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Observations
By Leslie Stroh
THE NEW METAPHOR
Walking The Market:
Fashion and Style
By Sarah Stroh
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STYLE IS WHAT YOU HAVE
The Nobel Peace Prize
On October 9, 2014, the Norwegian Nobel Committee
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai (17)
of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi (60) of India.
The juxtaposition of a young girl from Pakistan and an older man from India is not an un-noticeable choice of the
Nobel Committee.
Malala Yousafzai is the young lady who was shot in the
head on her way to school because she spoke out for the
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The rug that was a dress, SMS International
You Create Style And Fill With Fashion – this was my initial thought as I entered High Point Market. Style is a life
form of its own. We individually create our style. We fill it
with fashionable things that others create and we select
out to fulfill our style. How do rugs fit into our Life-Style
while keeping us fashionable? It comes down to how we
create our individual style and then fill it with what we find
fashionable and pleasing to our own eye.
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4 OBSERVATIONS — BY LESLIE STROH
WALKING THE MARKET: FASHION AND STYLE— BY SARAH STROH
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15 Q & A ON FASHION, STYLE AND RUGS
19 2014 WOMEN’S RUG ROUND TABLE
17 PRESENTING KNOTTED RUGS
21 WE CARE: CARING FOR THE WORKERS— BY LESLIE STROH
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24 THE RUG MAKING PROCESS 8-9
COLLECTIONS: FASHION AND STYLE
10 HOMESPICE DECOR, KAS RUGS, AMS IMPORTS, TRANS-OCEAN
12 FOREIGN ACCENTS, MOMENI, JAUNTY, LOOMINARIES
14 LOLOI, MOHAWK HOME, ANJI MOUNTAIN, HOMEFIRES
16 COURISTAN, CAPEL, EBISONS HAROUNIAN, FEIZY
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18 CREATIVE MATTERS, ARZU STUDIO HOPE, NEW MOON, TAMARIAN
20 TIBET RUG COMPANY, KALATY, WEESE + DESIGN,
ALICIA D KESHISHIAN/CARPETS OF IMAGINATION
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26 CAROL MARYOTT, ASID
MARYOTT CUSTOM INTERIORS, HOUSTON, TX
28 CATHLEEN WILLIAMS, ALLIED ASID
HOUSE CANDY, HOUSTON, TX
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‘what goes around comes around.’ A shift back to rich
SMS International used dress forms, turned some of bold colors that are timeless. Colors like orange and
their rugs into dresses to emphasize rugs as fashionable. turquoise being used as accent colors. Something I noThe pattern and color of this rug transitioned nicely into a ticed on a shawl for sale that morning – also colors that I
dress. SMS believes the Greys and Metallics, like Copper, remember seeing in my mother’s suits back in the late
Brown, Gold are coming up for being fashionable— as are 80’s early 90’s. Texture is becoming more prominent in
geometrics and tribal. Brown has seen
rugs. Rugs that give dimension with a
a resurgence as a fashionable color but
layered look that leads to a tactile
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using the color in different ways based
sense.
From the comfort of your couch
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Kalaty I noticed a push towards their
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KAS Rugs’ focus is to listen and anticipate the trend
changes
by
watching
clothes fashion. They are
hearing/seeing a lot of chatter about bright colors for
Spring. While blue and
white is still being talked
about, purple is picking up.
Metallics are continuing to
be strong.
The subconscious is a mysterious thing—as I was talk
ing to Cameron Feizy of
Feizy Rugs, I noticed his
tie. It spoke to me—my father wears ties, so I am always aware of good looking
ties on men. a good tie
speaks about a man’s character. Cameron has good
taste and a fine character.
This was not the reason I
was captivated by the tie —
the reason hung in the window display. I asked
Cameron, “show me a rug
that coordinates with your
tie.” Cameron walked to the
front of the showroom - the
tie and the rug. Colors in the
purple palette, patterns that
play well with each other.
Both have style, it’s how you
choose to wear it/use it that
makes you fashionable.
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homespice Decor The Juniper rug delights with beautiful
shades of blue in the
ultra durable
indoor/outdoor rug
that resists all types
of stains.
kAS Rugs Playa 3462 in a
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AMS imports The Yaku Rug in red
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Collection. This
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from 100% Alpaca
in Peru.
