Blue Carpet

For the use of a coloured carpet in publicity events, see Blue carpet.

At the points where this skin reaches a building the slabs curve upwards to create the sensation that the tiles are a fabric laid over the area.

The Blue Carpet is a piece of public art in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, designed by Thomas Heatherwick.[1] It is an area of public open space in front of the Laing Art Gallery, close to the main shopping and nightclub areas, paved with glass-and-resin slabs which curve up at the space's edges, giving the appearance of a fabric carpet. Although classified as a piece of public art, it is closer to an urban design feature.

  1. ^ Hodgson, Barbara (9 October 2016). "Remember Newcastle's Blue Carpet?". nechronicle.