German carpet designer Jan Kath opened the first Canadian outpost of his eponymous, gorgeously contemporary label in Vancouver’s Railtown last Friday.
"I like it here," said Kath, gesturing out his window at the cranes and railcars in the drizzly dusk. "It reminds me of home." An eye for unexpected beauty and serenely refreshed nostalgia informs his collections, handmade in Nepal from silk and wools, each unique and intense. His Erased Heritage works, for instance, are trompe l’oeils of classic Persian designs appealingly worn by time and treading, while the Heiter Bis Woking depict skylight and clouds and the stunning Spacecrafted collection spread a richly detailed universe beneath your feet. All works are available in custom iterations: a three-to-six-month process, in which your perfect piece in any imaginable hue can be crafted and delivered to your living room floor.
Contemporary design, at your feet. —Adrienne Matei
Jan Kath, 505 Railway St., Vancouver, 604-254-5284, http://jan-kath.de
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