Little Wing Lee is an interior designer who wears many hats. She runs her own Brooklyn studio, Studio & Projects, and recently also served as the Ace Hotel/Atelier Ace creative director. And she’s the founder of Black Folks in Design (BFiD), a network that provides support for Black designers and showcases their work.
Little Wing also likes to collaborate with fellow creatives. She just launched a four-piece collection of sconces and flush mount designs with indie New York lighting company RBW. And while working on rug designs for the Ace group, she got to know the team at Odabashian, in Mexico City, a company specializing in artisanal floor coverings since 1921. They enlisted her to start making her own rugs with them. Here’s the capsule collection—more to come.
Photography by Kelly Marshall, courtesy of Studio & Projects.
![a mood board for studio & project\2\17;s first rug, the okra design, 17](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/inspiration-board-okra-rug-studio-projects.jpg)
![\2\20;the pattern illustrates the form and beauty of the okra plant, ref 18](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/odabashian-x-studio-projects-okra-rug.jpg)
![the okra rug is handmade by odabashian\2\17;s weavers in india of hand s 19](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/odabashian-x-sp-okra-rug-studio-projects-2.jpg)
![little wing\2\17;s first name came from a jimi hendrix song: \2\2 20](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/little-wing-lee-of-studio-projects-echoic-collection-i-rug-wide-crop.jpg)
Prior to her career in design, Little Wing worked in documentary television and film. She has a master’s degree in interior design from Pratt Institute, studied landscape architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and got her start working for SOM and Rockwell Group. Photograph by Kelly Marshall.
![echoic i was developed from \2\20;design explorations of juxtaposed rigi 21](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/echoic-i-rug-by-studio-projects-credit-kelly-marshall-1.jpg)
![like echoic i, echoic ii was inspired by, among other things, west african and 22](https://www.remodelista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/echoic-collection-rug-by-studio-projects-credit-kelly-marshall-2.jpg)
Little Wing reports that Echoic III and Striae I, two new rugs made by Odabashian, will be introduced early this fall—watch for the announcement @studio.and.projects.
More standout rugs:
- Made in Massachusetts: The Merida Collection of Modern Natural Fiber Rugs by Sylvie Johnson
- Now Admiring: Handwoven Rugs in Rich Hues from Kiliim in Egypt
- Expert Advice: How to Track Down Ethically Made, Eco-Friendly Rugs: 12 Tips
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