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Jan Kath is a leading figure in the international carpet design industry, renowned for merging traditional oriental carpet elements with contemporary minimalist designs. His work is globally recognized and featured in prestigious locations such as museums and luxury residences.
Jan Kath's designs challenge traditional perceptions by integrating classical and modern elements. His carpets are described as islands of wellbeing, providing warmth and comfort in modern interiors. Kath's unique style has earned him numerous awards, including the Red Dot and Carpet Design Awards.
The carpets are crafted using traditional hand-knotting techniques in Nepal, India, and Morocco, ensuring high quality and uniqueness. Each carpet is a result of meticulous craftsmanship, with up to 450 knots per square inch, using materials like Tibetan highland wool, Chinese silk, and stinging nettle fibers.
Jan Kath is committed to fair labor practices and collaborates with Label STEP to ensure ethical working conditions and fair wages in carpet production. The company actively opposes child labor and supports educational opportunities for workers' families.
Jan Kath has showrooms and stores in major cities worldwide, including Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart, Miami, New York, and Vancouver. These locations showcase his innovative designs and contribute to his growing influence in the carpet design industry.
Jan Kath's carpets are not just floor coverings but pieces of art that reflect a deep understanding of traditional craftsmanship and modern design aesthetics. His commitment to quality, ethical production, and innovative design continues to set new trends in the industry.
The document provides an overview of various carpet collections designed by Jan Kath, each inspired by different cultural and artistic influences. The collections include Haîk, From Russia with Love, Jiangxi, Sliced, Tokyo, Unknown Artists, and Daydreamer, each with unique design elements and inspirations.
Jan Kath's hand-tufted carpets are known for their robustness and rapid production compared to hand-woven items. A notable example is the 103-meter-long red carpet for Prince Albert II's wedding, produced in just two months. The manual tufting method involves shooting threads onto a base material, allowing for larger and faster production.
This collection uses wool to create intricate designs, with up to 24 colors in a single carpet. The mix of Chinese silk, Tibetan wool, and nettle fibers adds depth and expression. The designs are precisely specified and reproduced by skilled weavers.
Inspired by traditional oriental carpets, this collection revives old patterns and techniques. The unique production method involves singing knotting instructions, creating a blend of old and new styles.
Inspired by Japanese patchwork art, these carpets feature a multilayered effect reminiscent of peeling paint. The use of Tibetan wool, Chinese silk, and nettle fibers creates varying light reflections, adding vitality to the designs.
This collection brings historic textiles onto carpets, with designs inspired by garments from various epochs. Customers can customize the pattern, color, material, and even the shape of the carpets.
Inspired by blank billboards in Bangkok, this collection uses pixel data from photographs to create carpets with fine color nuances. The materials include Tibetan wool, Chinese silk, and Himalayan nettles.
Drawing inspiration from Moroccan boucherouite carpets, this collection uses highland wool, silk, and nettle fibers to create designs that appear spontaneous yet are meticulously planned.
Designed for architects and designers, this collection features fine lines and grids to create dynamic, understated textiles. The carpets are customizable in terms of color, material, and size.
Jan Kath's JUNGLE collection draws inspiration from the Asian jungle, using hand-knotted carpets made in Nepal. The collection features a taller pile height for an opulent feel and uses a mix of Tibetan highland wool, Chinese silk, and nettle fibers, dyed with natural dyes to create subtle variations in green tones, mimicking the diversity of a rainforest.
The ERASED CLASSIC collection breaks traditional carpet patterns, inspired by Italian wall coverings and Indian saris. It reflects the aesthetics of decay and mortality, influenced by urban and natural environments. The collection emphasizes the beauty of imperfections in hand-woven carpets, creating depth and uniqueness.
Inspired by ballpoint pen patterns, this collection features carpets with ink-like designs, hand-knotted with precision in Nepal. The use of silk yarn against natural wool colors creates a dynamic visual effect, capturing chaos and energy within the carpet.
This collection reinterprets the traditional Bidjar carpet design with contemporary colors and patterns. It combines traditional craftsmanship with modern design, using dense and thick piles for durability. The collection is modular, allowing customization in design, color, and materials.
Inspired by baroque paintings and Dutch masters, this collection brings the sky to the floor with carpets depicting dramatic weather conditions. The use of multiple blue and gray tones, along with Tibetan wool and Chinese silk, creates a calming and realistic sky effect.
Combining elements from the RADI and ERASED CLASSIC collections, RADI DELUXE features vibrant colors and dynamic designs. The collection allows for customization in design, color, and materials, offering a playful and creative approach to carpet design.
Inspired by the night sky and Hubble Space Telescope images, this collection features photo-realistic designs with high knot density and a wide range of colors. The use of silk and Tibetan wool adds depth and dimension, creating a sense of wanderlust and adventure.
Reviving traditional Moroccan weaving techniques, this collection features large Berber rugs made from natural wool. The designs are based on ancient patterns, with intentional irregularities for a vibrant look. The collection emphasizes the organic and unique nature of each carpet.
Inspired by traditional Moroccan Haîks, this collection uses natural dyes and patterns to create unique kelims. The carpets are made in small workshops in Morocco, with each piece being unique due to the individual characteristics of the hand-spun wool and natural dyeing process.
The app allows users to visualize how different carpet designs will look in their space using augmented reality. It is available for both Apple and Android devices.
The document provides contact details for Jan Kath's various showrooms and stores across Germany, the United States, and Canada.
