Dutch designer Sabine Marcelis has created Roll, a rug with a wood-and-resin arm that transforms the product into a sofa, which she is debuting at a modernist house during Mexico City art week.
Roll takes its form and name from the act of unrolling a rug.
Sabine Marcelis has designed a sofa rug for CC-Tapis. Top and above photo by Alejandro Ramirez Orozco
“With subtle irony, Roll suspends the rug mid-action, transforming it simultaneously into a rug and a seat,” said Marcelis.
The designer created three limited-edition pieces for Italian carpet manufacturer CC-Tapis, in burgundy, baby pink and a reddish brown colour called rust.
It was revealed in an installation in a modernist house during Mexico City art week 2026. Photo by Alejandro Ramirez Orozco
Each piece of furniture was made from a flat textile of 100 per cent, robot-tufted wool. A curved, wool-clad arm was connected to one end of each of the textiles, to give the impression of a rug being rolled out on the floor.
Marcelis crafted the base of each arm from wood and finished them with glossy accents of resin – a staple material of the colourful but minimalist works the designer is known for.
When combined with their respective arms, the textiles transform from rugs into seats. Photo courtesy of Sabine Marcelis and CC-Tapis.
When combined with their respective arms, the textiles transform from rugs into seats.
“The work draws on a familiar, everyday gesture typical of living spaces,” explained Marcelis.
“Sitting on the rug and leaning against another element for support, making it explicit and fixing it into a singular form, suspended between use and sculpture.”
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Roll marks the first non-rug product produced by CC-Tapis, which Marcelis and the manufacturer unveiled during this week’s Mexico City art week.
The trio of products is on display as part of a site-specific installation at the modernist Valner Residence, an early-1970s house in Mexico City designed by architect AgustÃn Hernández.
The arms are covered in robot-tufted wool. Photo courtesy of Sabine Marcelis and CC-Tapis.
Elsewhere in the city this week, Davidpompa studio is showing lighting made from discarded seafood shells salvaged from local restaurant Contramar.
See Dezeen’s curated list of 15 of the festival’s must-see architecture and design events taking place across the Mexican capital.
Mexico City Art Week 2026 takes place from 1 to 9 February 2026 at various locations across Mexico City, Mexico. For more architecture and design talks, exhibitions and fairs visit Dezeen Events Guide.