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Two rugs that capture style and fashion, Nourison Rugs
Fashion and Style
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As we flipped through the racks at Nourison, I stopped
at the Rhapsody collection, nothing in particular how two
very different rug patterns in the same collection represented fashion and style. On the left was the replica of the
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rights of girls to get an education.
She said at the time that she had only two options: “Stay silent and be
killed, or speak and be killed.”
Kailash Satyarthi is the head of
the “Save the Childhood Movement”
or “Bachpan Bachao Andola”, but
known to the rug industry as the
founder of Rug Mark. Rug Mark in
the USA has morphed into Good
Weave for reasons I no longer remember.
To gauge the impact of social media,
the Bloomberg reporters writing from
India on the 10th, noted that the
number of twitter followers surged
from 89 on the day before the announcement to over 12,000 on the
day after.
collections
Observations
Foreign Accents LGH 9129 from the
Legends Collection is
a hand tufted wool
rug with art silk.
Momeni This rug is from the
Casa Collection,
which is machine
made in Turkey out of
100% polypropylene.
Child Labor Today
The statistics on child labor in South
Asia are generally fashioned to suit
the objective of the person or institution citing them.
From a report cited by the Bloomberg
article, “…according to a 2012 report
by the Ministry of Statistics and
Programme Implementation. The majority of children employed in the
country (India) work in the tobacco industry, followed by construction work
(bricks-ed.) and spinning and weaving
(textiles and rugs-ed.).”
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Jaunty Venice VE-298 Navy
is hand-tufted in
India using hand
twisted wool pile
and accents of
silk like viscose that
give the rug an old
world look. It is
available in many
sizes, including a
round and a runner.
Loominaries The random pattern in this custom
rug plays off the
stripe in the chair
and beautifully
accents the
blocked design of
the sofa.
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“Sickle Leaf” carpet from the
Corcoran gallery (broke records with
a $34 million Sotheby's auction
price), a traditional rug with the rug
pattern dating to the 17th century
Persian textile technique called
“vase”. On the right was an abstract
design, using similar colors. The
curves of the ‘scattered blossoms’ visually seemed to follow the same
lines of the ‘twirling vines’ of the traditional rug. Traditional rug patterns
are classic style—either you love this
style or not. As rooms are becoming
less stiff and formal, a traditional pattern might not work, even if a person
is visually drawn to it. In steps an abstract design for a modern look—
new century, new fashion (for some).
The colors are similar and visually
both rugs share similar lines—even in
the abstract.
High Point Market was all about the
story. The story of who one was
through their rugs based on what the
customer liked. As the andDesign
Editor, I used the words fashion and
style because when a rug comes into
one’s home it is part of the layering of
our style. The exciting moments at
market weren’t about what was new
in reference to color and pattern.
The two exciting parts of the
High Point Market were
1. How rug companies were using
texture within a rug to give it new
depth, a different visual appearance—Hand knotted is directional.
With the play on texture, tufted rugs
became directional.
2. Companies were telling a story with
their showrooms—truly grasping the
idea of Lifestyles. At least three rug
companies were using Instagram
giveaways to see which rugs the buyer liked the best.
People who buy rugs, buy rugs to help
NOVEMBER 2014
Storyboard makes the rug, Capel Rugs
tie a room together, to help make their
space seem warm and inviting. When
one does this it is all about telling our
own story. Capel Rugs showed how
the rug comes all the way back to the
story board. Here is one example of a
collection of storyboards Capel had
Danielle Batton, a recent graduate
from NC State University in Fashion
Textile Management and Textile
Development, put together to show
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what was coming. Capel then used it
as inspiration to build their collection.
Fashion and Style is a part of each
consumer’s life. It is part of the story
of our lives. High Point Market
showed that setting the scene helped
sell rugs. b
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From an article written by Steven
Greenhouse in the New York Times
September
6,
(http://nyti.ms/
1tAZY29) — Pink Hill, N.C. “On many
mornings, as tobacco plants tower
around her, Saray Cambray Alvarez
pulls a black plastic garbage bag over
her 13 year old body to protect her
skin from leaves dripping with nicotinetinged dew. They are trying to avoid
what is known as ‘green tobacco sickness’ or nicotine poisoning, which can
cause vomiting, dizziness and irregular
heart beats among other symptoms.”
