SFF18: Kasthall Launches the New, Celebrates the Old, and Embraces the Different
Swedish rug brand Kasthall launched four new rugs for Stockholm Design Week, won an award, and collaborated with Stella Works.
Swedish rug brand Kasthall launched four new rugs for Stockholm Design Week, won an award for an existing rug and collaborated with Stella Works for a showroom display. “We are slowly adding new carpets into the grand collection of Kasthall,” says creative design advisor and co-founder of Claesson Koivisto Rune, Ola Rune. “We are trying to lead the trends, find new techniques and make new yarns. I think if we do that we will continue to have a legacy.”
All four new rugs were designed by Central Saint Martin’s graduate and in-house designer Maja Johansson Starander. The first, Freyja, is hand tufted with a chunky wool which is felted and twisted into its final curly form. “Freyja is a textile interpretation of moss and lichen, of stone, soil and mineral,” says a statement from the brand.
The tufted loops are left uncut at different heights to create an uneven surface, and Freyja comes with an accent border which contrasts with the texture of the body of the rug. “In my eyes, this looks like a sheepskin rug,” says Ola.
The Gabrielle rug is a woven-boucle? rug is made of linen and wool yarn. “If you want to make a rug perfect, you need the same tension on all the threads to make the perfect yarn,” says Ola. “If you let one loose when you weave it, it creates these un...
Swedish rug brand Kasthall launched four new rugs for Stockholm Design Week, won an award for an existing rug and collaborated with Stella Works for a showroom display. “We are slowly adding new carpets into the grand collection of Kasthall,” says creative design advisor and co-founder of Claesson Koivisto Rune, Ola Rune. “We are trying to lead the trends, find new techniques and make new yarns. I think if we do that we will continue to have a legacy.”
All four new rugs were designed by Central Saint Martin’s graduate and in-house designer Maja Johansson Starander. The first, Freyja, is hand tufted with a chunky wool which is felted and twisted into its final curly form. “Freyja is a textile interpretation of moss and lichen, of stone, soil and mineral,” says a statement from the brand.
The tufted loops are left uncut at different heights to create an uneven surface, and Freyja comes with an accent border which contrasts with the texture of the body of the rug. “In my eyes, this looks like a sheepskin rug,” says Ola.
The Gabrielle rug is a woven-boucle? rug is made of linen and wool yarn. “If you want to make a rug perfect, you need the same tension on all the threads to make the perfect yarn,” says Ola. “If you let one loose when you weave it, it creates these un...
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