By Ylva | Weaving Design

Ylva Kongbäck Östlund is a textile Designer with a long experience. She started her own trademark by Ylva 2008. The collection consists of kitchentowels and cloths woven on electronic jaquardmachines at Ekelunds AB and plastic rugs woven on traditionals jaquardlooms for rugweaving by Björnols AB. Ylvas intention is to work with local production. She wants to be able to work in the weaving mill when the new products will take form. Ylva is specialized in weaving design. In Sweden weaving production has been very hard reduced during the late decades because of the low price concurrence. Ylvas desire is to keep the knowledge in Sweden for coming decades, while she thinks the production will return. She also wants to have a good control over the production, therefore it is good to have it close to her. Ylva has been teaching design students in weaving design at the Textile University in Borås and the Textile Institute for about 15 years. Ylva has freelanced and cooperated for 14 years with Linum AB, 22 years with Ekelunds AB, some commissions for IKEA and with many more cooperators. During about 15 years Ylva worked with stimulating swedish handicraft people with seminars and courses. She has developed the rep rug for a new time as well as straw weaving. For this she has been rewarded with ten Excellent Swedish Form. Ylva has travelled a lot in the nordic countries with courses, seminars and exhibitions during the last thirty years. For the last four years she is working with her own brand by Ylva and now by Ylva is going out on export.