(I can attest to the feeling because one
summer I grew a dozen nicotiana
plants as flowers, pulled them out in
the fall, and remember well.)
collections
Observations
loloi With nine hand
tufted 100 percent
wool rugs from
India, the Nova
Collection has
bold designs that
lend themselves
best to contemporary interiors looking for a punch of
color. This has
been created in
collabortion with
Kris Ruff.
Mohawk home Bold, bright colors
and artistic and
painterly patterns,
including some quilt
designs, give Bob
Timberlake’s Artisan
Collection creative
energy. These rugs
are woven of 100%
premium nylon.
This publication has written on Child
Labor in the past. One of the critical
issues is the standard to which an industry should be held. The International Labor Organization has an age
standard which is generally cited.
Regrettably, neither the United States
nor India has signed the agreement
underlying the standard.
India prohibits child labor under the age
of 15. According to the Greenhouse article, “For non-farm work, (US) federal
law sets 14 as the minimum age and
restricts work for children under 16 to
eight hours a day.”
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Anji Mountain Dazzling, day-glow
colors and kaleidoscopic patterns are
the hallmark of the
Atlas Collection. the
ultra-plush pile is
hand tufted using
recycled cotton material, repurposed
from the garment industry.
homefires Shown here is
grenadine
hibiscus by the
artist Judy Reed
Silver. it's 22" x
34", and made of
a polyester
hooked construction.
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Q & A on Fashion, Style and Rugs
Do you see a difference between Fashion and Style?
SMS International: Style is unique to each person. When you think of fashion, as good design, but overall arching
umbrella of high design.
Nourison: Joyce Lowe “Fashion is really clothes. Style is an individual thing of how people put it together. Style is how
they use it.”
KAS Rugs: Wendy Reiss “Fashion is the perfect way to be trendy.”
AMER Rugs: Bart Gilleland “Style is far reaching, elegance is timeless. Fashion is the here and now. Style is a way
of living.”
How to stay in Fashion and Style?
Feizy Rugs: John Feizy “It is a challenge to stay on top of color and design. We get it done but there is no
break. With hand knotted we play with
safer colors. We have to think of
longevity.”
KAS Rugs: Weidy Reiss “Home
fashion trends behind clothing fashion
by at least a year. Gives us time to see
what’s next. We are in fashion accessories. We can be trendy. We can
change and adapt.”
Codorus: Jess Fitzgerald “We are
not driven by trends. Is coming from
the world.” –speaking about their fabrics/bed line.
What is selling?
L.R.Resources: Mike Thompson
“Our Chindi rugs are by the door and
it’s been pulling people in. Orange as
an accent color is selling.”
Design Legacy: Rena “We are seeing our furniture with natural color, reclaimed wood being hot. Repurposed
corduroy and denim is still going
strong.”
Who is using Instagram contests to
promote themselves? If you know of
others, Please let Rug News
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Capel — #selfiecapelrugentry
KAS — #ColorwithKas
Jaipur — #Designwithmeaning b
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In the case of farm work in the US,
according to Greenhouse: “Federal
law allows those 12 and older to
work on farms for unlimited hours, as
long as there is no conflict with
school.” (Having grown up on a
farm, I can assure you that farm
children start driving a tractor when
their foot reaches the brake.-ed)
Proud of the Rug Industry
I am proud of the contribution that
the rug industry has made to educating children.
My best guess-timate is the rug industry educates about 12,000 children a year.
collections
Observations
Couristan A fresh new design
for this season is
showing Cadence,
Choral Libretto
Tan/Gold, which is a
modern take on a traditional design. The
88% Courtron™
Polypropylene, 12%
Natural Viscose rug
has been power
loomed in Belgium.
Capel This reversible rug,
Afternooon Tea
Tiger Lily, is a double width braid construction made from
premium, soil-resistant nylon in the
USA. With its
unique texture, it is
sure to brighten up
any room.
In their citation of Kailash Satyarthi
the Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the rescuing and educating of
80,000 children over three decades,
or about 2,500 children per year.
BUT, and it is a big BUT, it was
Kailash Satyarthi who started the
ball rolling. I was in the rug industry
when the child labor issue was first
raised. The then RUG NEWS was
among the first to participate in the
discussion about child labor. I, along
with friends in the rug industry, was
shocked at the prevalence of child
labor thirty years ago.
ebisons harounian This lovely rug is woolen, handmade in India and part of the
Ganga Collection.
