Quilt | 2022

Designers: Ellinor Eliasson, Kasthall Design Studio, Kasthall Mattor och Golv AB., Kinna, Sweden
Manufacturer: Kasthall Mattor och Golv AB., Kinna, Sweden

During Milan Design Week in June 2022, Kasthall Design Studio is launching Quilt - a rug with influences from Japanese Boro textiles and design icons Anna Albers and Sheila Hicks. The idea has been to design a rug where many layers of design elements intersect.

When combined, its different colors, shapes, and textures create an elaborate, genuine, and recognizable design piece. Quilt is a hand-tufted rug in pure wool and linen, where its surface is both cut and looped to different heights that meet in patches of color. The inspiration for the complex patterns of the rugs is partly taken from the visual expression of the Japanese Boro textiles.

In the 19th century, these textiles were created with a patchwork technique. The beauty of Boro textiles is how they can extend the lifetime and bring new life to things. Using what is already there, the originals can live on for several generations, a value that aligns with Kasthall's main ethos of longevity.

All Kasthall's rugs are made to last a lifetime or longer. Designer Ellinor Eliasson was also influenced by Anni Albers and Sheila Hicks, particularly by the beautiful and complex textiles they created and how they used color and shape to create new nuances. The creative process's central theme has been to create new, unique expressions.

In Quilt the three-dimensional textures, tufting directions, and colors are mixed together to simulate a woven twill. The result is a complex composition with many colors, shapes, and textures.

A few yarn colors have been mixed with each other, which adds vibrancy, and the wide border holds everything together and gives it a beautiful frame.
Kasthall Design Studio wanted to develop an innovative rug that stands out and shows the uniqueness of Kasthall, but that is still producible despite its complexity.

With mathematical precision and great knowledge of the craft, Ellinor has created a rug that must be described as an innovation in Kasthall's rug production. Quilt is available in two color schemes: "Bronze Green" and "Terracotta Sand."