Botanica

Creative team

Gabriele Chiave & Francesca Mueller

The work for Illulian is not about rugs, but about weaving a unique and intricate artwork.

Controvento announces its first collaboration with the historic rug brand Illulian during Milan Design Week 2026, exploring material as the core of the creative process. The project unfolds through a statement rug Botanica, conceived as unique masterpiece inheriting a vision that shows what emerges on the surface of the earth.

The work for Illulian is not about rugs, but about weaving a unique and intricate artwork.

Botanica shifts the focus to the surface, celebrating the richness of living systems through references to flora and fauna. The plants are developed across three different pile heights, while insects emerge with a distinct elevation, adding further dimensional contrast. Fringes appear organically from within the natural design itself, extending the composition beyond its boundaries. Its textures and patterns capture the energy and complexity of nature, evoking a landscape shaped by growth, diversity and continuous transformation.

It is an invitation to observe, to get lost, and to continuously rediscover meaning within matter.

Each piece is a masterwork of materiality, meticulously hand-knotted in Nepal using a 100% natural process that blends Himalayan wool with a refined silk derived from soy, banana, and bamboo fibers. By utilizing ancestral tools and vegetal dyes, the collection achieves a unique depth through varying pile heights and irregular, organic shapes that defy rigid boundaries. Guided by a "detected vision," the designs balance scientific observation with intuitive creativity, transforming the ancient language of tapestry into a living, evolving presence where nature and craftsmanship converge.

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