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International Interior Designer joins forces with Riviere Rugs

 

19th February 2020: Award winning international interior designer, Nikki Bisiker, has joined forces with Riviere Rugs, the company making custom luxury rugs for the world’s most discerning clients.

Dubai-based interior designer Nikki Bisiker has created three unique designs, each based on a moment of inspiration that came to her whilst travelling. Collaborating with Riviere Rugs, a company whose rugs are always of the highest quality, allows these visions to come to life to the highest standard.

Riviere Rugs is a family-run company based in London, making bespoke rugs that are completely hand-crafted. Their elegant designs are abstract, each with its own story and inspiration. Adapting and bringing to life Nikki’s visions is a match made in luxury interior heaven.

  1. Monello Design (pictured left): Whilst travelling in Lebanon, Nikki stumbled across lots of old churches, and winding between them, ancient cobbled streets. The mossy colour of the stones, Nikki says, reminded her of pebbles in a river when water rushes over them, distorting the light and blending their colours together to create something mesmerizing.
  2. Sea Anemone Design (pictured right): This design came to Nikki in the midst of a fish market in Lebanon. Fish, lying waiting to be sold, had been thrown together in a mass of blues, silvers and mauves. Pointing in all directions with no semblance of order, this design is an abstract version of this image; an elegant vision of shimmering scales.
  3. Brushstrokes Design (pictured below): Inspired by the fleeting images that appeared to her on morning walks, this design is evocative of the the random splashes of colour that occur when an artist paints with a classic artist’s palette, here reminiscent of dawn colours against the sea and wisps of cloud in the sky. Nikki designed this rug to highlight the possibilities of the seemingly random marks of colour that can occur in the act of creating art.

Says Nikki Bisiker, “The opportunity to design rugs that are fuelled by my experiences travelling is hugely gratifying for me. I design spaces without letting my own taste interfere, but I know that my Riviere designs will be the perfect finishing touch for rooms looking to add a touch of interest to the space.”

Says Monique Stamp of Riviere Rugs, “Nikki creates spaces that fit perfectly with our ethos. She focuses on individuality, elegance, and creating to a high standard, things we pride ourselves on. Our creations are pieces of art, and this new collaboration will appeal to those who want a gorgeous rug with a story behind it to add to their collection.”

Editors Notes:

About Nikki Bisiker: The Head Designer and owner of Nikki Bisiker Interior Design, established in 2004.  Nikki’s award-winning practice is head-quartered in Dubai and provides design services from conception to installation for clients based in the Middle East and  around the world.  Nikki’s passion for creating beautiful homes began at a young age and now, with over 30 years’ experience, she heads a professional roster of architects, interior designers and an extended network of highly skilled craftsmen, suppliers and contractors.  Her ethos is to create homes that are unique and personal to their owners. Definitely not formula or ego driven, but with a wealth of strategic thought processes within a structural framework, and a focus on creative, yet habitable style statements.  Winner of many awards (Arabian Property Award 2016-17, Design et al Design & Architecture Awards 2015 and shortlisted for Designer of the Decade Award in UK ) she has designed a wide range of interiors from royal palaces, luxury homes and yachts to hotels and restaurants.  www.nikkibisikerinteriordesign.com

About Riviere Custom Handmade Rugs: Riviere was founded in 2005 by Camilla & Leo Riviere. With backgrounds in art and design, they have a thorough understanding and appreciation of classical & modern architecture, paintings and interiors. Having also travelled extensively in Europe & Asia, their inspiration draws heavily on all these experiences.

The collection is entirely handcrafted in Riviere’s own workshop in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal. Using only the finest grade, hand carded and hand spun Tibetan wool and pure Chinese silk, the rugs are hand woven with a minimum of 100 knots per square inch. In addition to wool and silk we offer a wide range of other yarns and knot counts including mohair, nettle, linen and bamboo.

Riviere rugs are unique – combining craftsmanship and creativity to produce pieces that are original, beautiful and will last for generations. In an increasingly mass produced world, we are proud to be part of a highly skilled artisan tradition.

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