For the Stroke collection each room is envisioned as a blank canvas and the rug as the singular gesture onto which one builds a composition. Starting from domestic associations, Marcelis considers the expressive potential of everyday life. “The house is like a canvas and we are constantly creating drawings and marks and traces with our daily gestures. Strokes, wipes, brushes, streaks; surfaces become a temporary canvas. The rugs I designed for cc-tapis capture these gestures in a permanent state.”