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A geometric pattern of thin pink lines creates a maze-like grid over a light wood grain background. Several solid bright pink triangles and diamonds are scattered across the composition.

Architecture: Ana Varela designs beautiful flooring made up of tessellating patterns

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Date
24 April 2014

Architect and designer Ana Varela was born and raised in Madrid, Spain, where she graduated from the Superior School of Architecture with a bachelors degree in 2007. Since then she’s led an impressive professional and academic career, directing Spanish design magazine Pasajes Diseño and pursuing a masters in Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship at ECAL in Lausanne. Now she teaches at ECAL and maintains a professional practice as an interior and product designer in Lausanne.

Within a portfolio that’s full of beautifully considered projects we’d highlight her Landscape Box and workshops for ECAL as being well worth a look but it’s her patterned flooring designs that we were most keen on; a beautiful array of silk-screened wooden planks that tessellate into an infinite number of striking patterns. It’s simple stuff, but executed superbly – a trademark of most former ECAL students.

A single lemon sits on a small white plate atop a white plinth. Below, a light wood floor is decorated with a geometric pattern of blue lines and solid blue triangles.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A light wood floor is decorated with a geometric pattern of thin blue lines. Several solid blue triangles are scattered across the design.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A mustard yellow knit sweater is draped over a large white cube. The cube sits on a light wood floor decorated with a pink geometric pattern of lines and triangles.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A brown coat hangs over the back of a simple wooden chair. The chair stands against a bright pink wall on a light wood floor decorated with scattered pink triangles.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A series of bright pink lines and triangles are laid over a light-coloured wooden surface. The lines form a stepped, geometric pattern that descends diagonally across the grain.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A geometric pattern of thin pink lines creates a maze-like grid across a light wood grain background. Solid pink diamonds and triangles are scattered across the composition.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A close-up of a light-coloured wooden surface featuring an intricate geometric inlay. Dark triangular shapes contrast with the pale grain of the interlocking wooden panels.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A light wood floor features a geometric pattern of thin black lines. Several solid black triangles are scattered across the surface, creating a fragmented, architectural effect.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

A geometric pattern of black lines and shapes on a light wood grain background. The lines form a series of interlocking chevrons and diamonds across the surface.
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Ana Varela: Thin Lines

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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