Paris Déco Off Visit: Vandra Rugs

We first encountered Vandra Rugs at Paris Déco Off, an annual design event where leading international fabric, wallpaper and interior-finishing houses share their work in open ateliers across Paris. Vandra is a producer from Sweden that combines traditional Swedish röllakan weaving with contemporary geometric composition, and makes its rugs by hand at a weaving atelier in southern Ukraine.

For the living room of a project, we used Vandra’s Rettangolo rug with a pattern designed by Ami Katz. Its pixelated framing and tactile linen rya stripes create a three-dimensional quality, while the color choice recalls the home’s exterior fabric sunshades. More about the production of Vandra Rugs.

Rettangolo rug in the living room of a project: The tactile linen rya stripes create a three-dimensional quality, while the color choice recalls the home’s exterior fabric sunshades.

Rya is a traditional Scandinavian rug-making technique characterized by a long, soft pile created by tying wool knots into a woven foundation, producing a textured short shag surface. Originally developed for insulation, rya rugs are now valued for their tactile quality, depth and handcrafted appearance.