nanimarquina Rugs: Handcrafted Contemporary Design

nanimarquina creates contemporary designer rugs that bring color, texture, warmth, and personality to residential and commercial interiors. Founded in Barcelona in 1987 by designer Nani Marquina, the family-owned company transformed the traditional rug into a modern design object—one shaped by creative experimentation, cultural exchange, and respect for craftsmanship.

Today, nanimarquina rugs unite the perspectives of internationally recognized designers with generations of rug-making knowledge. Each collection explores a distinctive combination of color, pattern, fiber, texture, and weaving technique. The result is an expressive portfolio ranging from understated wool rugs and richly tactile hand-knotted designs to graphic kilims, sculptural poufs, and durable outdoor rugs.

At Scott + Cooner, designers and homeowners can explore nanimarquina rugs for living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, offices, hospitality spaces, and outdoor environments. Our team can assist with collection selection, dimensions, colors, materials, lead times, and project specifications.

Contemporary Rugs Since 1987

Nani Marquina established her namesake company in Barcelona with a pioneering idea: rugs could be more than practical floor coverings. They could become contemporary design pieces capable of defining the atmosphere of an interior.

That vision continues to guide the company. Rather than treating a rug as a final decorative layer, nanimarquina approaches it as an integral part of architecture and interior design. Color can organize a room, texture can introduce softness, and pattern can establish rhythm or create a compelling visual focal point.

More than three decades of collaboration with artists, architects, and international designers have produced a diverse collection with a recognizable creative spirit. Although styles range from quiet and architectural to playful and highly expressive, every nanimarquina rug reflects the brand’s commitment to thoughtful design and lasting quality.

Traditional Craftsmanship for Modern Interiors

Craftsmanship is central to the character of every nanimarquina rug. The company works with experienced artisans who preserve traditional rug-making methods while interpreting contemporary designs with precision and sensitivity.

Variations created by the human hand are part of the beauty of a handmade rug. Subtle differences in weave, pile, surface, and tone give each piece depth and individuality that cannot be duplicated by purely industrial production.

Depending on the collection, nanimarquina uses hand-knotting, hand-tufting, kilim weaving, dhurrie weaving, and other specialized techniques. Each method produces a different visual and tactile effect, allowing designers to select a rug according to appearance, comfort, performance, and intended use.

Hand-Knotted Rugs

Hand-knotting is a highly skilled and time-intensive technique in which individual knots are tied around the rug’s structural threads. The number, density, and character of these knots help determine the design’s definition, durability, and texture.

A hand-knotted nanimarquina rug offers remarkable depth and artisanal presence. These rugs are especially well suited to refined living areas, private offices, bedrooms, and other interiors where material quality and detailed craftsmanship are central to the design.

Hand-Loomed Kilim and Dhurrie Rugs

Kilim and dhurrie techniques create flatwoven rugs without a raised pile. Their relatively low profile makes them versatile choices for dining rooms, entryways, offices, and contemporary living spaces.

Flatwoven nanimarquina rugs can appear graphic and architectural or relaxed and organic, depending on the fiber and pattern. The weaving structure often becomes an important part of the design, revealing the rhythm of the threads and the skill involved in producing the surface.

Collections such as Medina reinterpret the visual character of time-worn traditional rugs through a contemporary kilim construction. The result feels familiar and modern at once.

Hand-Tufted Rugs

Hand-tufting allows designers to develop expressive forms, detailed imagery, varied pile heights, and nuanced color transitions. Yarn is inserted into a stretched foundation to construct the design, creating a soft, substantial surface.

This technique supports many of nanimarquina’s most artistic collections. Designs by Jaime Hayon, Santi Moix, Nao Tamura, and Clàudia Valsells demonstrate how a hand-tufted rug can translate illustration, color study, natural form, or abstract composition into a tactile object.

Natural Fibers and Tactile Comfort

Material selection plays an essential role in how a rug looks, feels, and performs. The nanimarquina portfolio includes rugs made with wool, cotton, jute, felt, and other carefully chosen fibers.

