The SLD founder’s aerial view of seasonal landscapes inspired the Da Di Collection. When most people look down from a plane, they marvel at clouds or snap a few photos. When Steve Leung looks down, he sees carpets. Or at least, that’s what happened when the aerial view of fields, rivers, and bamboo forests transformed by the seasons sparked the vision for the Da Di Collection, six rugs launched this month in collaboration with Tai Ping. Steve Leung and the Equinox Echoes rug The collection, dubbed Da Di , takes cues from the lunar calendar’s twenty-four solar terms, but it’s that aerial perspective that gives these designs their distinctive character. From 30,000 feet, nature reveals patterns invisible at ground level: the geometry of cultivated land, the way water cuts through terrain, how forests create linear rhythms across the landscape. Leung translated those observations into six pieces that capture pivotal moments in nature’s annual transformation. Pasture Lace captures spring’s awakening through subtle vertical striping and fine colour gradations, like sprouting grass seen from above. Emerald Hush takes bamboo’s segmented structure and turns it into pronounced horizontal bands with distinct linear geometry. The water-inspired pieces include Jade Ribbon , which mimics gently flowing streams through complex textural interplay where materials converge to capture water meeting earth, and Silver Thread , which mirrors vast summer rivers with strong, rhythmic curved lines and sweeping colour variations. Equinox Echoes reflects autumn’s structured beauty, featuring rich autumnal hues and subtle diagonal striping that echoes the geometric patterns of cultivated fields at harvest. Green Flutes concludes the collection with winter’s approach, using a monochrome palette and interlaced textures. The Green Flutes rug Tai Ping’s high-low pile techniques, gradient colour technology, and multi-material pairings turn these aerial observations into layered surfaces. Joel Frommann, Tai Ping’s Chief Global Strategy Officer, notes that
