Tikau's Taina is lecturing with theme: Design & Everyday

The masterclass of Happiness is a four day crash course for a happy lifestyle in the world´s happiest nation organized by Visit Finland.

We are happy to be part of the journey lecturing about Design & Everyday. The founder of Tikau, Taina Snellman-Langenskiöld, will be talking about design philosophy, traditional design techniques, nature, sustainability, well-being and happiness..

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House Rescue project

The Billnäs Gård Mansion is originally built in 1912. The villa was originally in an ancient condition and has been fully restored cooperation with the Finnish Museum Agency. Up to the garden, the villa has been extensively restored both inside and outside. The restoration is done with exceptional purity, with the idea that the house will stand in place for at least another 100 years.

The design in Billnäs Gård is based on the idea of recycling and ecology. Vintage furniture have been carefully picked and restored to give the villa a unique look and feeling. The aim of the interior design is to use materials and furniture that age beautifully respecting the historical feeling of the house.

Interior Design with colours and harmony

The design is based on the idea of recycling and ecology. Vintage furniture have been carefully picked and restored to give the villa a unique look and feeling. The aim of the interior design is to use materials and furniture that age beautifully respecting the historical feeling of the house.

The color choices of the villa are unique, and each room has a different atmosphere. Various natural colors and shades are present in the interior. Although different and bold tones repeat in the villa, the aim is to create the most harmonious result as possible. There are hardly any white walls in the manor. Each space and room offer its visitors a unique visual experience.

The ultimate idea in space planning and interior design is that visitors feel good in a beautiful environment. The aim was to create a homie interior while respecting the old, but without feeling like in a museum.

Made in Weaving studio, Karjaa  

Ülle collection is launched in autumn 2022 as the result of a long and diligent product development project. In the background, there is also a strong desire to maintain self-sufficiency and to maintain Finnish craftsmanship in carpet weaving. Our Ülle collection fights for the preservation of the Finnish handicraft tradition, and we at Tikau want to do our best to ensure that high-quality carpet manufacturing does not disappear from Finland completely.

Domestic weaving machines from the 1950s are whirring today in Tikau's Karjaa weaving studio, producing all the carpets of the Ülle collection by hand. The largest machines enable even large sizes: as much as 280 wide carpets are made to order.

Surplus wool and local production

Ülle carpets give Finnish sheep's wool a new life in a time when the vast majority of wool otherwise ends up as waste. We use local domestic wool in Ülle collection. However, the production process is not completely uncomplicated.

A production process based on recycling is often more challenging and time-consuming compared to a production based on virgin raw materials. The production process based on surplus wool is also slow and expensive. First, the wool is washed, then dried and sorted at a weaving studio in Karjaa. After that, we send the wool to a nearby area to be spun. In the end the wool returns to our weaving studio, where the weaving process begins with traditional carpet machines.

The journey of lamb's wool from spinning to final carpet is an expensive and time-consuming process, but worth all the effort in the end. The result is a thick, luxurious, and ecological carpet that lasts from generation to generation.