This 1975 Film Inspires These Abstract Rugs

A 1975 film by Michelangelo Antonioni is the reason for these inspired colorful and abstract rugs that are garnering much attention in the interior design community. Check out the beautifully created rugs that add art and style to your home.

Cold Picnic, a 2010 Boston-based company, just released their collection of these abstract rugs inspired by a 1975 film. Regardless of the reference, the abstract rugs still so attractive and unique that they can act as a decoration without really knowing what the inspiration is. However, it would do good to know what inspired the artist to produce such wonderful home staples.

The 1975 film that inspired these abstract rugs is "The Passenger" which starred a young Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider. The film is about a journalist who takes on the identity of another man whose life contains a dark secret that would lead him to a goose chase and a complex love story. Perhaps it is because of the plot that these abstract rugs contain a story about the important scenes in this classic film.

Design Milk gave a thorough analysis of these abstract rugs stating scenes and objects that came from this 1975 film. Some silhouettes and shapes were the representations of iconic objects from "The Passenger." One such object is a blob-like figure in solid black that became the representation of the armchair.

The artists wanted to show the different colors in each scene of the 1975 film and expressed them through these abstract rugs. What they did to create such masterful art pieces was to build a diorama (still in abstract form) on important landscapes and scenarios in the film. The diorama was 48" x 40", which is already quite big, and they added depth through layering. After making the diorama, they used the created pieces to be the basis for their rugs. The colors, despite it having subtle hues, are a good agreement between cool and warm shades as well as solid lines and there are curves.