Sonnhild Kestler | L`Esprit Summer Blanket

For L’Esprit, Sonnhild Kestler has designed a large woven cotton blanket that is perfect for an afternoon nap or a picnic in the shade. In the tradition of her signature style of color combination and juxtapositions, the blanket invites to be thrown onto surfaces all year around: from the beach to the lawn to the bed.

Sonnhild Kestler is a Swiss textile designer known for her intricate and captivating textiles. Her products include scarves, foulards, woven wool and cotton fabrics. Inspired by folk art. Influenced by Eastern European folklore, Asian art, traditional Indian textiles, and everyday culture, her designs emerge through a collage technique- whether in more figurative- stage like scenes or more abstract compositions of color schemes.

Evolved from Zurich’s underground and punks scene and today active as a one-woman business for more than 30 years, Sonnhild Kestler has received the Grand Prix of Design by the Federal Office of Culture, her work is shown in exhibitions both within the design as well as the art context internationally. 



Edition of 50

Cotton, woven stripes.

100% Cotton

About L’Esprit:

L’Esprit is a collection of beautiful things and objects designed in close collaboration with some of our dear artists, designers and brands– especially for SAALHOF 1123.


L’Esprit is the fantasy of a summer in the countryside, spent with plenty of leisure and few plans, a summer of long conversations at the table with family and friends, stretching deep into the cool night. A summer of slow days with thick books, maybe a trip into town or to the water just on time to watch the sun set before we return home full of new memoriexs.



All of L’Esprit ‘s items have been produced in a strictly limited edition and exclusively for SAALHOF 1123. They deliberately blur the boundaries between contemporary art, design and craftsmanship to create new, playful variations. 

At the same time, they are an expression of exchange, friendship and collaboration – entirely in keeping with the “Esprit” of SAALHOF 1123.