{"product_id":"pixel-rugs","title":"Pixel Rugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Travess Smalley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining early pixel-art aesthetics, glitch culture, and the optical warp and weft of woven carpets, Travess Smalley builds “rugs” from thousands of colored pixels. Subjected to layering, tiling, and compression, these compositions become a distortion of colors and textures, familiar patterns broken down into something luminous and hypnotic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book follows the project’s evolution through studio sketches, code snippets, and essays that situate Pixel Rugs beside Harold Cohen’s plotter drawings, the procedural maps of early rogue-like games, and the optical dynamism of Op Art. The result is a body of work that feels at once hand-knotted and digitally generated—a meditation on how images travel from loom to bitmap and back again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIncludes essays by Casey Reas, artist and Processing co-creator, and Anika Meier, curator and writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePixel Rugs is printed using Quadrifluox, an experimental fluorescent-ink printing technique that imbues each page with vivid luminosity and chromatic depth. The pages are reactive under UV light, creating a unique, collectable publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArt direction by Luca Bendandi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Freya Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Vetro Editions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 192 pages, 5-colour Quadrifluox offset (4 fluorescent PMS + Pantone 812 C), 7.87 × 9.84 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-3-91-200601-8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48531354976510,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1681\/2497\/files\/PixelRugs_4abebce2-ad75-4f57-a9c6-caea9f96999f.jpg?v=1783710118","url":"https:\/\/draw-down.com\/products\/pixel-rugs","provider":"Draw Down","version":"1.0","type":"link"}