Designed by Patricia Urquiola, the Bandas collection revolves around a set of ten individual runners, which can be joined through a simple velcro system to create larger area rugs, or used as covers for which the modules and poufs in the collection. Ten designs with which you can create countless combinations.

The collection is made by hand, using two types of textiles and techniques: a fine fabric, made on a manual loom, serves both to cover the modules and poufs and as a base for the runners themselves, on which the details are hand-embroidered and crocheted by artisans from India.

Bandas is one of GAN’s more flexible proposals, and open to customization. Not only because of all of the possible combinations offered by the ten different designs, but also because of the modular character of its elements. In addition, the possibility of using the same design in both the seating elements and in the rugs produces a unique and original continuity effect between the seat and the floor.

Bandas, 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.

Patricia Urquiola, designer of the Bandas collection

Patricia Urquiola is an architect and designer of Spanish origin who settled in Italy after graduating from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1989. After working with Italian masters of design such as Achille Castiglioni and Vico Magistretti, she founded her own studio in 2001. Since then, she has tackled very diverse projects, from furniture and lighting to ephemeral installations or the integral design of hotels. Her sensitivity to traditional handmade objects and international cooperation in the field of handmade productions led to the start of a fruitful collaboration in 2004 with GAN, which continues to this day.