Rugvista Design Competition!

2022

The competition

WE PROUDLY PRESENT THE 2021 WINNERS!

We are totally overwhelmed with the 5 500 designs, from over 80 countries! A celebration to art and creativity. All designers have our depest respect for the time put in to the contributions. Thank you! After the jury, the peoples voice have finally landed on the 12 winners presented below.

Best regards
Rugvista's Design Competition Team

North Sea Microplastics Dace Sietina Netherlands

Since 2010 I am a practicing artist in the Netherlands. I am an illustrator, painter and tutor at the Academy in Amsterdam. At this moment I am very engaged with topics as: Climate change, Refugees and Sustainability. This design shows harvested plastics with GPS coordinates as follows: 55° 27' 59.0364''N 6° 21' 17.7804'' E.

Pop retro Marie Jakobsson Sweden

Self-taught multi-artist from Vindeln, a small community in northern Sweden. I have mostly devoted myself to watercolor painting and have previously exhibited locally and, among other things, painted paintings for Hjältarnas Hus in Umeå. With inspiration from the 70's comes this poppy color click. Soft and lovely pattern with spring colors.

Μy house is the Universe Eleftheria Kapsali Greece

Born in Athens, Architect and Artist, ruled by my dualities. Self-taught Artist, I have experimented in almost all kinds of art; I have participated in several exhibitions in Greece and abroad. The artwork highlights the Individual sustainability, as a necessity about making and sustaining a change in your life that you can be inspired about.

WALLS01 Aga Renes Poland

I studied product design at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and used to work for almost 3 years at Studio Ganszyniec where I was responsible for product and furniture design. Now I work as a freelancer, based in Warsaw. The design is a tribute to the postmodern architecture of Ricardo Bofill, with intense, strong, contrasting patches of color.

Under The Carpet Nora Koverman Germany

I am 28 years old and studied graphic design and illustration at Münster School of Design in germany. I like cheerful and colorful designs that brighten your mood and your day. Someone is quickly sweeping some leftover confetti under the carpet. The party is over, but the next one is sure to come.

Faces Dana Duricekova Slovakia

I am a graphic and product designer from Slovakia. I like to work with patterns and experiment with colors and forms. My artwork is inspired by nature, everyday life, and art. Design is inspired by women dressed in a mix of cold and warm colors.

Greenery Rebecka Hansson Sweden

I am a furniture design student from Sweden who loves to work in different materials and create magical interior design objects that make every home stand out. This design is a flirtation with the happy 20s which is clearly visible in the pattern and the color green is a symbol of a healthy planet.

out of Dulce Nunes Portugal

I'm an interior designer and I like to customize pieces for projects, they are unique and differentiating touches. I like to take the rigidity out of geometric shapes, make them more fluid. They give a feeling of harmony and naturalness. I like solid, contrasting colors in rugs.

People of constructivism Julia Kononenko Ukraine

I am a young designer, graduated from Academy of Design with a degree in Industrial Design. I love to draw and create alone when near my cat and good music playing in the headphones, we create together something incredible. An unusual rug in the style of constructivism is an avant-garde trend in fine art from the 19th century.

Lifelines Pernille Trøst Jaeger Denmark

I graduated as an industrial designer specialized in fashion in 2008 and has worked with design ever since - both professionally and privately, designing graphics, fashion, board games, ceramics, paintings etc. Life rarely works in squares. Inspired by the spiral - symbolizing the rhythm of life, continuity, and motion.

SHEEP Francine LeClercq USA

Born in France, Francine LeClercq is an artist and a designer. Her work draws from a range of media with projects varying in type, medium, scale and context. Her diversified portfolio includes projects in architecture, design, painting, and installations. You say wool? I say sheep ... Natural soft colors.

HONORABLE MENTION

Beside the 11 top winners based on votes, the Jury selected their favorite design.

"The design is well executed in an artistic and captivating way. The way of working with different colors, blocks and lines creates an interesting approach and gives the design a fascinating look."

Movement 4 Josefina Tengvall Sweden

I have a master’s in fine arts in textile design from the Swedish school of Textiles in Sweden. I am also a painter. I explore expressions through abstract expressionism using intuition. Working with a wide range of material and techniques. I have composed a pattern based on geometrical shapes and movement in color.

Selected winners from 2019

2019

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