One of my favorite Danish design brands, Normann Copenhagen, released a new series of Gem Carpets in tree colors (shades of blue, grey and purple). Designer Anne Lehmann got her inspiration for the asymmetrical shape and three-dimensional effect comes from nature’s flint stones, minerals and precious stones. The idea behind the Gem rugs came from the inspiration she took from the crystal structures in minerals such as amethyst, quartz and pyrite, which are not defined by an oval or square shape, but rather by asymmetrical facets.