Alba

The rug ALBA is designed by Maja Johansson Starander. Growing up influenced by her grandparents home filled with art, Scandinavian Röllakan wallhangings, British wallpapers and craft and textiles from her grandmothers childhood in Ethiopia layed the foundation for a style both Scandinavian and global. Between 2013-2019 Maja designed rugs and collections for Kasthall and world wide market in both tufted and woven qualities. Since 2020 Maja is working from her own studio to explore weaving and making further. The creative process of designing the rug ALBA was sketching in watercolour with blocks of lines and objects inspired by light through a window creating shadows in a room, tactile memories and a mix of stillness and movement. The result was a modern woven rug in röllakan technique. ALBA is woven in Bordeaux, rust, beige and grayish lilac while Vera has shades of green, turquoise, grey, brown and vanilla.