Carpet Sign (Asten, Netherlands): 3-D tufting robot rugs with Karim Rashid (2017) and Richard Hutten (2019)

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Interior Design (11 Jul 2017) reported that Carpet Sign had just acquired a 3-D tufting robot able to vary pile height continuously, without stopping, and had Karim Rashid design a collection to show it off. The result was 'Lush' (Chaplins calls it '3D Lush'): 12 designs in loop and cut pile in New Zealand wool. In April 2019 Dezeen described Carpet Sign as a manufacturer making rugs on robotic tufting machines in Asten. It reported the Freedom collection of nine rugs by Dutch designers, art-directed by Richard Hutten to show 'the extreme possibilities of robot-assisted rug production', which premiered at Milan design week 2019. Pieces included Jólan van der Wiel's Tropical Tapestry and Hutten's Rainbow Mountains. Why it matters: well-known designers were showing European design rugs made by tufting robots from 2017. The robot's maker is not named. Sources: https://interiordesign.net/designwire/karim-rashid-designs-carpet-sign-collection-made-by-3-d-tufting-robot/ · https://design-milk.com/lush-by-karim-rashid-for-carpet-sign/ · https://www.dezeen.com/2019/04/04/freedom-rugs-richard-hutten-dutch-designers-carpet-sign/ · https://interiordesign.net/products/dutch-manufacturer-carpet-sign-uses-robots-to-showcase-the-possibilities-of-rug-design/ Research note (Oct 2026): from search results; pages not opened.