Life, that bemusing journey. Starting, wandering, finding sails and anchors, and then, ending. Only to start all over again. Constantly playing a game of people, places and things. Forever insta-posting adventures in stone-carving, wooden patterns, broken pottery and conversations, that seemingly put them back together like a reality-altering reincarnation. One such journey just took birth into the diary of one such wanderer. Or, as it more rhythmically rolls off the Urdu tongue, ‘Khanabados’. It’s a concept that, in a nomadic time-travel way, made it’s way to Mumbai, right into the elated hands and mind of designer, Ms. Akriti Binju, who goes by many names. Textile Designer, Design Head, Art De Rug, not to mention, Khanabados.

To the well-read mind, the life cycle of the butterfly culminates sometime after pollinating a flower garden. But that very mind can’t argue that it doesn’t give its own imagination, eternal wings. Is it the solidity of its colours, the intricacy of its designs, or the frailty of its flight? Stop now, to ponder the shape, structure and complexity of butterfly and moth wings. Before you inevitably succumb to the monarchy of their float-flutter beauty.

The steps of the Nugget Gold Stairway to Heaven glitter as much of precious metal as they shine with intricate design. But this is about much more than lustre alone. Each step is like life’s many challenges, and equally, the choices we make. To climb up or down, to keep going or to stop? Answering these questions and egging us on, is a warm golden hue that embodies the proverbial glimmer of hope. Be it in the unsure first steps of a baby, or a giant leap for mankind.

The Storm Gray Look-Up is a gentle reminder within the chaos of everyday life, to take a moment to look up and appreciate the wonders of the world. Where deep, stormy gray buildings act LIKE metaphorical blinkers on our eyes. Happily, the gold yellow sun shines through with the hope of dawn. Filling our hearts with inspiration. If we only take a moment to look up to the sky.

Each day, we embark on countless journeys aboard proverbial ladders or electric trains. From point A to point B. From hope to love, from faith to deliverance, from neanderthal to homo-sapien. Are journeys best measured in miles? Do people actually travel while running on a treadmill? And while that’s easily explained by the sweaty rush of endorphins, what about the trips the mind takes without moving an inch from the couch? Aren’t dreams just our way of moving forward even in our sleep? From child to prodigy, from girl to President, from human conflict to one night flings. Spanning countless points As and Bs each day, sometimes it’s only later that we realise gratefully, it’s those very journeys that best measure the acreage of a life well lived.

Of the things we feel without ever directly seeing, is the wind. At speeds of its own whims, it billows skirts like sails, levitates newspapers like UFOs, and moves deserts into waves of serendipitous sand. Like waxing and waning tides of nature’s own 3-D canvas, these cheddar yellow sand dunes are as much an invitation to sand skis as they are to ships of the desert. Now, much like us, each grain of sand is but a speck in the universe. But equally like us, it’s also goaded by the invisible forces of nature into a mesmerizing landscape of possibilities.

Somewhere in the time and space of planetary existence was the Greek city, Xanthos. Centuries before artificial intelligence, computer creativity and woke hashtags. Weathering the polar divides of then and now, global warming and conspiracy theories, is the simple pleasure of diving into colonies of coral reefs. Where the depths of the planet do their ironic job of elevating the human existence. Reminding us through their colourful magnificence, that as delicate the planet’s ecosystems may seem, they are as much here to save us from ourselves, as we may purport to preserve them.

Floral Contours is the embodiment of the stage of an artist's journey where the idea is shaped and moulded into a tangible piece of art. The long-stemmed flowers depict the artist's ambition to reach new heights and the green-grey background symbolizes the grounding and stability necessary for their growth. The colours and elements in this rug symbolise the artists’ moulding process as they bring their vision to life.

In a world of square boxes, round circles and love triangles, sometimes we just need liberation from the oligarchy of geometry’s patterns. From something charmingly off-beat to downright unconventional. Breaking the pattern of orthodox shapes and limited forms is Art De Rug’s Anomalous Art Collection. Conjuring as much interest as statement to any space they are set in, letting you explore texture as much as feelings, and moods as much as motion. An expression of nature and dimensions, textures and craft, each rug is a unique design and the veritable evolution of human imagination.

The Olympian Blue Twinkle rug is more than just a floor covering. The striking Olympian blue colour is symbolic of the power of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece who lived atop Mount Olympus. The rug's concentric circles evoke images of ripples on a pond, drawing your eye into the centre, like a vortex of energy. Playful aesthetics come to life in this piece, bringing a touch of whimsy and charm to your space.