Rop van Mierlo - Rug - Wild Animals - Panda rug

Rop van Mierlo studied at Design Academy Eindhoven and graduated cum laude in 2008. He works with various mediums but starts his process mostly with drawings or paintings. Control – or the absence of it – is an important part of his work. He is best known for his picture book ‘Wild Animals’, which won a Dutch Design Award in 2011. Van Mierlo is intrigued by the human need to control nature. Using a wet-on-wet technique, he paints animals that he can’t control. His books are sold in Mo. MA in New York, Design Museum London and (late) Colette in Paris, amongst others. Van Mierlo has collaborated on projects with Hermès, Marni, Head Porter and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. For his Wild Animals project, Van Mierlo experiments with his paintings in new techniques and materials. The first result is a Panda rug in collaboration with Textiel. Lab (which is specialised in textile research and production) at the Textiel. Museum, located in a former textile factory in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The Panda rug is hand tufted from 100% wool, in an edition 5. The panda used for the rug was initially painted for the book Some Logic. Each Panda rug is individually numbered and comes with a certificate of origin. Dimension: 265 x 200 cm. Free shipping