With the latest iteration of his Curves project, artist and designer byseanbrown creates rugs inspired by your favorite throwback records.
The homewares series has also reconnected Brown with the more holistic approach to design he cultivated at the beginning of his career with cult sportswear label—so much so that he’s now planning to revive the label with his first new designs in three years. “That’s kind of how I was programmed as a store manager or a buyer,” Brown continues. “There’s a shirt, there’s the pant, there are the accessories, and then you have to think about how everything is going to live together.
Even if the frenzied response to the rugs has much to do with their nostalgia factor, Brown’s personal selection process behind which CDs to recreate lies more in the aesthetic value of the original disc designs. “The whole reason I chose that specific album for the Jay-Z rug is not actually because it's my favorite Jay-Z album to listen to from top to bottom,” Brown explains. “But in terms of design, it works best because of the gray.
That doesn’t mean the more sentimental throwback appeal of the rugs is lost on Brown. “I was talking to a friend and we were discussing how we don't think it's fair to judge art so harshly in the moment, because it can mean something so different to the following generations,” he says. “I remember being a kid and my parents judging people like Diddy because it was a new and very flashy kind of rap, which strayed away from what purists wanted rap to be.
Despite the enormous success of the rugs, Brown has since decided that the two limited-edition drops released so far will be both the first and last. “I do think it has a shelf life, and I don’t want to go past that,” he says. “I think at a certain point, you have to say that was cool and move on, so it’s not being overdone.” It’s impressive considering that stock is still hotly in-demand, and a sideline producing custom pieces would inevitably be a lucrative venture.
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