rugged designs ... the beginning
Rugged Designs is an organisation dedicated to home and product design and is run by Cape Town-based Interior Designer, Cara Siegers. Launched in November 2009, the concept sprung from a desire to create an eco-friendly range of floor coverings, using only recycled fabrics and natural materials.
The end result is an eco-aware homeware range of hand- knitted interior accessories using over-sized needles, to reform and recycle waste material. Each design is overseen by Cara to ensure that patterns and textures are uniquely created with outstanding quality and that the overall look and feel is cosy, contemporary and crafted. These designs are off-beat and quirky and challenge what truly is "green" about Eco-living.
Our local craftswomen assist in the assembly of all designs and are targeted through projects with an admirable cause. Our objective is to aid in empowering and uplifting these women, by imparting both a creative response and set of skills that can then be passed forward.
Made by hand (and with a lot of heart), go on, take a look, we know you’ll find something you love...
The end result is an eco-aware homeware range of hand- knitted interior accessories using over-sized needles, to reform and recycle waste material. Each design is overseen by Cara to ensure that patterns and textures are uniquely created with outstanding quality and that the overall look and feel is cosy, contemporary and crafted. These designs are off-beat and quirky and challenge what truly is "green" about Eco-living.
Our local craftswomen assist in the assembly of all designs and are targeted through projects with an admirable cause. Our objective is to aid in empowering and uplifting these women, by imparting both a creative response and set of skills that can then be passed forward.
Made by hand (and with a lot of heart), go on, take a look, we know you’ll find something you love...
"The homecraft tradition of crocheting meets contemporary styling in these modern, commercially oriented eco-designs"
~ Paul Duncan, Head of Design and Homeware at Woolworths
