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December 22, 2009 - We have a winner!
Warp & Weft would like to thank everyone who took part in the annual GoodWeave™ Rug Raffle, and donated thereby to the GoodWeave Campaign to End Child Labor. The winning ticket was drawn at the GoodWeave's holiday luncheon on December 16th by our Washington DC gallery manager Ilyssa Gross who was happy to announce that the beautiful Riviera Caramel rug now belongs to winning ticketholder Katie Fox.
Katie is a lifelong advocate for democracy and human rights, and the deputy regional director for Eurasia at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. Katie has already acquired one GoodWeave rug last year and is intended to purchase only certified products in the future.
The collective participation of GoodWeave supporters in this raffle helped raise more than $10,000! With your contribution, you have done nothing less than help save the lives of children in India and Nepal and provide schooling for former child laborers and other at-risk children in those nations.
We hope you will continue to support GoodWeave in 2010 by choosing GoodWeave certified products for your home, which now include our beautiful carpets. Please visit website www.GoodWeave.org, for updates and information about how your gift is working for the children of South Asia.
November 10, 2009 - Enter RugMarks 2009 Anuual Carpet Raffle
Enter for a chance to win the handwoven wool & silk Riviera Caramel rug certified child-labor-free by GoodWeave and donated by Warp & Weft.
All proceeds benefit RugMark, the organization behind the GoodWeave program to stop child servitude in South Asia's handmade rug industry, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Riviera Caramel, measuring 8' x 10' with a retail value of $10,800, is part of Warp & Weft's Modern & Custom Collection designed primarily by Michael Mandapati. Hand woven in Nepal and made from pure Tibetan wool and Indian mulberry silk, the design echoes differing images from nature, from topographical maps to tree bark.
Raffle tickets are $25 each, 5 for $100, or 12 for $200. For a gift of $500 you'll earn 32 chances to win and for a $1,000 contribution, your name will be entered 70 times. The deadline to enter the raffle online is December 10th at 5:00 pm. You need not be present at the drawing to win.
Buy your raffle tickets online at www.GoodWeave.org/raffle If you prefer, you may mail a check made out to RugMark, the organization implementing the GoodWeave certification program, with "2009 raffle" in the memo line to 2001 S Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009.
November 10, 2009 - Warp & Weft Joins GoodWeave
"Weaving modern design with social responsibility"
Warp & Weft joins a nationwide effort, led by GoodWeave™, to eliminate child labor from the handmade rug industry. Warp & Weft works closely with rug importers whose products are certified child-labor-free by the GoodWeave label. To ensure transparency, these companies agree to open factory doors for surprise visits by local GoodWeave inspectors in South Asia.
Warp & Weft's partnership with GoodWeave represents a commitment to offering its clients rugs that are beautiful inside and out and an opportunity to be part of the solution to a pressing humanitarian issue: ending exploitative child labor in the handmade rug industry.
The GoodWeave label provides customers assurance that their rug was crafted by skilled adult artisans, not by child labor. Purchasing a GoodWeave-certified rug also means that a percentage of its price goes to educate and rehabilitate former child weavers. To date, GoodWeave has rescued more than 3,600 children from exploitation on carpet looms and offered them rehabilitation, education, vocational training, and other services. Contact: (202) 234-9050 or to learn more visit goodweave.org
July 6, 2009 - Warp & Weft DC Gallery Wins Architecture Awards
Warp & Weft is pleased to celebrate with David Jameson Architects Inc the design awards won for the Warp & Weft gallery in the Washington Design Center. The recognition includes the Award of Excellence in Interior Architecture by the Northern Virginia AIA and the Award of Merit: Interior Design from the Inform Awards. In the achievement of these awards is the recognition of the importance of the shared vision of David Jameson and Michael Mandapati. Through their collaboration every detail of the gallery was handled with careful consideration resulting in a truly original structural statement that highlights the design integrity and diversity of Warp & Weft's Collections.
For more information on the awards please visit:
www.aianova.org/DA09
www.virginiaarchitecture.org/inform_awards.html
October 31, 2008 – Warp & Weft DC captured by Paul Warchol
Renowned architectural photographer Paul Warchol spent the day in Warp & Weft's gallery in the Washington Design Center photographing the newly designed space.
October 2, 2008 – Save the Date! Opening Reception in the Washington Design Center
Warp & Weft would like to extend the invitation to all our clients and visitors to our Champagne Reception on October 23rd 2008 from 5 to 7 - we hope to see you all there in Suite 621!