Wool offers warmth, resilience, and acoustic comfort, making it a natural choice for living rooms, bedrooms, and hospitality spaces. Jute introduces an earthy texture and relaxed visual character, while cotton can provide softness and structural contrast. Many collections combine fibers to produce subtle changes in touch, sheen, and color.

These material differences allow a nanimarquina rug to do more than complement a room visually. It can soften an architectural interior, provide comfort underfoot, absorb sound, and establish a more welcoming atmosphere.

Tres Collection

Designed by Nani Marquina and Elisa Padrón, Tres is one of the brand’s most recognizable collections. Its apparent simplicity reveals a detailed study of traditional weaving, fiber, proportion, and color.

The original design combines three independently constructed sections and three fibers—wool, felt, and cotton. Differences in weave and material create a quiet striped composition with exceptional tactile depth.

The Tres family has expanded to include additional textures, colors, patterns, poufs, and outdoor interpretations. Its restrained design works particularly well in modern living rooms, bedrooms, offices, and open architectural spaces where texture is more important than bold ornament.

Shade Collection

The Shade collection uses carefully developed color gradients to create calm, atmospheric surfaces. Colors flow gently across each rug, producing a sense of movement without relying on a conventional pattern.

Shade rugs can unite the tones already present in an interior or introduce a controlled field of color into a neutral room. Indoor, outdoor, and coordinating pouf options make the collection adaptable across multiple areas of a project.

Losanges Collection

Created by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Losanges combines traditional handcraft with a bold contemporary geometry. Its repeating diamond forms and nuanced colors produce an energetic composition grounded by the richness of handmade construction.

The collection is a strong choice for interiors that call for a distinctive statement rug with enduring artistic character. Its pattern can animate minimal architecture while also relating naturally to interiors filled with art, color, and collected objects.

Hayon x Nani

The Hayon x Nani collection translates Jaime Hayon’s imaginative visual language into a highly detailed hand-tufted rug. Playful figures, symbols, lines, and colors form an exuberant composition that functions almost like a drawing for the floor.

This expressive designer rug can anchor an eclectic living area, creative workspace, hotel lounge, or other environment where art and personality are central to the experience.

Chillida Collection

The Chillida collection brings selected works by celebrated Basque artist Eduardo Chillida into the medium of rugs. His graphic forms, drawings, and explorations of space become tactile compositions created through specialized craft techniques.

These rugs offer a meaningful intersection of art and interior design. They are especially compelling in architectural settings where the floor can serve as a quiet exhibition surface.

Quill Collection

Designed by Nao Tamura, Quill draws inspiration from the intricate forms found in nature. Its irregular shapes and fine linear details evoke feathers while maintaining an abstract, contemporary appearance.

Quill rugs can be used individually or arranged in groups to create a larger organic composition. Their unconventional forms are ideal for breaking up rigid furniture layouts and introducing movement into a room.

Wellbeing Collection

Developed in collaboration with Ilse Crawford, Wellbeing explores comfort, tactility, natural materials, and a more human relationship with the objects that surround us.

The collection embraces understated beauty and sensory experience. Rugs and coordinating accessories create environments that feel calm, grounded, and inviting, making the collection particularly appropriate for bedrooms, restorative living spaces, private lounges, and wellness-oriented interiors.

Re-Rug and Circular Design

Re-Rug demonstrates how thoughtful design can transform manufacturing leftovers into a valuable new material. The collection incorporates recycled wool generated during production, giving these fibers another life while reducing waste.

The flecked colors and surface variations created by the recycled yarn become defining visual features rather than imperfections. Each design expresses the reality of its materials and offers a compelling option for interiors seeking both contemporary style and more considered consumption.

Environmental responsibility has been part of nanimarquina’s development for decades. Earlier projects such as Bicicleta, made by repurposing used bicycle inner tubes, likewise explored how discarded materials could become durable design products.

Indoor Designer Rugs

The indoor collection includes modern area rugs for living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, offices, libraries, entryways, and hospitality environments. Options range from solid and tonal designs to colorful abstract patterns, artistic compositions, and richly textured neutral rugs.

