cm), and Large (200 x 260cm). Customizable sizes are available. Please contact us for more information. This rug is inspired by the porches distroied by the water in Venice, an harmony of overlapping Venetian architecture and the colors palette typical of the place, transformed by the salt of the Venetian Lagoon.Walking on you can feel the different length and different way used to make it. Made with the tafting technique, have been used 100% New Zeland top quality wool. Yearns and manufacture are certificate as handcrafted exclusively in the Italian atelier. Sottoportico bringh you an concentration of Venice to your house. /Sot-to-pòr-ti-co/ means ‘under the porch’. Sottoportico is a characteristic architecture widespread in Venice city, cause the little space available on the land. But is also very comfortable to be protected from bad weather, as most of the people can move only by walking, otherwise by boat.SERAINA LAREIDAPortrait Seraina Lareida is a young Swiss designer currently based in Bern/Switzerland.After one year of living and working in London, she returned to Switzerland in order to accomplish her MA in Product Design at the ECAL in Lausanne. Ever since, she has been exhibiting her work at renowned places like Design Miami Basel, Bikini Berlin, Maison&Objet Paris, ISPO Munich, Salone Internazionale del Mobile Milan and Musée de Design et d’Arts Appliqués Contemporains Lausanne. Currently, she is working in the product development department of USM Möbelbausysteme, a Swiss leader for interior and office furniture. She is also initiating her own projects in collaboration with local manufacturers, design labels, and art galleries.