OUTSIDE INFLUENCES

1. WALK THE PLANK

Lichen is the newest modular carpet collection from Mohawk Group. Borrowing colours and textures from the natural blooms of lichen moss, the 12-by-36-inch planks are sold in three patterns and in nine colours. mohawkgroup.com

2. LAY OF THE LAND

The four patterns of Milliken’s Moraine collection offer abstract interpretations of the earth’s varying terrain. Available in 18 colourways, in 50-by-50 or 50-by-100-centimetre tiles, Explorer, Region, Navigator and Relief can be mixed and matched. millikencarpet.com

3. SOFT SPOT

Part of Bentley’s Outskirts collection, Ritual provides the soft, textural look of a natural wool carpet, but in a hard-wearing nylon suitable for high-traffic commercial spaces. The rug is sold in fulland half-plank tiles and in broadloom options. bentleymills.com 4. PETAL POWER Resembling a massive flower petal, Kiki van Eijk’s Hydrangea carpet for Nodus stretches 189 by 200 centimetres. In a wool and viscose blend, each piece is hand-knotted in India. nodusrug.it