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Zollanvari International

Zollanvari International

Zollanvari International

Zollanvari International carpets embody the spirit of Persian carpet design and weaving treasured across the world. Our passion has always been for the artistic weavings of the nomadic people of southern Persia, where almost all our collections are woven, except those for the US market.


Our designer collections have been created in collaboration with distinguished studios in Milan (SoFar SoNear), Vienna (NOV24), Long Beach/Cyprus (Soheila Shayegan), and our own design studio in Shiraz. We have found inspiration not only in the Persian carpet heritage but in weaving traditions across the globe – from Pre-Columbian art to Japanese costume. We offer most of our designs in custom sizes and colours as well as a bespoke service for designers who wish to produce their own creations for specific projects.


The art of carpet making has always exemplified the expression of a culture – a way of life. Our use of pattern, color and symbolism have thus been constantly evolving. What sets us apart is the active encouragement we give our weavers to allow their own aesthetic sense to shine through the designs. Individual, expressive and unique carpets are the result.


Zollanvari AG
Gebäude B
Embraport 16
CH-8424 Embrach
Switzerland
T +41 44 493 28 29
WhatsApp +41 79 742 35 77
F +41 44 493 07 73
Email zollanvari@zollanvari.ch
Web www.zollanvari.com

3D exhibitions

Zollanvari International

Glitched - A New Era for Gabbehs

13 Dec 2022 – 02 May 2023

Glitch Art is the inspiration behind the Glitch Gabbehs collection designed by Milan’s SoFarSoNear Studio for Zollanvari. Glitch Art describes a visual style characterised by using digital or analogue errors for aesthetic purposes, whether that be intentional or by accident. “There’s a controlled imperfection to [glitch art], and it’s a reminder of the technical elements of design. It visualizes technology as having a combination of textures and patterns but without perfection.” Terrence Morash, ex-creative director of Shutterstock The term ‘glitch’ itself originates with engineers and astronauts to explain faults within the technology they were working with. But the visual aesthetic can be traced much further back, to the beginning of the 20th century through distorted forms in cubist paintings, abstract short films, and pixel-like rug designs akin to 8-bit video game landscapes. In fact, many antique rugs feature abstract, distorted patterns that seem to predict the glitch movement of later centuries. In this collection, Luca Ferreccio and Francesca Gasparotti of SoFarSoNear Studio Milan reinterpret traditional archaic gabbeh designs using a new digital language. The result: a collection composed of eight distinct designs each in multiple colourways hand-knotted using the finest wool from the Zagros Mountain region of Iran and dyed using natural vegetable dyes.

latest works

  • Rivets 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Rivets 4, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Panorama 1, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFar SoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Aureole 4, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Rivets 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Bonfires 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Panorama 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Panorama 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Metropolis 4, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Metropolis 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Metropolis 5, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Metropolis 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Rhinestone 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Cryptogram 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Cryptogram 4, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Orchard 1, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
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    Orchard 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
  • SoFarSoNear Studio

    Cryptogram 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
  • SoFarSoNear Studio

    Bonfires 2, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh
  • SoFarSoNear Studio

    Aureole 3, Glitch Gabbehs Collection, SoFarSoNear Studio Milan for Zollanvari, 2022
    Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh