Annette Nix
“Internationally renowned carpet supremo …”
Young European Designers
Watch the film below to learn more about Annette, her career, and her process of making beautiful, contemporary rugs:
Annette Nix
Since graduating in textile design from London’s Central St Martin’s, Annette Nix has worked for more than 35 years as a designer and maker of some of the world’s finest bespoke contemporary rugs and carpets.
Tastes and techniques change over the years.
35 years ago, Annette was personally tufting rugs from her Spitalfields studio, working with wools, silks, and other textiles. She has incorporated materials as diverse as sheet metal, stones, water, and even cacti and live fish into highly individual designs.
Currently, Annette works producing hand-knotted, hand-tufted, or flat-weave rugs with very experienced and skilled weavers all over the world from India, Nepal, Thailand, Portugal, China, and even the UK.
Exquisite, from experience
Whatever the materials and techniques used, Annette’s clients continue to benefit from her unique combination of insightful appreciation of the intended setting for a rug or carpet, deep understanding of materials and techniques, and unparalleled imagination. Not to mention her personal oversight of all aspects of the design and manufacturing process.
What people are saying
“I believe in the work of these men and women’, proclaimed interior designer Christopher Neville, last year when he curated an exhibition of 18 young designers in Tokyo. Designers from the ‘West’ show: carpet supremo Annette Nix inserted a leafy plus sign and an aquarium minus into rich red wool carpet’.”
— Elle Magazine
“If you want to get your feet wet with a decorative water feature for your home, commission a “Living Rug” from artist Annette Nix. Her luxurious long pile carpets include shallow troughs of water in which you can keep a goldfish, or float flowers and candles -a watery oasis suitable for the floor of anyone’s home’.”
— Times Magazine