I would like to say we were effective
in doing something about it. The recontinued from page 18
Feizy The Gustavia
Collection is fresh,
young, fashionable
with incredible colors. Shown here is
the bold and beautiful Flamingo 3454.
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al reduction in child labor came
about when the industry shifted
from low quality low cost knotted
rugs to tufted rugs. It is nonsense
that little fingers make fine rugs—
fine rugs take years of experience.
There were however some people
who quietly and effectively started
doing something about child labor.
Some of them have refused to allow
me to publicise their efforts. Some of
them, especially Project Mala, who I
now recognize educates about
6,000 children a year, I overlooked,
and about whom I have not written.
hand knotted
Observations
Creative Matters This hand knotted rug has
been, made in
Nepal, is Dream
Silver. It is part of
the XXV
Anniversary
Collection.It is
100% pure
Chinese silk with
a Tibetan wool
option, 100 knot.
Custom colors
and sizes are
available.
Arzu Studio hope Adorn is from the
Modern and
Contemporary
Collection. It is handknotted with sheep's
wool and has 120
knots per square inch.
On the whole, the rug industry in
India, with which I am most familiar,
has made great progress in educating children, working with women,
providing health care, and generally
improving the lives of the weavers,
and support workers.
In an accompanying article in this issue, I will deal with the issues of today.
Please NOTE:
The Roman Guide to Slave
Management: A Treatise by
Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx
aka Jerry Toner
ISBN 1781252512
From the author—“No one now argues, like Falx, that slavery is acceptable or justifiable. But before
we congratulate ourselves on how
far we have come, we should remember that it is a tragic fact that
even though slavery is illegal in every
country in the world, it still exists
widely. The NGO “Free the Slaves”
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PRESENTING KNOTTED
RUGS
November 2014, Page 17
woven legends, booth
2014 NYiCS photo by
Sarah Stroh.
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New Moon The Classic
Savannah Paradiso
has a transitional
brocaded pattern in
a beautiful combination of colors. It
has a Tibetan wool
background with a
Chinese silk design
and a unique
boucle (uncut) border background.
tamarian Samode VN Bagh:
Vintage weave with
40% Silk.
Dottie Smith, Loloi Rugs
Derin Togar, Togar Rugs
2014 Women's Rug Round Table
The third gathering of The Women's Rug Round Table, WRRT, took place Monday Oct. 20th. The breakfast was sponsored by Momeni Rugs. It was a small gathering of wholesalers and sales reps. We hope retail buyers will join us in
the future. Derin Togar, of Togar Rugs said, "I am excited for this group. I was surprised that I had knowledge to share
about rugs to more seasoned rug people. I also learned new things." It is comments like this that drive Ashley Alford
of Momeni Rugs and myself to work on building WRRT. We look forward to seeing more women join us at
AmericasMart. To learn more visit www.womensrugroundtable.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Julie Dasher, Julie Dasher Rugs
Kranthi Yarlagadda, KAS Rugs and Wendy Reiss, KAS Rugs
estimates that there are 27 million individuals who are forced to work under threat of violence, without pay or
hope of escape. There are more
slaves in the world today than there
were at any point in the life of the
Roman Empire.” For perspective:
India currently has about 18% of the
world’s population, and about four
times as many people as the US. If
India had an 18% proportionate
share of 27 millon bonded/slave labor, they would have about 4.9 million India’s proportionate share at
4.9 million slaves from 1.3 billion
people (4.9/1300=0.4%) means
slaves would be four tenths of one
percent of India’s population.
As to the quote above, a quick read
on Wikipedia suggests that the
Roman Empire had a population of
70 million or about 21% of the world’s
population at the time, of which 1015% were slave/bonded labor or 710 million.
So while there may be more slaves in
the world today than in the Roman
Empire, by the roughest of back of
the envelope calculations: India,
which is roughly the percentage size
of the Roman empire in their respective time periods, has roughly half the
number of bonded labor/slaves as
did the Roman Empire.
Nothing makes Bonded Labor/Slave
Labor right, but I hate press releases
that use casual throw away numbers
for fund raising.
