Creative direction · Custom rugs

Distinctive,on purpose.

Custom rugs with personality deserve an identity with some of its own. Subtle would have missed the point.

Client
What The Rugs
Year
2023
Role
Creative direction & design
Output
Editorial & social content
Selected key visualsExpressive brand direction
What The Rugs brand overview
Brand direction overview01

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Project overview

No interest in blending in.

Context

Custom rugs are expressive, tactile, and personal. The visual identity needed the same energy—not the predictable look of a conventional interiors brand.

Design response

Bold typography, graphic shapes, illustration, and shifting color compositions create a system with personality while recurring visual cues keep it coherent.

  • Creative directionSystem
  • Company profileEditorial
  • Social contentDigital
  • Graphic elementsIllustration

02 / Editorial system

A brand world that reads with impact.

Large-scale type and illustration give the editorial pieces energy; repeated graphic cues keep the composition legible.

What The Rugs editorial introduction
Editorial openingLandscape
What The Rugs graphic editorial spread
Graphic editorial spreadLandscape

03 / Social content

Playful, but still connected.

The social pieces change pace and colour while recurring type and illustration keep them unmistakably related.

What The Rugs social content grid
Social content gridSquare
What The Rugs campaign detail
Campaign detailLandscape

04 / Brand applications

More expression. Still one system.

Editorial, social, and campaign applications show how far the visual language can stretch without losing its identity.

What The Rugs full editorial system
Company profile systemLandscape
What The Rugs visual identity overview
Visual identity overviewLandscape

Outcome

Expressive, with a backbone.

The work carries one recognisable voice across editorial, social, and campaign pieces, even when the compositions refuse to sit still.

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