Birthday: 21.03.1966

Birthplace: Helsinki, FIN

160 square metres, 800 kilograms, 19 million knots: These are the key data of the largest rug in Bremen, Germany. It was knotted in Nepal, where Finnish Kristiina Lassus has her award winning floor coverings made. But for her, globalisation doesn’t end here: She exports Finnish design-expertise from her design bureau in Milan, Italy, in cooperation with Finpro on the global market.