GoodWeave Rug Design Competition goes from strength to strength and reveals outstanding student design talent
June 2010 – Zixi Qu, first year Textile student from Loughborough University, is announced as the winner of the 2010 GoodWeave Rug Design Competition...Read more >
GoodWeave competition boosted by strong support from rug industry
February 2010 – Jacaranda Carpets, the specialist rug and carpet manufacturer, and WovenGround.com, the acclaimed rug retailer, are co-sponsoring the 2010 annual GoodWeave rug design competition...Read more >
B&Q expands commitment to ethical rugs
January 2010 – B&Q has become a licensee of the GoodWeave ethical rug labelling scheme, and now sells a significant choice of rugs bearing the GoodWeave label on the reverse...Read more >
Modern Rugs signs up to GoodWeave
December 2009 – The latest retailer to sign up to the GoodWeave ethical labelling initiative is Modern Rugs, the online retailer, which offers a vast collection of over 10,000 rugs at www.modern-rugs.co.uk...Read more >
BBC3 documentary highlights child labour in Nepal
November 2009 – The rug industry came under the spotlight in the recent BBC Three programme Kids for Sale when Stacey Dooley visited Nepal to reveal the widespread issue of child slave labour: children are forced to work for a pittance, making beautiful, hand-knotted rugs for markets such as the UK, for up to 14 hours per day...Read more >
Competition winners exhibited at 100% design
November 2009 – The 2009 RugMark Design-a-Rug competition has been won by Amy Long, studying textile design at Loughborough University, with an original design featuring bold print detail...Read more >
RugMark Announces 2009 Design Competition
March 2009 – RugMark is once again running a major rug design competition aimed at college and university design and textile students, following the success of its 2008 competition...Read more >
RugMark announces winners of its first ethical rug design competition
September 2008 – RugMark UK has announced the winners of its ethical rug design competition. This is the first year for the competition, which aims to raise awareness about the ethics of rug manufacturing amongst design students and interior designers...Read more >
Ned Daly to lead RugMark International's expansion plans
November 2007 – RugMark UK announces an important new staff addition for RugMark International...Read more >
RugMark urges consumers to look for the RugMark!
October 2007 – RugMark UK, the ethical accreditation for rugs, is making its biggest ever push to get rug buyers to look for the RugMark label...Read more >
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