The Newstalgia Rug Collection Brings Us Back to the Future

The EquipHotel is home to an exhibition by Radici, proud to present the Newstalgia carpet collection by Tekla Evelina Severin, otherwise known as Teklan. This collection features new innovations such as the Bloom Back surface and AlleRAD technology, allowing the carpets to be completely commercially recyclable at the end of their lifetimes. This is essential to the ethos of the collection, utilizing advanced yarn technology and backing material to achieve this impressive feat.

A colorful modern room featuring geometric patterns, a pink bar with two stools, abstract artwork, and a round light fixture. "RADICI" is displayed above the setup.

Photo: Maria Teresa Furnari

Newstalgia pulls upon shapes we know and love from the 1970s and 1980s, available in a multitude of colors for a super customizable product. All showstoppers, the collection consists of eight unique prints, Monogram, Elliptic, Weave, Brick, Net, Snake, Folding, and Backgammon. With custom design options available, you can craft your dream scheme exactly to your specifications.

A room corner with geometric patterned walls in red and pink, and a yellow and white tiled floor. A soft beige chair and a round pink table are partially visible.

Photo: Maria Teresa Furnari

Monogram is a distinctive pattern, combining twin graphic L’s to form a block, repeated over a regular rectangle. Reminiscent of iconic logos from historic fashion houses, this print will add a linear element sure to heighten any interior.

Elliptic is a nod to the Op Art movement of the 1960s, where bold shapes coalesce to trick the eye. Pairing like tones together further enhances the illusion, making the shapes become shadows and the curves have a sense of life.

Modern dining area with a round beige table, four textured white chairs, and geometric patterned walls and floor in green, yellow, and red tones. A spherical light fixture hangs overhead.

Photo: Maria Teresa Furnari

Modern interior with geometric patterns on walls and floor, featuring a round table with four textured chairs and a pink counter with a circular design stool. Overhead, a spherical light hangs.

Photo: Maria Teresa Furnari

A modern room with blue walls features a geometric carpet, wooden furniture, and abstract art. A person partially appears in the reflection of a mirror on the left.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Weave is inspired by the traditions of hand weaving, involving regular blocks of intersecting color. Blending heritage and modernity, these colorful motifs add a sense of whimsy to the space, expressing a sense of fun within a restrained color palette.

Brick is defined by bold color choices and a sense of solidity. The contrasting palette features turquoise and burgundy on one side, and orange and midnight blue on the other, amplifying the unique personality of the design. These blocks fit neatly into one another, the strongest bonds of mortise and tenon adding to the strength of the motifs.

Geometric patterned bedroom with green and brown tones, featuring a modern light fixture, a brown bedspread, and decorative rug.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Geometric patterned rug in green and brown, next to a green bed with green and brown bedding, and a green nightstand holding books and a lamp.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Net employs more optical tricks to inscribe depth. The pleasing regularity of the horizontal and vertical forms inspire quiet within the mind. Net is available in two variants that mix four colors: peach, beige, green, and burgundy and brown, light blue, beige, and black.

Snake is a bold pattern, bands of stylized color slithering across the plane. With colors highly reminiscent of the natural world, yet taken up a notch, these brilliant hues will bring a sense of the wilderness inside.

Room with a checkered floor, a brown armchair, and a marble side table. The adjacent room features a purple wall and checkered flooring with two round stools.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Black and white speckled stone table on a geometric-patterned brown and black rug.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

A small, irregularly shaped table with a speckled red and white surface stands on a modern blue and maroon carpet.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Geometric pattern rug with red, blue, and tan shapes. A speckled black and white table holds a brown bowl and yellow book.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

A room with pink walls and geometric carpet features a green chair, a small side table with vases, a modern hanging lamp, and a wicker room divider.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

A red vase on a mirrored side table sits atop a patterned carpet with geometric designs in shades of red and pink. A green chair is partially visible on the right.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Inspired by Escher, Folding explores the gap between possible and impossible shapes. Crossing the boundaries of two dimensions, this pattern adds a sense of structure and order within the chaos of life.

Backgammon is the final pattern, inspired by the game beloved for eons. A 1970s dreamscape, the rich mustard yellow and deep brown adds to a sense of yesteryear, yet with modern interpretations that ground us within the present.

A modern interior with geometric yellow and white flooring, an amber glass side table with a metal sphere, and another table holding abstract white sculptures.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Tekla Everina Severin is a designer that extends the boundaries of space design with this exhibit. Focused on the expansive use of color, her work spans interior design, furniture, clothing, accessories, set design, art direction, and photography. She is constantly inspired by its use: “Color is never absolute, it is always relative, it is what you put next to it that defines it.”

A transparent amber-colored vase casts a shadow on a geometric-patterned rug with mustard yellow and white squares.

Photo: Beppe Brancato

Radici is famous for their rugs, always pushing the envelope in the sustainability category. This collection features AlleRAD, an innovative technology that reduces dust and allergens within the home. This, on top of being completely biodegradable and eco-friendly, is new within the carpet industry, paving the way for our new, lower-waste future.