“Linen has a strength and luster that survives generations and weaving is an undervalued craft that is far more complex and difficult to understand and master than most disciplines. As someone born and raised in the city, I am fascinated by everything that comes directly from nature – raw materials that can be used so immediately to achieve concrete results. Linen has a strength and shine that survives generations. And weaving is an underrated craft that is far more complex and difficult to understand and master than most disciplines. Klässbols preserves a wealth of historical knowledge and has an impressive ability to adapt it to our modern times. “

Margot Barolo is a designer with a background from Beckmans and Konstfack and runs design agency Margot Barolo AB. Over the years, she has worked with some of Sweden's leading companies such as Klässbols Linneväveri, Svenskt Tenn, Iris Hantverk , Rörstrand/Fiskars, etc. The materials vary and it is the projects that rule. Wood, ceramics and textiles are the most common. She has long collaborated with Ulrika Mårtensson in many projects under Barolo/Mårtensson and together stand behind brands such as Knits By The Metre and Brave Production . Margot has also run production and delved into issues that challenged the image of production, the Swedish art industry and our valuation of people and the creation of products in the book Brave New Production and the magazine Brave Magazine #2 as part of an artistic research project "No Innocent Objects". She lectures and teaches at various design colleges and is an active board member of the Norwegian National Association of Artists. Barolo has been widely used as an expert in recent years in matters relating to small-scale production and entrepreneurship for design and artistic activities, as well as in process and project work. Is now also program manager at Beckmans School of Design at Form and during 2017 was acting CEO of Handarbetets Vänner.