The teaser says, “From Marrakech, Rabat, and Casablanca to Milan, Studio KO‘s first collection designed for Beni is bound by themes of time and record-keeping.” Do tell me more…

The Intersection collection, a collaboration between Studio KO and Beni, employs venerated, time-worn weaving techniques to sketch out an aesthetic of the office.

Featuring 10 designs, Intersection may forecast a clash between ancient artisanal techniques and industrial relics (is a filing cabinet really “beautiful”?), but concludes with a lovely concord—a surprising congeniality that makes it feel like these rugs have always been here, as much a part of the office as the pine-paneled partitions or the grooves in the upholstered leather chair.

Of course, the beautiful sepia photography of this vintage office set-up (evokes Mad Men through the lens of Italian “La Dolce Far Niente”) goes a long way towards conveying the vibe.

Intersection is all about setting a mood, about how the comforting various artifacts of the office (everything from filing cabinets to a redacted document to the perforations produced by an early-model printer) make us feel—and then translating this ineffable quality into the surprising two-dimensionality of a Rabat or hand-embroidered rug.

These are authentic Moroccan rugs, mind you, offering the very same feel underfoot and epochal durability as those of more traditional origin and aesthetic.

“Redacted documents, time diaries, faded gestures in ink. Every act of ephemeral recollection turns eternal when pen is put to paper and when wool is woven into rugs.”

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