With Canevas, Belgian-born designer Charlotte Lancelot has made a magnificent contemporary take on a classic technique, which successfully eludes the trap of nostalgia. The series includes rugs, cushions and poufs that may be used in combination, to create cohesive spaces, or independently as accent pieces.

The Canevas collection uses the cross-stitch technique to create unusual aesthetic compositions, drawn with thick colored wool threads over a base of perforated felt. Some designs manifest as pixelated and blurred flowers while others, like the cushions, seek to emulate more worn surfaces with abstract patterns.

All the elements of the collection are handmade by Indian artisans, using 100% virgin wool.

Canevas, a GAN Spaces collection

GAN spaces are collections meticulously constructed from innovative concepts and artisanal production methods. Suggestive approaches that, stemming from a rug, are capable of bringing to life a whole family of modules and accessories with which to design an environment or “space”. A set of designs linked together, designed to project stimulating and contemporary atmospheres with an open, flexible and casual configuration.

Charlotte Lancelot, designer of the Canevas collection

Charlotte Lancelot was born and raised in Brussels, where she studied industrial design at the Higher National School of Visual Arts of Cambre. After graduating in 2003, she worked at the office of architect and designer Alain Berteau for two years, before founding her own studio. The work of Charlotte Lancelot is characterized by a deep contemporary revision of traditional techniques and references to the past with new textures and color palettes. Her personal style can be appreciated in all of her creations, including Canevas, launched in 2012, Silaï (2015) and Canevas Geo (2018).