Designed and launched in winter 2011 due to the incredible following of the hugely expensive and impossible to obtain crux blanket 580.
Pia wallen crux blanket uk.
Slitz bracelet 15 mm gold red.
Produced in collaboration with a swedish company that manufactures environmentally friendly cotton fro.
The cross blanket from pia wallen pays homage to her famous crux blanket.
The crux blanket in 90 lambswool and 10 cashmere.
135 x 210 cm.
Slitz bracelet 15 mm gold red.
Pia wallén at blå hallen.
And two images of the original crux blanket from pia wallen image from housetohome co uk image from myscandiavianhome blogspot co uk however there is a way of owning a bit of swedish cross action without needing to remorgage your home.
Mega crux blanket the mega crux is a playful exaggeration in scale and abstraction of the cross pattern from the original crux blanket which pia wallén designed in 1991.
The crux plate which was one of pia wallen s first products is considered a design classic today.
In swedish folk art tradition the cross is a strong symbol for hope.
The blanket is handicrafted in one of scottland s most renowned weaving mills from 1866 and made with the finest blend of 90 lambswool and 10 cashmere.
Like the crux the cross is made in small batches in sweden but costs a lot less than its 900 fore bear.
The newly designed cross blanket was launched to make a blanket that was more accessible and affordable yet offered the same design integrity.
With its distinctive identity the products have also been celebrated outside sweden s borders.
Pia wallen cross blanket.
The slitz family has new siblings.
Mega crux new colors.
Pia wallén in nk stil.
Today pia wallen s products are displayed in museums around the world and they have also been exhibited at major exhibitions in both london and paris.