FUTURE LOCAL
Image: Blankets: Duetto (blue-beige), Jakala (white-grey), and Sointu (blue-brown). Courtesy of Lapuan Kankurit.
In Lapua, Finland, a tradition that began in 1917 is finding a new expression for a new future. Lapuan Kankurit (which translates as Weavers of Lapua) is aiming for an entirely vertically integrated production line, all the way from fibre collection to finished products...
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