{"id":2301,"date":"2018-08-21T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/?p=2301"},"modified":"2023-06-13T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T14:50:13","slug":"mini-moderns-rug-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/08\/mini-moderns-rug-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Moderns Rug Stars: We\u2019re talking rugs with stars of the interior world."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/portraits-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/portraits-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/portraits--600x461.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/portraits--300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/portraits--768x590.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>London based designers, Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/\">Mini Moderns<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><em>Launched in 2006 by London based designers, Keith Stephenson and Mark Hampshire, Mini Moderns is a British interiors brand specialising in applied pattern across a range of interior products from wallpaper and fabric designs to home accessories such as cushions and ceramics. We asked this creative duo to design their perfect rugs. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s our Q&amp;A\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_1-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_1-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/about-us\">Mini Moderns<\/a><\/em><em>: Keith\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the left is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut<\/a> rug and Mark\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the right is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss<\/a> rug designed with our bespoke service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHERE DOES YOUR DESIGN INSPIRATION COME FROM?<\/strong><br \/>\nAt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/\">Mini Moderns<\/a>\u00a0we always say that our inspiration comes from a diverse range of\u00a0sources &#8211; whether it is childhood holidays, collections of vintage ephemera, travel, or\u00a0simply boot sale finds. Our pattern making is always about personal experiences.\u00a0We call our design ethos <strong>&#8216;Pattern with a Story&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>because\u00a0all our creations have a\u00a0strong personal narrative running through them.\u00a0A huge influence on our\u00a0work is the\u00a0post-war optimism of mid-century design. While all our designs are contemporary,\u00a0many of them share the spirit of the mid-century period.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>DESCRIBE THE STYLE IN YOUR OWN HOME?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe describe our home style as \u2018studio townhouse\u2019. <strong>Mini Moderns HQ\u00a0<\/strong>is a purpose-built live\/work space with a double height studio on the ground floor and 2 further\u00a0floors above it for living space. It&#8217;s topped off with a light-filled open plan\u00a0living\/kitchen space. Because the line between our work and home life is constantly\u00a0blurred, we\u2019ve tried to simplify the style of the living space so that it can double up\u00a0as meeting space, or be used to shoot our collections of <strong>wallpaper<\/strong>. The whole living\u00a0zone is unified by painted floors in mid-grey, with white and slate grey painted walls\u00a0and, as you\u2019d expect, pockets of rich pattern, provided by our wallpapers.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_2-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_2-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Our Rug Star Keith from Mini Moderns on the left standing on his new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut<\/a> rug and Mark on the right standing on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss<\/a> rug. Both designed with our bespoke service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHAT PART DO RUGS PLAY AND HOW DO YOU USE THEM?\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rugs\u00a0<\/strong>can instantly\u00a0transform and personalise a room with their injection of <strong>colour<\/strong>, <strong>pattern<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>texture<\/strong>.\u00a0Our \u2018studio townhouse\u2019 style is quite hard &#8211; there&#8217;s a noticeable lack of soft\u00a0surfaces. With painted floors throughout, rugs are essential to add a bit of\u00a0cosiness to rooms like bedrooms and living areas. You can instantly zone an\u00a0area with a rug &#8211; which is essential when living in an open plan space where\u00a0kitchen, dining and living areas all run into one space.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_3-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_3-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_3-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/about-us\">Mini Moderns<\/a><\/em><em>: Keith\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the left is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut<\/a> rug and Mark\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the right is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss<\/a> rug designed with our bespoke service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR PARTICULAR RUG DESIGN?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Keith:<\/strong>Texture is important in a design scheme so for one of the bedrooms I chose the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut Carpet<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>with single linen seal border. In keeping with our idea of creating a holistic live\/work space, we designed our own plywood furniture for this room. Its clean, modern look is inspired by modular mid-century furniture by the likes of <strong>Robin Day\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>George Nelson<\/strong>. The room features a densely patterned wallpaper and so we wanted to introduce texture rather than more pattern. The soft coconut tone of this rug was the ideal solution, and the seal border gives it the perfect crisp finish.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHICH ROOM WILL THIS RUG GO INTO?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Keith:<\/strong>The rug works perfectly in the bedroom.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_4-600x418.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_4-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_4-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/about-us\">Mini Moderns<\/a><\/em><em>: Keith\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the left is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut<\/a> rug and Mark\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the right is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss<\/a> rug designed with our bespoke service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR PARTICULAR RUG DESIGN?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark:<\/strong>I was instantly drawn to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss Carpet<\/a><\/strong>. Its soft olive green and interlocking geometry had exactly the mid-century feel that we needed to add richness and depth to the seating area of our living space. We have a collection of <strong>Portmeirion Totem crockery\u00a0<\/strong>in olive green displayed on String shelving in the dining space, and the shade of this rug picks up on the display, echoing its colour in a different zone of the room.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WHICH ROOM WILL THIS RUG GO INTO?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark:\u00a0<\/strong>It perfectly zones the seating area of our open-plan living space.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_5.jpg 800w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_5-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_5-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/floored3.cosmos-cms.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Blog-visual_5-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/about-us\">Mini Moderns<\/a><\/em><em>: Keith\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the left is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\/coconut.html\">Wool Milkshake Coconut<\/a> rug and Mark\u2019s Rug Stars choice on the right is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/quirky_b\/quirky_b\/quirky_b_honeycomb\/moss.html\">Quirky B Honeycomb Moss<\/a> rug designed with our bespoke service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">Make Me A Rug<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>HOW DID YOU FIND THE MAKE ME A RUG SERVICE?<\/strong><br \/>\nIt was easy and fun to use. Particularly when it came to customising our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/chunky-wool\/wool-milkshake\">Wool Milkshake<\/a><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/make-me-a-rug\">rug<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; we spent ages playing around with the combinations until we found just the right mix of textured rug and the right tone of grey border.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>FINALLY, WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ALTERNATIVE FLOOR AND WHY?<\/strong><br \/>\nWe are obsessed with the<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/quirky_collection\/authentic-lucienne\">Authentic Lucienne runners<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; especially the combination of blues and greens in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/collection\/wool\/quirky_collection\/authentic-lucienne\/octagon.html\">Octagon Runner.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Whilst originally created in 1964, it looks fresh and contemporary. For us, <strong>Lucienne Day\u00a0<\/strong>truly is the queen of pattern.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>See Keith and Mark from Mini Moderns on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/people\/rug-stars\">Rug Stars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Mini Moderns on their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimoderns.com\/\">website\u00a0<\/a>and follow them on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/minimoderns\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More fabulous flooring and interior inspiration on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/blog\/\">blog<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeflooring.com\/\">www.alternativeflooring.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative duo Mini Moderns choose their perfect rugs. Keith\u2019s Rug Stars choice is a Wool Milkshake Coconut rug and Mark\u2019s Rug Stars choice is a patterned Quirky B Honeycomb Moss rug designed with our bespoke Make Me A Rug service. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[67,118,31,11,10,119,12,77,6,30,117,56,116,115,33,114,25,78,111,21],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-2301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugs-and-runners","tag-bespoke","tag-collaboration","tag-decor","tag-decoration","tag-design","tag-designer","tag-home","tag-interior-decoration","tag-interior-design","tag-interiors","tag-keith-stephenson","tag-makemearug","tag-mark-hampshire","tag-mini-moderns","tag-modern-rugs","tag-natural","tag-pattern-2","tag-quirky-b","tag-rug-stars","tag-wool"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mini Moderns Rug Stars: talking rugs with interior world stars<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Creative duo Mini Moderns choose their perfect rugs. 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