Rectangular rugs can define seating and dining areas, while round and irregular forms can soften linear architecture or establish more fluid furniture arrangements. Collection-specific size and color options make it possible to select a rug in proportion to the room and surrounding furnishings.

Contemporary Outdoor Rugs

nanimarquina outdoor rugs extend the warmth and visual character of interior textiles to terraces, patios, poolside lounges, covered porches, and hospitality settings.

Selected outdoor collections use performance-focused materials such as recycled PET to provide greater resistance to exterior conditions. Designs including Tres Outdoor, Shade Outdoor, and Silhouette Outdoor make it possible to create a consistent design language across indoor and outdoor spaces.

Placement conditions and care requirements vary, so the Scott + Cooner team can help determine which outdoor rug is appropriate for a particular application.

Poufs, Tapestries, and Textile Accessories

Beyond floor rugs, nanimarquina offers textile pieces that carry its approach to color and craftsmanship throughout an interior. The assortment includes upholstered poufs, decorative cushions, tapestries, and coordinating accessories from selected collections.

Poufs can provide informal seating, a footrest, or a flexible accent beside a sofa or lounge chair. Textile wall pieces introduce softness and visual interest vertically, while coordinating accessories help establish a cohesive material palette.

Rugs for Residential and Contract Projects

nanimarquina rugs are equally at home in private residences and thoughtfully designed commercial environments. Their combination of visual identity, material richness, and varied construction methods makes them suitable for luxury homes, offices, boutiques, hotels, restaurants, and reception spaces.

Choosing the right rug for a contract project requires attention to traffic level, maintenance, dimensions, furniture placement, acoustics, and applicable project requirements. Scott + Cooner works with architects and interior designers to identify appropriate collections and obtain current specifications for each installation.

Social Responsibility and Care & Fair

Since 2002, nanimarquina has collaborated with Care & Fair, an organization dedicated to combating child labor and supporting rug-making communities in India and Pakistan.

The collaboration has helped support education and community health initiatives. The Kala collection, based on drawings created by schoolchildren, connects the creative life of the school with direct financial support generated through rug sales.

This long-term involvement reflects the company’s belief that preserving craftsmanship also requires respect for the people and communities responsible for carrying it forward.

Choosing the Right nanimarquina Rug

Begin by considering the role the rug should play within the room. A neutral, textural design can quietly connect furniture and architecture, while a colorful or graphic rug can become the focal point of the space.

Scale is equally important. In a living room, a larger rug can unite the primary seating group. In a dining room, the rug should extend far enough beyond the table to accommodate chairs comfortably. Bedrooms often benefit from a rug that creates a generous area of softness around the bed.

Fiber, pile, weave, and color should then be evaluated according to traffic, maintenance needs, comfort, and available light. Handmade samples are especially useful because screen images cannot fully communicate the depth, texture, or subtle tonal variation of a woven surface.

Caring for a Handmade Rug

Routine care helps preserve the beauty of a handcrafted rug. Regular vacuuming with settings appropriate to the rug’s construction can prevent loose dirt from becoming embedded in the fibers. Spills should be addressed promptly using methods recommended for the specific material.

Avoid harsh cleaners or aggressive spot treatments unless approved for the rug. For significant stains or periodic deep cleaning, consult a professional experienced with handmade rugs. Rotating the rug occasionally can also help promote more even exposure to foot traffic and natural light.

Always follow the care guidance provided for the selected nanimarquina collection, particularly for outdoor designs and rugs combining multiple fibers.

Discover nanimarquina at Scott + Cooner

Explore nanimarquina designer rugs at Scott + Cooner and discover how color, texture, material, and handmade craftsmanship can transform an interior.

Our team can help homeowners, architects, and interior designers compare collections, select sizes and colors, review material samples, and obtain current pricing, availability, and project information. Contact Scott + Cooner to begin specifying a nanimarquina rug for your residential, commercial, or hospitality project.