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JAN KATH COMPANY INFORMATION THE DESIGNER BOCHUM, BERLIN, …, NEW YORK QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING OUR PHILOSOPHY HAND KNOTTED HAND TUFT INFO & PHOTO DOWNLOAD WWW.JAN-KATH.COM ARTWORK ANGLES ERASED HERITAGE BORO DRESSES BILLBOARD LOST WEAVE BLURRED LINES JUNGLE ERASED CLASSIC BALLPOINT ART BIDJAR EVOLUTION HEITER BIS WOLKIG RADI DELUXE SPACECRAFTED TAGGED LE MAROC BLANC HAÎK JIANGXI SLICED TOKYO UNKNOWN ARTISTS JAN KATH APP DAYDREAMER JAN KATH COMPANY INFORMATION FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
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PAGE 3 JAN KATH COMPANY INFORMATION He consciously breaks with traditional ways of seeing and throws strict rules of composition out of the window. While an entire generation once rolled up their grandmothers’ Persian rugs and exiled them from the living room, Kath’s designs are now bringing them “back to the floor.” “Nobody feels really comfortable in clinically styled apartments with highly polished concrete floors,” Kath explains. “Our carpets are an organic dotting of the ‘i’, islands of wellbeing with a healing effect in cool interiors – without destroying the overall style.” With his interpretation...
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PAGE 5 JAN KATH COMPANY INFORMATION In the hall, which is bathed in light and oozes the rough charm of a bygone industrial culture, the large-format rugs really come into their own. Furthermore, retailers and their clients are invited to browse the private gallery (by appointment), which is incorporated into the showroom. The collections are distributed around the world by selected retail partners. In recent years, Jan Kath has evolved into a strong brand that has been highly influential in terms of setting new trends in rug design. In the past, customers would select rugs such as the Bidjar,...
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MIAMI STORE JAN KATH STORE MIAMI RUG EVOLUTION LLC 221 NW 23RD STREET MIAMI, FL 33127 UNITED STATES T: +1 786 558 4334 F: +1 786 558 4068 [email protected] COLOGNE STORE JAN KATH STORE COLOGNE VENLOER STR. 16 50672 COLOGNE GERMANY T: +49 (0) 221 94 967 940 [email protected] NEW YORK SHOWROOM JAN KATH SHOWROOM KYLE AND KATH LLC 555 WEST 25TH ST 2ND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10001 UNITED STATES T: +1 646 74 52 555 F: +1 646 74 52 554 [email protected] VANCOUVER SHOWROOM JAN KATH SHOWROOM VANCOUVER FINLAY & KATH INC. 505 RAILWAY STREET VANCOUVER, BC V6A 1A7 CANADA T: +1 604 254 5284 F: +1...
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INFO & PHOTO DOWNLOAD WWW.JAN-KATH.COM With regard to size, format, and materials, the carpets can be made according to individual wishes. Even items from the collections can be freely combined with one another in a kind of modular design system. Yarns from wool, silk, and stinging nettles are available in a range of over 1,200 colors. Kath’s modern designs first take shape on computers in the creative center in Bochum in the Ruhr District of Germany and are sent electronically to be made in Nepal, Thailand, India, or Morocco. Nevertheless, he relies on long-established production methods for...
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To find out more, visit www.label-step.org INFO & PHOTO DOWNLOAD WWW.JAN-KATH.COM STEP was founded as an independent non-governmental organization in 1995 by well-known aid organizations such as Bread for the World, Caritas, and Swissaid. It has an active local presence in all of the major carpet-producing countries, including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkey. Independent inspec tors regularly visit production sites to check the working conditions. Based on current market prices, Label STEP calculates the wages required by carpet weavers and other...
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PAGE 13 JAN KATH COMPANY INFORMATION To produce a piece that is 2.5 meters wide, four or five carpet weavers sit side by side on a bench. Stretched out in front of them on the loom are the warp threads, which form the basic frame of the rug. The carpet weavers need to work in complete harmony and at an equal pace. This is because our rugs grow horizontally. Once a row is complete, the knots are fixed in place with the “closing thread” and packed tight using a comb hammer. Only then is it possible to begin the next row of knots. It requires real teamwork. The more complex a design is, the more...
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JAN KATH CONSIDERS HIMSELF A COUTURIER FOR FLOORS. FOR LARGE PROJECTS SUCH AS LUXURY HOTELS AND EXCLUSIVE SHOPS OR VIP LOUNGES IN AIRPORTS HE ALSO PRODUCES HIGH-QUALITY HAND-TUFTED CARPETS MADE IN FACTORIES. His customers include the worlds most successful fashion labels. The quality of JK tufting is extremely robust. In comparison to hand-woven items, tufted carpets can be produced at a significantly faster rate. In summer 2011, a TV audience of 30 million looked on as Prince Albert II and his bride Charlene walked down the aisle at their fairytale wedding in Monaco. The aisle was covered with...
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PAGE 19 INFO & PHOTO DOWNLOAD WWW.JAN-KATH.COM Jan Kath has transposed the profound color spectacle to the carpet. In the ARTWORK collection, wool is used to “paint” instead of a brush. What appears to the beholder to be random has actually been precisely specified by the designer in his template and can be perfectly reproduced by the experienced weavers in the workshops in Kathmandu. To reproduce the complexity of the design as precisely as possible, the weavers often change the material knot after knot. As such, up to 24 colors may be used in a single carpet. The material mix of the finest...
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PAGE 25 INFO & PHOTO DOWNLOAD WWW.JAN-KATH.COM But the simple reproduction of old ideas is not the JAN KATH philosophy. The inclusion of the word “Erased” in the collection name is a clear indication that Kath incorporates his trademark alienation effects in these creations. A specially developed antique finishing technique makes it look as if new rugs have already been lying on the parlor floor of a manor house for years on end. “Just like every Bavarian village has its own traditional dress, every community, region, and cultural group in the East has developed a particular style of carpet....
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Erased Heritage83 Pages