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A rectangular rug featuring a detailed image of a nebula and starfield lies on a wooden floor. It is set in a bright room with a white sofa, a black sculptural chair and a white brick wall.

Product Design: Rugs that look like the solar system? Yes please

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Date
4 June 2013

It’s not often we post about things that you can actually buy with your hard-earned cash, but seeing as it was payday last week we present you with one of the most coveted household items we’ve seen for a long time. We found out about Schönstaub after lovely photographer Nadja Stäubli dropped by the office last week. Together with pal David Schönen, she creates machine woven, large format carpets that resemble the creamy, sci-fi goodness of The Milky Way.

These are far superior to the average outer-space print that you find on so many goods these days; some of these rugs take about six months to make, and the level of craftsmanship that goes into them is ridiculous. Got a wooden floor? It’s practically naked without one of these bad boys. Start saving.

A rectangular rug featuring a high-resolution image of a starry nebula lies on a wooden floor. Behind it, white bookshelves filled with books wrap around a window and a blue butterfly chair.
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Schönstaub: HEIC0607A

A dense cluster of bright stars and glowing nebulae set against a dark, star-filled sky. Swirls of white and reddish cosmic dust drift through the centre of the frame.
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Schönstaub: HEIC0607A

A large square painting with swirling white and brown abstract patterns leans against a red slatted wooden fence. Green leaves and small white flowers partially obscure the bottom right corner of the canvas.
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Schönstaub: MOB3915

A sepia-toned image of a nebula, with swirling clouds of gas and dust. Bright white light glows from the centre, surrounded by a dense field of tiny stars.
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Schönstaub: MOB3915

A close-up of a rug featuring an abstract design in blocks of cream, deep red, black and pale blue. The fabric curves gently, showing a soft, matte texture and a thin red border.
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Schönstaub: Haw-Lin for Schönstaub

A vast, glowing orange nebula of gas and dust stretches across a dark, star-filled sky. Bright white stars are scattered throughout the cloud, with a dense cluster shining intensely near the centre.
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Schönstaub: NGC346

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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