The Home Front
From custom stair runner to Bauhaus-inspired rug collection
Collaboration has resulted in new product line by Supermarket Studio and Andrea Jae Studio.
By Rebecca Keillor
Vancouver Sun - Published Mar 10, 2026
Loom capsule collection by Andrea Jae Studio and Supermarket Studio. In three colour options: Coast, Espresso and Plum.
If there is one thing Chantel and Ryan Ness of Supermarket Studio and Andrea Ewanchyna of Andrea Jae Studio have in common, it’s the belief that collaboration makes design stronger. Both studios are rooted in craft and process. Both are attentive to material, structure and the lived experience of a space, and both approach design as a dialogue rather than a solo act. This mindset is what brought them together to design a custom stair runner for a residential project. Ewanchyna conceived a runner that would become the visual anchor of the home.
“We collaborated with Supermarket Studio to make it happen,” she says.
The stair runner design drew from Bauhaus textiles and architectural lines, resulting in a bold geometric pattern that honoured structure.
“That project was really rooted in design for purpose rather than design for esthetics, which is how Bauhaus came into the mix because ‘form follows function’ is their M.O.,” says Ewanchyna.
As Ewanchyna and Supermarket Studio refined the design, they realized it resonated beyond the client’s home. “We’d have random strangers coming up to us asking where they could purchase that rug,” says Ewanchyna.
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Supermarket Studio received similar inquiries after posting progress images. The response led to the creation of the Loom x Andrea Jae Studio capsule collection.
Loom rug by Andrea Jae Studio and Supermarket Studio, in Espresso.
The Loom collection
At the heart of the collection is a shared respect for textile history.
“Andrea and I were thinking a lot about weaving as a female-led tradition. Heritage and tradition have been carried forward through knowledge, repetition and making,” says Chantel Ness.
The influence of Bauhaus textile artist Anni Albers was intentional.
“We were inspired by Anni Albers’ idea of textiles as a dialogue between maker and material, which encouraged us to work with restraint and rhythm rather than decoration,” says Ness.
Bauhaus was a German design movement focused on function, geometry and the union of art and craft. In the Loom collection, Ewanchyna and Ness reflect that ethos by prioritizing structure and material over ornament, using disciplined geometry and the loom’s warp as a starting point to create purposeful, tactile rugs.
Colour, personality and comfort
The Loom collection features three distinct colourways, says Ness.
“‘Espresso’ is intentionally neutral and easy to live with, ‘Coast’ is a bit more fun, and ‘Plum’ nods to the colour-drenching trend happening in interiors right now. It was really about seeing how far the same design could stretch just through colour,” she says.
Developing those palettes required experimentation, says Ewanchyna. Supermarket Studio have hundreds of colours in their studio to select from.
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What you think might work doesn’t necessarily translate, so the colour pompoms Supermarket Studio uses have become critical to the design process, says Ewanchyna. Their studio also helps with decisions on pile height, density and yarn spin so the rugs feel as good as they look.
West Coast modern esthetic
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The Loom collection reflects a West Coast modern sensibility, says Ewanchyna.
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“In terms of design, West Coast modern means framing views of the natural world around us, whether that is through a vista in a window or creating a mood through layering of materials. There are lichens out there in our rainforest in these tones that we can tend to forget about,” she says.
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Ultimately, she says, it’s about how these rugs make a space feel: “I want people to feel underfoot comfort! That’s the whole point of an area rug, isn’t it?! I also want them to feel like it’s a piece of art, but on the floor. I want them to know that each one of these rugs is handmade and therefore one of a kind.”
