"Charlap Hyman’s designs for the rug line, available since this summer, are cheeky and arresting. Animal-themed, in black and white with nary a right angle, they resemble something dreamed up by Piero Fornasetti and Albert Hadley on a trip to the San Diego Zoo. Espiral, for instance, is a tightly coiled, smiling snake, and you could almost cut yourself on the jagged teeth of Cocodrilo. 'We’re doing very contemporary design, but there are elements of postmodernism because of the historical references,' says Charlap Hyman. Indeed, he seems like someone who has deeply studied patterns and artworks from centuries past. 'And we love humor too,' he adds, citing a trait also in full evidence."