Ozge Fettahlioglu × Lila Rugs
Nature's patterns. Designed to be felt.
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Sacred Motifs translates ideas about form, material and human experience into tangible design decisions, brought to life through Lila Rugs' expertise in handcrafted textiles.
Made to order · Colour and size customised for each project
Sacred Motifs No. 01
The spiral has long fascinated me. It suggests movement, growth and continuity, qualities echoed in nature.
In the original book cover, I wanted the circular form to feel as though it were turning. The irregularities are deliberate, giving the geometry a sense of life.
The motif also carries a personal idea: how health, performance and wealth can compound over time, and the importance of preserving what matters.
Translated into wool, that idea gains texture, softness and depth. The image becomes something experienced through the body and in relation to a space.
“The spiral grows. The outer form keeps everything together.”
A turning, continuous form that introduces a sense of visual rhythm.
Intentional departures from perfect geometry create a more organic expression.
Wool gives the motif another sensory dimension through pile, texture and softness.
Every detail has an intention.
The story
“My neck hurts! I can't stop reading your book.” That was Yuna Khatri, founder of Lila Rugs, on reading Designing for Health and Wealth. Then she asked: why don't we make your book cover our first rug?
The drawing travelled from Australia to Nepal, where women artisans began bringing the Golden Spiral to life in wool. While the samples were being made, devastating floods struck Nepal. For a while, the rug hardly mattered, and it was a relief to hear everyone involved was safe.
When the samples arrived, Ozge Fettahlioglu realised the spiral had begun doing something she hadn't designed it to do. It was gathering people. A book had connected two designers. A drawing had connected people across countries.
“I designed the spiral to show how the things that matter can accumulate and be held together. I never expected the rug itself to begin gathering so much before it had even found a home.”
Ozge Fettahlioglu
Golden Spiral began as the cover of my book, which explores the relationship between our surroundings and our health, performance and wealth. Discover the thinking that first inspired the motif.
Discover the bookWhy wool
My work in neuroarchitecture asks how the built environment influences the way we feel, think and live. That curiosity extends to the materials and objects we encounter every day.
“Wool interests me for its natural origin, tactile character, resilience and physical qualities. Through Sacred Motifs, these attributes become part of the design process rather than a finishing consideration.”
Designed for more than the eye.
The collection
Every interior has its own proportions and palette. Sacred Motifs consists of established designs individually made to order, with dimensions and colours tailored to each project while preserving the original motif.
For specifiers
Debut · 25 to 26 November 2026
The first full-size Golden Spiral was made especially for the Biophilic Cities Australia VIP and Speakers Lounge, a space designed around biophilic design and neuroarchitecture, where the rug sits in conversation with material, colour, light and the character of the room. The VIP and Speakers Lounge
Where
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
When
25 and 26 November 2026
The rug
3 m × 3 m · New Zealand wool · hand-tufted · cotton backing
The collaboration
Sacred Motifs connects Ozge Fettahlioglu's exploration of neuroarchitecture, biophilic design and meaningful pattern with Lila Rugs' experience in handcrafted rugs and project-based production.
Behind the design
Neuroarchitect, Western Sydney University lecturer and Board Director of Biophilic Cities Australia. Founder of Cocoplum Design Studio in Hunters Hill, Sydney, and author of Designing for Health and Wealth.
Behind the making
Founder of Lila Rugs, creating handcrafted rugs for individual projects and leading the making of every Sacred Motifs rug.
Commission
Hotel lobbies, lounges, suites and corridors, and the architects, interior designers and private clients who create them. Commissions are discussed by appointment, directly with Lila Rugs: applications, samples, specifications and quotations.
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