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A short interview video set in a rustic countryside setting with wooden details and a red Swedish house. Big Bud in Red, Loop in Green and Yellow, and All Hands in Beige are featured as Giancarlo Valle speaks throughout. Transcript from the interview: “A home, to me, is about framing life. I think you have to consider a home as a lens through which you live. It has to speak to you. It has to be authentic. This collection was a chance for me to explore something very personal, which was to reconnect with the idea of painting and sketching in my childhood. It's probably no surprise that I grew up in a house full of color, but in a totally different part of the world. The idea to work on a rug project—super unique—to start from that texture, that material, and sort of work your way up is great. It's sort of the opposite of architecture and sort of my training, so I liked the challenge. The sketches are really just a way of working and creating a language that we might not know, or trying to discover a way of talking through visuals. These rugs speak to that improvised quality of sketching. Everybody has an association with color, but in their own personal way, and that's fascinating to me.”

A collection signed Giancarlo Valle.

Introducing a collection of rugs designed by the acclaimed architect and interior designer Giancarlo Valle, inspired by his childhood in Latin America and the relentless urge to express himself through sketches and colors.

The collection consists of four pieces in impeccably soft New Zealand wool. The motifs, at once ornate and organic, are inspired by the hand painted furniture of Valle’s family home in Guatemala City. Exploring touchpoints with Nordic folklore art and a shared emotional connection to color, each piece is conceptualized in dialogue between cultures and memories.

Loops in Green displayed in a World Heritage-listed 16th century farmhouse in Hälsingland surrounded by wooden floors and walls.
Loops in Yellow brings playful rhythm to the space with its hand-drawn ribbon-like border in soft beige tones, while All Hands in Beige adds a sense of movement and whimsy atop the table. Paired with a sculptural wooden stool, this setting captures a distinctly artisanal, tactile feel — rooted in craftsmanship yet refreshingly modern.

”A home to me is about framing life. This collection was a chance to explore something very personal—to reconnect with the idea of painting and sketching from my childhood. The sketches are a way of working, creating a language, a way of talking through visuals. These rugs celebrate that very existential urge of self-expression.”

Photography of Designer Giancarlo Valle for Nordic Knots
Big Buds in the color Red in an old farmhouse in Sweden with dark wooden floors and colored wallpaper.

Big Buds – Red

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  • Loops in Green up close, designed by Giancarlo Valle.

    Loops Green, Hälsingland, Sweden.

  • Loops in Yellow up close, designed by Giancarlo Valle.

    Loops Yellow, Hälsingland, Sweden.

  • Close up of plush rug All Hands in color beige.

    All Hands, Soho, New York.

GIANCARLO VALLE FOR NORDIC KNOTS.

The collection was photographed at Ol Anders Hälsingegård, a World Heritage-listed 16th century farmhouse in Hälsingland, a Swedish region known for its rustic architecture and expressive folk interiors with flourishing hand-painted murals and wallpapers.

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