There is a book just out about the preCivil War American Slave Trade which
makes the point that the slaves worked
in the South, but were collateralized to
finance land acquisition for King
Cotton, and the bonds sold in the
North and Europe. The Half Has
Never Been Told: Slavery and the
Making of American Capitalism by
Edward E. Baptist ISBN 046500296X
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Observations
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tibet Rug
Company Tibet Rug
Company introduced its
newest gradient-rich collection of Tibetan
rugs and oversaturated highend NZ IndoGabbehs this
fall. Shown here
is Gabbeh
mango.
kalaty Eco friendly and designed for today’s casual homes and
lifestyles, the borderless rugs in the
Inspira Collection
(IN-942 shown here)
have a uniquely soft
look and feel that
gives them a special
appeal.
weese + Design GROW is from the
FLORA Collection
(Bluestem/twig/fennel). It has a 100%
Tibetan wool background with silk
lines and infill.
Alicia D keshishian/
Carpets of
imagination The rug shown,
Dancetown. It is
hand knotted in
Nepal in wool with
silk details.
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WE CARE: Caring for the Workers
By Leslie Stroh
Kalora/iDE
Kalora Interiors International Inc. sells
rugs in North America from their office
in Canada. Gerry Dykman, CEO, started Kalora as a way to generate work for
people he was trying to help. iDE was
created as way to function as a NGO to
work alongside Kalora. Both were successful and each has a life of its own,
but the philosophies are similar.
Kalora’s customers mostly care about
selling rugs. Kalora’s management
cares about the worker side, because
at the start, they were the people that
made the rugs. With iDE they were
able to expand their horizons to clean
water and handling human waste—
two of the most fundamental problems in countries where people earn
less than $2 a day.
outs is the cornerstone of iDE
Canada”. Essentially they are saying
that they “work with and not give to”.
in Cambodia that is badly needed in
India. Women make rugs, and they
need a clean and sanitary toilet.
The iDE mission statement is “Helping
others help themselves without hand-
This article is about the latrine/outhouse business they have perfected
The difference between the 1933 US
Shown is the iDE basic design presentation for a toilet-cesspool septic system.
Note that about 25% of the US uses a multiple source home septic system.
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We package it
We deliver it
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WE CARE: Caring for the Workers
A home in India, however humble, is
clean.
It was the beer brewers in London in
the mid 1800’s working next to a water pump with cholera in the ground
water, who didn’t get sick, that identified water as the danger it is. Clean
water is a big thing.
Proper excrement disposal is the other side of the coin. The 2008 occupation statistics in India show approximately 800,000 people worked as
excrement removers. (There will of
course be protests if they are put
out of work because of an increase
in toilets.-ed)
Commemorating the founding of the
World Toilet Organization, the United
Nations unanimously adopted the date
of November 19th as the United
Installing the concrete ring for the toilet section.
Note that this is a standard concrete pipe section, in an available technology.
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New Deal outhouse, and the iDE latrine is that the US outhouse was a 5
foot by 5 foot poured concrete
square on a square base, and the iDE
latrine is round. In 1933 the US Government paid people to build the outhouse, and iDE created independent
entrepreneurs to sell latrines.
Cambodia was the test market, and
they were successful. When the project was scaled up in Cambodia
200,000 latrines were sold in 2.5
years, impacting 1 million people. The
project has been expanded to 5 other countries.
The Toilet Problem in India
Owning a toilet, and using it, are two
different cultural things. Culturally
people in agricultural areas of India
used the fields as their toilet.
According to a report released in May
of this year, by the World Health
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Organization and Unicef, India’s open
defecation rate is the highest in the
world at 50%.
Open defecation generates the conditions for water borne diseases such
as cholera and diarrhea. In a
Bloomberg article on the subject,
they noted that diarrhea “costs India
600,000 lives annually … and exposes a third of the nation’s women to
the risk of rape or sexual assault.”
People don’t see bacteria, they don’t
see viruses, but they do smell excrement in the house or near the house.
It is that fundamental. Quoted in the
article, a woman said “Locking us inside these booths with our own filth.
I will never see how that is clean.”
Walking down a public street in India is
no Disneyland experience of extreme
cleanliness. But inside a house, it is
extremely clean. Absent modern
medicine, cleanliness is staying alive.
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The finished toilet with tile floor.
Note that absent the four walls and ceiling
it is functionally the same as a US home
septic system.
