Designer

Kangan Arora

Kangan Arora is a textile designer specialising in print and pattern

Born in India and now based in London, Kangan's work explores bold colour, geometry, abstraction and playful pattern application; with a specific interest in traditional and contemporary colour languages and processes. With a signature style that takes assimilated shapes and unexpected juxtapositions, she brings them to life through screen-printing, weaving and digital applications.

Kangan has a real explorative approach to design and colour, which has seen her designs work span across large scale to small format. You’ll see her graphical designs in spaces like her ceiling to floor tapestries in Exchange House as well as homeware and product collaborations for TATE, IKEA and REN. Our rug collaboration introduces Kangan’s designs woven into large scale hand made rugs to enjoy within the home, providing an effortless contemporary feeling to a space.

Kangan was in fact our first ever rug collaborator back in 2014 where we launched the Circus hand knotted rug. The sheer boldness in the rug designs pathed the way in introducing a left field approach to rug-making with a more graphic and contemporary aesthetic. Since launching our first collaborative rug, Kangan has designed over 20 rugs with us with many colour iterations to choose from.

Binary Dark

Kangan Arora

Binary Dark

Regular price £995.00

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Binary Pastel

Kangan Arora

Binary Pastel

Regular price £995.00

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Casa in Black and Cream

Kangan Arora

Casa in Black and Cream

Regular price £1,625.00

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Casita in Burnt Orange

Kangan Arora

Casita in Burnt Orange

Regular price £1,075.00

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Casita in Yellow

Kangan Arora

Casita in Yellow

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Chakra

Kangan Arora

Chakra

Regular price £1,480.00

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Circus

Kangan Arora

Circus

Regular price £1,260.00

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Eclipse

Kangan Arora

Eclipse

Regular price £2,340.00

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Harlequin

Kangan Arora

Harlequin

Regular price £1,510.00

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Harlequin Runner

Kangan Arora

Harlequin Runner

Regular price £1,065.00

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Harlequin X in Blue and Brick

Kangan Arora

Harlequin X in Blue and Brick

Regular price £395.00

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Harlequin X in Blue and Coral

Kangan Arora

Harlequin X in Blue and Coral

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Jungali

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Kangan Arora

Jungali

Regular price £990.00

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Khidki

Kangan Arora

Khidki

Regular price £995.00

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Loha Grey

Kangan Arora

Loha Grey

Regular price £995.00

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Loha Indigo

Kangan Arora

Loha Indigo

Regular price £468.00

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In conversation with Kangan Arora

Colour is life, colour is energy, colour is joy. Colour isn't a pantone reference, it’s fluid, it’s alive and it’s ever changing.

Kangan Arora

Colour is an integral part of Kangan’s design process, this being a very tactile process of research and discovery. A Dictionary of Colour Combinations by artist and designer Sanzo Wada guided Kangan throughout a trip to Japan which she later used to curate the palettes seen in our rug collaboration.

We talk to Kangan about her approach to materiality and colour:

What strikes you most about Sanzo Wada’s Dictionary?

‘The dictionary is how I experienced colour when travelling in Japan - it was put together in the 1930’s but I was finding the same colours in today’s urban environment as I went around. The post office for example, was painted in the exact same palette that I discovered in the book - 90 years on. I was there running a design workshop and subsequently made some work inspired by old Chirimen fabric archives. What struck me was the links I found between India and Japan, from their fascination of Madras checks in the Edo period to their patronage of Indian village textiles today.

How do you approach balancing colour palettes?

I am always building my library of colour - through photography, drawing and collecting objects. Colour is also a very physical material to me, it’s not something I can digitally apply at the end of the design process. It’s often the starting point. We need to stay in touch with our material cultures, to see and touch - as designers and as human beings - digital materials and techniques although practical, lose a lot of the magic!

What exhibition has most inspired you in your adult life?

Bridget Riley at the Hayward, because I was slightly in shock at what it did to my senses. I had to sit down every five minutes as the works were moving in front of my eyes! How she applies colour has had a huge impact on me as a designer, as I’m always thinking about what I can make colour do, not what it can do for me

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In Conversation with Kangan Arora

We talk to Kangan about her methodology to all things colour

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Cosmic Check by Kangan Arora

We're delighted to launch Cosmic Check as the first of a two-part collection by textile designer Kangan Arora. The meticulously thought-out patterns and colour combinations seen across the 10 new rugs are borne from what Kangan describes as ‘often mathematical’ processes and were designed during lockdown.

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Falling Shadows by Kangan Arora

Introducing Falling Shadows, the second part of our new rug collection with Kangan Arora. The designs draw on arches, openings and architectural forms which are picked out with a clean linear aesthetic and a simple palate of dual colours.

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Kangan Arora

Kangan Arora runs a London-based multi-disciplinary design studio; her approach is typified by a celebratory use of colour, pattern and abstraction, while rooted in an appreciation of contrasting cultures and a rich tradition of visual storytelling, informed by her Indian heritage.