Please RSVP to 202 554 4949 or info@warpandweft.com
May 21, 2008 – Opening soon in the Washington Design Center
Warp & Weft is pleased to announce our expansion into the Washington market with the opening of our new gallery designed by architect David Jameson. Located in the heart of D.C., the Washington Design Center is the region's largest resource for high-end home furnishings and décor. Serving the top architects and interior designers in the business, Warp & Weft is excited about our new presence in Washington's design industry. We look forward to seeing you all at the opening in September 2008.
October 11, 2007 – New Website and Gallery Expansion
Welcome to our newly designed website. Designed for better user-friendly navigation, you will be able to breeze through our website to enjoy the images – including a new "Installations" page that will display our rugs in actual clients' homes and offices all over the world. This section will be updated continuously as we acquire new images from our clients as well as publications where these projects were published.
The Warp & Weft gallery in New York also underwent some major changes – expanding to the second floor as well as significant renovations on the first floor. After months of construction work, you can now enjoy viewing our carpets on two beautiful floors overlooking Madison Avenue.
May 3, 2007 - 19th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair
This May, the 19th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) will be held at the Javits Convention Center in New York. Because of all the wonderful responses received from our participation in 2006, Warp & Weft will be launching beautiful new designs again this year at the ICFF. Designers and Architects are urged to attend this premier event where some spectacular new and avant-garde home products will be debuting. The show will also be open to the public on the final day of the exhibition.
Open to the Trade Only:
Saturday, May 19 – Monday, May 21
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open to General Public:
Tuesday, May 22
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Warp & Weft Booth #1948
July 1, 2006 - Lhasa Collection
Warp & Weft will be introducing a new line of modern design carpets under their Modern & Custom Collection in Fall 2006. This new collection, called Lhasa Collection, is named after the capital city of Tibet. Carpets will be hand-woven in same high-quality Himalayan wool and Indian mulberry silk like in their original Modern & Custom Collection and have washing and finishing done in Switzerland. The designs, however, will be a more intricate weaves of modern motifs to beautiful renderings of nature – ocean waves (Cape Cod) to exotic flowers (Ming Palmettes) – that is quite different from the sleek, modern designs in the original collection. Available in standard sizes of 8x10, 9x12 and 10x14 and custom sizes and colors.
May 2, 2006 – 34th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House
Warp & Weft is proud to announce its contribution to the 34th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House, with a custom commissioned rug by renowned architect Campion Platt of Campion Platt Architect, PC in New York. The custom Veranda rug in Cement was incorporated into Campion Platt's "Mr. Wu's Lab," a small alcove space furnished with minimal and architectural lines for a modern lab-like office. The tone-on-tone design of the Veranda – Cement complemented the overall decor in off-whites, offset by soft pink lights that subtly illuminated the space.
The Decorator Show House showcases rooms and spaces designed by many of the city's most prominent and respected interior designers and architects. Everyone is welcome to come and experience the beautifully decorated mansion on East 75th Street.
Show House
4 East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
Show Dates: April 25, 2006 – May 23, 2006
Monday through Saturday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
[Admission: $30]
February 17, 2006 - The 18th Annual ICFF Show, May 2006
The 18th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is North America's premier event for contemporary design, drawing the most diverse assemblage of design professionals and general public alike to a spectacular display of the latest, avant-garde and gotta-have home products. The 145,000 square feet of Javits Convention center will be abound with more than 21,000 designers, architects, retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and students during the four days of the Fair, making this event truly the design community's most-visited Mecca of the year.
Warp & Weft is a proud contributor in the 2006 ICFF show and is planning an impressive display for their hand-woven modern Tibetan rugs. As a first time exhibitor, Warp & Weft is set to bring fresh originality to the carpet and rug industry with innovative, statemental pieces to showcase their Modern Collection, the brainchild of the company's president, Michael Mandapati. The booth will be exhibiting in a beautiful gallery setting, showcasing full size design carpets as well as samples in all shades of color.
Open to the Trade Only:
Saturday, May 20 – Monday, May 22
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open to General Public:
Tuesday, May 23
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Warp & Weft Booth #1248
January 4, 2006 - Warp & Weft Modern Collection Catalogs arrived from Milan, featuring 80 pages of beautiful Modern Tibetan rugs in full color and detail. Please order online or email for more information on how to receive a copy.
February 2, 2004 - Warp & Weft Modern Collection will be introduced in fall 2004
Please join our mailing list and provide us with feedback to make the site more accessible and easier for you.