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The corporate structure is not important. A 501c3 charitable organization, a Non-Governmental Organization –
NGO, and a for-profit company all have to pay their workers first, and save for a rainy day second.
The added ingredient, improving the lives of your workers,
is a matter of philosophy and organization.
A classmate of mine, Bill Drayton, founded Ashoka in 1981,
an association of Social Entrepreneurs. He recognized before anyone else that business and social responsibility
had to go hand in hand.
Toilet and cesspool septic system working demo.
Note that the system creates an anaerobic bacterial environment.
Nations World Toilet Day. Professor Jack Sim, an Ashoka fellow, founded the Base of (the) Pyramid (BoP) Hub as a way
to bring economically viable solutions to the 4 billion people
(out of 7.3 billion total) who live at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
Kalora through iDE has the kind of economic model that
works in a BoP economy. It is business driven, not a
hand-out. Somebody makes it, somebody buys it. Both
the seller and the buyer benefit from it. The World Toilet
Organization partners with iDE and others to enable people to live healthier, safer lives.
Rape, Sexual Assault and Privacy
When women and girls use the fields as a toilet, they are
vulnerable to sexual assault, and certainly have no privacy. Men, as my wife observes, can (and do-ed.) stand behind a tree.
Sexual assault is, as it should be, a hot topic in India.
From a purely analytical perspective, when attention is
paid to aberrant behavior, reported incidence increases.
India is paying attention, and there are more news stories,
and more reported incidents.
Before any of our readers tut-tut about India, note that the
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently
released a report that said “One in five women in the US
has been raped at some point in their lives, a survey
(12,000 interviews) found, and most victims experienced
sexual violence before age 25.” (source: Bloomberg) Total
sexual misconduct (including rape) directed towards
women was about 44%. As we went to press, sexual misconduct at MIT was reported as one in six.
Corporate Social Responsibility
There are two approaches to workers: taking advantage
of them and taking care of them.
NOVEMBER 2014
Increasingly, consumers are recognizing that issues such
as sustainability, women’s rights, health and education are
a focus for an integrating world. The rug industry confronts these issues in various ways, in various countries,
with varying degrees of success.
The gap between the rich and the poor is more apparent
when you see it in the glare of the gap between the rich
countries and the poor countries. It takes some looking,
but there are a lot of very kind human beings working to
close that gap, and many of them are not seeking publicity, but success.
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The Rug Making Process - 8
Process: Tibetan Knots.
Total: It takes 4 skilled
weavers 380 to 400 hrs
each with considerably
good speed to complete our
Ikat quality
(90 knots quality) rug of
9x12 size.
Weaving: Tibetan knots -1
Process 8 (of 16)
Process: Weaving Tibetan Knots
Persian Knotting
vs.
Tibetan knotting
8. Shown here is process
8 - Tibetan knots—1600
working hours
7. Shown in the October
issue was process 7.
Persian knots — 2080 working hours.
This series will continue
based on weaving time for
PERSIAN knots.
When we need a comparison between Persian and
Tibetan weaving we will simply subtract 480 hours, as
all other processes are the
same.
This month in cumulative
hours 8 we will show 1-8
(-7) of 16 as 1881 hours.
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Working hours process: 1520 to 1600 hrs.
Cumulative working hours 1-8 (-7) of 16 = 1881 hrs.
Tibetan weaving is roughly 25% faster than Persian weaving.
Weaving: Tibetan knots -2
The Rug Making Process - 9
Process:
Inspection of off-loomed
9x12 rug
Total: 30 mnts approx.
2 people
Inspection of off-loomed 9x12 rug - 1
Process 9 (of 16)
Inspection of off-loomed 9x12 rug
Working hours process 1 hour
Cumulative working hours 1-9 (-8) of 16 = 2362
will be based on using Persian knots.
This series will continue
based on weaving time
for PERSIAN knots.
When we need a comparison between Persian and
Tibetan weaving we will
simply subtract 480 hours,
as all other processes are
the same.
This month in cumulative
hours 8 we will show 1-9
(-8) of 16 as 2362 hours.
This series is a cooperative effort between
Rug News andDesign, French Accents and
one of its manufacturers.
We are trying to explain in pictures and
words how much human effort goes into making 9x12 knotted rugs in hours.
