Optical Illusion: 3 Tufted-Wool Rugs With Dimension

For her second collaboration with Stockholm studio Layered, Tekla Evelina Severin, aka Teklan, devised the perfect balance between the architectural and the playful. With references that include classicism and tile compositions, the three tufted-wool rug patterns explore framing, optical effects, and three-dimensional illusions. Diagonal sets the stripe—a recurring theme in the colorist’s design language—at an angle and outlines it with a subtle contour for movement and shadow. One colorway contrasts blue and burgundy; the other is warmer in tone and more graphic, with streaks of black and white zooming through an amber ground. “Working with rugs is like sketching a new geography for a room: You influence how people move and how they perceive scale and surfaces,” the designer declares. Patterns come in two colorways and multiple sizes. us.layeredinterior.com