Cc-tapis is a Milan-based rug company, producing handmade pieces in collaboration with leading designers and architects. Built on craft and creative partnership, the brand had developed a strong cultural identity but lacked a digital platform equal to that positioning. They came to Giga for a full build: strategy, visual identity, catalog website and e-commerce.
The platform had to serve two audiences with opposite expectations. B2B users — retailers and agents — needed a commercial tool: stock lists, cross-filters by colour, shape, designer and technique, prices retrievable in seconds. B2C clients needed a world: collection stories, making-of content, editorial depth. Most brands resolve this by separating the two — a trade portal and a brand site running in parallel. For cc-tapis that would have been a split the brand couldn't afford. We looked into the minimum viable unit that could streamline these necessities and bind them together: the knot.