Pages from this series can be found
monthly in print, and cumulatively on-line at
www.rugnewsanddesign.com
Comments:
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Inspection of off-loomed 9x12 rug - 2
designers’ notebook
Carol Maryott, ASID
Maryott Custom Interiors, Houston, TX
WHAT MARKETS OR DESIGN CENTERS DO
YOU ATTEND REGULARLY?
I shop locally, primarily, so I go to the Decorative
Center Houston and the Houston Design Center.
For me, they have everything that I need.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SOURCE FOR BUYING YOUR RUGS?
My two favorite places are River Oaks Rugs and
Rubin’s Custom Rugs. They both offer wonderful
service. They are always professional and helpful.
DO YOU SHOP ONLINE AT ALL, USE CATALOGS, OR DEAL DIRECTLY WITH SALESMEN?
No, I do not shop online for rugs. My customers
and I need to see, touch, and feel the rugs.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE STYLE OR FIBER OF
AREA RUG? IF SO, WHY?
I like neutral color nylon shag rugs with interesting
textures and also animal pattern rugs. Sometimes
my customers have their own rugs, often antique
Persians that they have no intention of getting rid of,
so I must work around those with the decor.
DO CURRENT FASHION TRENDS OR STYLES ENTER YOUR DECISION OF BUYING RUGS FOR
YOUR CLIENTS?
Yes fashion of course influences me, as the showrooms I go to have the latest colors and trends with
their samples and new items.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW
THE INDUSTRY CAN SERVE DESIGNERS BETTER?
Essentially designers need local showrooms to have
lots of samples and to be kept up to date. That is
very important.
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WE CARE: Caring for the Workers
Proud owners can build the walls and roof later.
This is a more sophisticated system than the sanitary outhouses that changed US
public health in 1933.
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At Rug News andDesign, we try to
present solutions to real problems
NOVEMBER 2014
that impact our industry in the context
of acknowledging that the problems
exist here as well as there.
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OUTHOUSES in the USA: FDR
In 1933, after he got done with the
first 100 days of passing legislation to
reverse the Great Depression, the administration of the “New Deal” realized that they had to do something
now to put people back to work. So
they built 2,309,329 outhouses by
the final official tally, starting in 1933.
They actually got about 300,000 people back to work by Christmas.
Lyndon Baines Johnson, later known
as LBJ, headed the effort in Texas, and
Arthur Goldschmidt aka “Tex” headed
the effort in West Virginia. Tex
Goldschmidt had a dog called Sophie,
and we had a dog called Tanner, and
they walked/played together in the
nearby park. In fact, this outhouse project was one of the most successful
public health projects ever in the US.
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designers’ notebook
Cathleen Williams, Allied ASID
House Candy, Houston, TX
WHAT MARKETS OR DESIGN CENTERS DO YOU
ATTEND REGULARLY?
I visit The Decorative Center and the Houston
Design Center, here in Houston. I also have attended High Point and Las Vegas. DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SOURCE FOR BUYING YOUR RUGS?
I have a couple. I love Surya and Company C. DO YOU SHOP ONLINE AT ALL, USE CATALOGS, OR DEAL DIRECTLY WITH SALESMEN?
Yes - all of the above. It really depends on the project, but I would say that I shop online and from catalogs 90% of the time. It's easy to get samples
when you need them and they ship out right away.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE STYLE OR FIBER OF
AREA RUG?
Personally, I gravitate to more contemporary rugs. I really like large
graphic patterns and bold colors. My favorite fiber is wool. I just love
how lush and beautiful wool rugs can be. Especially a silk/wool combination.
DO CURRENT FASHION TRENDS OR STYLES ENTER YOUR DECISION OF BUYING RUGS FOR YOUR CLIENTS?
Honestly, I don't really think about that when I'm designing a room. I
just try to find the right rug that will work for the space. Of course, I
am probably influenced by trends somewhat based on things like
popular colors and patterns of the moment.
DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW THE INDUSTRY
CAN SERVE DESIGNERS BETTER?
In my personal experience, I think as a whole, the industry is doing a
pretty good job. One of my favorite rug resources, Surya, has a great
website, amazing catalogs and an excellent customer service department. Samples and orders ship out quickly and they have a great
return policy. It also doesn't hurt that their prices are very good!
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