“My work is driven by a continuous exploration of colors and patterns within the materiality of design”, says Margrethe Odgaard on her design philosophy. As a means of seeking to uncover how design can have a sensuous appeal in a positive, stimulating manner, Odgaard designed the Pebble Rug for Muuto.

Being a loop rug with a physical character, Pebble Rug has an at once physical yet subdued character: “I wanted to create a rug that made people feel at home in its presence, almost inviting them to take off their shoes and walk across it barefooted—it was about creating a rug that felt right, both from a visual and tactile standpoint,” notes Odgaard.

Pebble Rug is made from a canvas base layer in jute with friendly, woolen loops atop. On the materiality of the design, Odgaard remarks: “The idea was to use materials that activated the interplay of light within a space. By combining jute—a material that reflects light—with wool—being light absorbing—the Pebble Rug gets a modern and refined expression.”