# Stencil-Like Carpets ‘Top Floor' Rugs by Esti Barnes Include Hand-Made Designs By Katie Cordrey | Published 2009-10-05 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/esti-barnes-rug-designs References: [avantgardedesign.blogspot](http://avantgardedesign.blogspot.com/) & [topfloorrugs](http://www.topfloorrugs.com/intro.htm) Esti Barnes designs stunning floor coverings. Most of her concepts are brought into being by hand. Many are [sculptural](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rondin). Some boast cutouts while others are a brilliant mix of color, texture and graphic form. Top Floor is a flooring-focused interiors business that was founded in 1998. It is an award-winning source for distinctive contemporary [handmade rugs and carpets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/massimo-copenhagens) for both residential and commercial clients. **Implications** - The special rugs were made to compliment the home in a way like no other. An interior design decorator from the UK states that the floor covering made by Barnes are more like [works of art](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skyline-carpet) than anything else. The flooring comes in shapes such as circles, flowered cutouts, ripples and squares. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.3/10 - Popularity: 95% | Activity: 85% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Hand-made Carpets:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Explore the use of traditional hand-made techniques to create unique and artistic floor coverings with innovative designs. - **Sculptural Floor Coverings:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop sculptural rugs and carpets that not only provide functionality but also serve as artistic focal points in interior design. - **Colorful Textured Rugs:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Experiment with combining vibrant colors and textures in rug designs to create visually stunning floor coverings that enhance the aesthetic appeal of spaces. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Interior Design:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Incorporate unique, hand-made carpets as statement pieces in interior design projects to create visually captivating and distinctive spaces. - **Handmade Rug Manufacturing:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Embrace innovative techniques and designs in the production of handmade rugs, offering customers exclusive and customized floor coverings. - **Artistic Home Decor:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrate artistic and sculptural floor coverings into the home decor industry, providing customers with functional pieces that double as art installations. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Luxurious Handwoven Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/crate-barrel.md) - [Dynamic Bold Graphic Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eley-kishimoto.md) - [Mesmerizing Artful Patterned Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electtrico-collection.md) - [Floral-Inspired Home Rug Capsules](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/magical-garden.md) - [Season-Inspired Rug Lines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artistic-rug-range.md) - [Dynamic Flatwoven Carpet Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/matter-colection.md) - [Flower-Inspired Vibrant Rugs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/espressionismo-floreale.md) - [Patterned Bright Carpet Collection](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/newstalgia-collection.md) - [Optical Illusion Carpets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-3d-carpet.md)