Warp & Weft would like to thank everyone who took part in the annual GoodWeave™ Rug Raffle, and donated thereby to the GoodWeave Campaign to End Child Labor. The winning ticket was drawn at the GoodWeave's holiday luncheon on December 16th by our Washington DC gallery manager Ilyssa Gross who was happy to announce that the beautiful Riviera Caramel rug now belongs to winning ticketholder Katie Fox.
Katie is a lifelong advocate for democracy and human rights, and the deputy regional director for Eurasia at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. Katie has already acquired one GoodWeave rug last year and is intended to purchase only certified products in the future.
The collective participation of GoodWeave supporters in this raffle helped raise more than $10,000! With your contribution, you have done nothing less than help save the lives of children in India and Nepal and provide schooling for former child laborers and other at-risk children in those nations.
We hope you will continue to support GoodWeave in 2010 by choosing GoodWeave certified products for your home, which now include our beautiful carpets. Please visit website www.GoodWeave.org, for updates and information about how your gift is working for the children of South Asia.
November 10, 2009 - Enter RugMarks 2009 Anuual Carpet Raffle
Enter for a chance to win the handwoven wool & silk Riviera Caramel rug certified child-labor-free by GoodWeave and donated by Warp & Weft.
All proceeds benefit RugMark, the organization behind the GoodWeave program to stop child servitude in South Asia's handmade rug industry, and donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Riviera Caramel, measuring 8' x 10' with a retail value of $10,800, is part of Warp & Weft's Modern & Custom Collection designed primarily by Michael Mandapati. Hand woven in Nepal and made from pure Tibetan wool and Indian mulberry silk, the design echoes differing images from nature, from topographical maps to tree bark.
Raffle tickets are $25 each, 5 for $100, or 12 for $200. For a gift of $500 you'll earn 32 chances to win and for a $1,000 contribution, your name will be entered 70 times. The deadline to enter the raffle online is December 10th at 5:00 pm. You need not be present at the drawing to win.
Buy your raffle tickets online at www.GoodWeave.org/raffle If you prefer, you may mail a check made out to RugMark, the organization implementing the GoodWeave certification program, with "2009 raffle" in the memo line to 2001 S Street NW, Washington, DC, 20009.
November 10, 2009 - Warp & Weft Joins GoodWeave
"Weaving modern design with social responsibility"
Warp & Weft joins a nationwide effort, led by GoodWeave™, to eliminate child labor from the handmade rug industry. Warp & Weft works closely with rug importers whose products are certified child-labor-free by the GoodWeave label. To ensure transparency, these companies agree to open factory doors for surprise visits by local GoodWeave inspectors in South Asia.
Warp & Weft's partnership with GoodWeave represents a commitment to offering its clients rugs that are beautiful inside and out and an opportunity to be part of the solution to a pressing humanitarian issue: ending exploitative child labor in the handmade rug industry.
The GoodWeave label provides customers assurance that their rug was crafted by skilled adult artisans, not by child labor. Purchasing a GoodWeave-certified rug also means that a percentage of its price goes to educate and rehabilitate former child weavers. To date, GoodWeave has rescued more than 3,600 children from exploitation on carpet looms and offered them rehabilitation, education, vocational training, and other services. Contact: (202) 234-9050 or to learn more visit goodweave.org
July 6, 2009 - Warp & Weft DC Gallery Wins Architecture Awards
Warp & Weft is pleased to celebrate with David Jameson Architects Inc the design awards won for the Warp & Weft gallery in the Washington Design Center. The recognition includes the Award of Excellence in Interior Architecture by the Northern Virginia AIA and the Award of Merit: Interior Design from the Inform Awards. In the achievement of these awards is the recognition of the importance of the shared vision of David Jameson and Michael Mandapati. Through their collaboration every detail of the gallery was handled with careful consideration resulting in a truly original structural statement that highlights the design integrity and diversity of Warp & Weft's Collections.
For more information on the awards please visit:
www.aianova.org/DA09
www.virginiaarchitecture.org/inform_awards.html
October 31, 2008 – Warp & Weft DC captured by Paul Warchol
Renowned architectural photographer Paul Warchol spent the day in Warp & Weft's gallery in the Washington Design Center photographing the newly designed space.
October 2, 2008 – Save the Date! Opening Reception in the Washington Design Center
Warp & Weft would like to extend the invitation to all our clients and visitors to our Champagne Reception on October 23rd 2008 from 5 to 7 - we hope to see you all there in Suite 621!
