It doesn’t take a computer engineer to be intrigued by the appearance of printed circuit boards, the foundation and highway for the hundreds of electronic components that make our electronic devices function. Thier cryptic yet functional arrangement – like an alien city viewed from above – inspired designer Lukas Scherrer to make the Memory Rug.
As with many carpets, the Memory Rug has repeating patterns and elements, only in this case its parts resemble processors, conductive pathways and the like. But unlike a real circuit board the Memory Rug is made of nothing but wool felt.
I wonder if it’s upgradable.
[via MOCO LOCO]
Harmonden makes 8-bit crocheted rugs of notable characters from video games (like the one above that features Link from Legend of Zelda) and of other gaming-related stuff, like console controllers and other game elements. You can check more of them out in the gallery below.
The carpet incorporates actual smooth stone pebbles sewn in between two layers of synthetic fabric, so it feels soft yet hard at the same time. It might not be the best carpet for accident-prone people or for those who are into rich and lush carpets, but it does have that added therapeutic factor.