If we ever wanted to create a nursery with an “Animals Our Children Will Never See” motif, this Global Warming rug by the Mexican design team at NEL (and available at Spanish retailer Nanimarquina) would certainly tie that room together. Maybe you can’t see it, but they surely intended this to be a Big Lebowski environmental metaphor: you see, the carbon-spewing corporations, those are the “carpet pissers.” Society is like the Dude, who just wanted his rug back. And Al Gore? We’d like him to be Walter, but see him as more of a Donny.


chris Tuesday, 08.05.08 @ 12:57 pm

m’k….does anyone see the glaring irony of producing MORE stuff in the name of “”"global warming”"”, as that would entail manufacturing and logistics – the output of energy and fuel, subsequently adding to said global warming,…assuming we “evil” humans are the main contributing factor to said warming of said globe. Clearly we need to be responsible about the environment, careful about what we churn out, and that includes churning out products that “”"”save”"”" the environment. The “green” movement is now about as close to a fashion statement/marketing strategy as you can get. The sky is NOT falling…..only our reasoning is.


Candy Saturday, 08.09.08 @ 1:54 pm

What does this carpet tell us? Nani Marquina´s contribution to the global warming. Some symbols need to be added: Ships, trucks and airplanes;

the routes of transportation of the wool from New Zealand to India; the carpet from India to Spain, from Spain to the rest of the world.
It rather makes the problem worse than good.

Nanimarquina is only pushing up her fame and fortune at the expenses of others.

Another product of the category: “Products that nobody needs”




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