Please RSVP to 202 554 4949 or info@warpandweft.com
May 21, 2008 – Opening soon in the Washington Design Center
Warp & Weft is pleased to announce our expansion into the Washington market with the opening of our new gallery designed by architect David Jameson. Located in the heart of D.C., the Washington Design Center is the region's largest resource for high-end home furnishings and décor. Serving the top architects and interior designers in the business, Warp & Weft is excited about our new presence in Washington's design industry. We look forward to seeing you all at the opening in September 2008.
October 11, 2007 – New Website and Gallery Expansion
Welcome to our newly designed website. Designed for better user-friendly navigation, you will be able to breeze through our website to enjoy the images – including a new "Installations" page that will display our rugs in actual clients' homes and offices all over the world. This section will be updated continuously as we acquire new images from our clients as well as publications where these projects were published.
The Warp & Weft gallery in New York also underwent some major changes – expanding to the second floor as well as significant renovations on the first floor. After months of construction work, you can now enjoy viewing our carpets on two beautiful floors overlooking Madison Avenue.
May 3, 2007 - 19th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair
This May, the 19th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) will be held at the Javits Convention Center in New York. Because of all the wonderful responses received from our participation in 2006, Warp & Weft will be launching beautiful new designs again this year at the ICFF. Designers and Architects are urged to attend this premier event where some spectacular new and avant-garde home products will be debuting. The show will also be open to the public on the final day of the exhibition.
Open to the Trade Only:
Saturday, May 19 – Monday, May 21
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open to General Public:
Tuesday, May 22
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Warp & Weft Booth #1948
July 1, 2006 - Lhasa Collection
Warp & Weft will be introducing a new line of modern design carpets under their Modern & Custom Collection in Fall 2006. This new collection, called Lhasa Collection, is named after the capital city of Tibet. Carpets will be hand-woven in same high-quality Himalayan wool and Indian mulberry silk like in their original Modern & Custom Collection and have washing and finishing done in Switzerland. The designs, however, will be a more intricate weaves of modern motifs to beautiful renderings of nature – ocean waves (Cape Cod) to exotic flowers (Ming Palmettes) – that is quite different from the sleek, modern designs in the original collection. Available in standard sizes of 8x10, 9x12 and 10x14 and custom sizes and colors.
May 2, 2006 – 34th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House
Warp & Weft is proud to announce its contribution to the 34th Annual Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club Decorator Show House, with a custom commissioned rug by renowned architect Campion Platt of Campion Platt Architect, PC in New York. The custom Veranda rug in Cement was incorporated into Campion Platt's "Mr. Wu's Lab," a small alcove space furnished with minimal and architectural lines for a modern lab-like office. The tone-on-tone design of the Veranda – Cement complemented the overall decor in off-whites, offset by soft pink lights that subtly illuminated the space.
The Decorator Show House showcases rooms and spaces designed by many of the city's most prominent and respected interior designers and architects. Everyone is welcome to come and experience the beautifully decorated mansion on East 75th Street.
Show House
4 East 75th Street, New York, NY 10021
Show Dates: April 25, 2006 – May 23, 2006
Monday through Saturday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday evenings until 8 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
[Admission: $30]
February 17, 2006 - The 18th Annual ICFF Show, May 2006
The 18th annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) is North America's premier event for contemporary design, drawing the most diverse assemblage of design professionals and general public alike to a spectacular display of the latest, avant-garde and gotta-have home products. The 145,000 square feet of Javits Convention center will be abound with more than 21,000 designers, architects, retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers and students during the four days of the Fair, making this event truly the design community's most-visited Mecca of the year.
Warp & Weft is a proud contributor in the 2006 ICFF show and is planning an impressive display for their hand-woven modern Tibetan rugs. As a first time exhibitor, Warp & Weft is set to bring fresh originality to the carpet and rug industry with innovative, statemental pieces to showcase their Modern Collection, the brainchild of the company's president, Michael Mandapati. The booth will be exhibiting in a beautiful gallery setting, showcasing full size design carpets as well as samples in all shades of color.
Open to the Trade Only:
Saturday, May 20 – Monday, May 22
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Open to General Public:
Tuesday, May 23
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Warp & Weft Booth #1248
January 4, 2006 - Warp & Weft Modern Collection Catalogs arrived from Milan, featuring 80 pages of beautiful Modern Tibetan rugs in full color and detail. Please order online or email for more information on how to receive a copy.
February 2, 2004 - Warp & Weft Modern Collection will be introduced in fall 2004
Please join our mailing list and provide us with feedback to make the site more accessible and easier for you.