We predict life is just too quick for boring chairs and it appears the Stockholm-based design studio Comment agrees with. In creating the most recent seating collection for the Swedish furnishings firm Lammhultsthe designers have taken the playful, unconventional route Bau to life. “Our purpose was to create a bit of furnishings with lots of character that makes folks comfortable and inventive,” says Notice designer Malin Engvall. And we’re glad to see a modular seating system that has no proper or fallacious blueprint for configuration in properties and places of work.
Bau is characterised by its smooth traces, decrease profile and versatile modules. There are three foremost elements: the armchair, the ottoman and the linking desk. Each the armchair and the ottoman are available three variations – straight, closed and open – to assist create the right configuration. Constituted of powder-coated sheet metal, the geometric linking desk provides a distinction to the relaxed form of the couch and offers a sturdy floor for gadgets.
Commenting on the longevity of this non-conformist design, Kristoffer Fagerström of Notice shares: “We design furnishings for the second-hand market, which suggests it is not sufficient for the supplies to be sustainable. So ought to the aesthetics. A chunk of furnishings should have such a robust identification and character that it’ll proceed to have which means for future generations.” We have now a sense that generations any further will nonetheless take pleasure in Bau’s inviting and cheerful design expression.
Go to lammhults.se for extra details about Bau’s modular seating assortment.
Images by Erik Lefvander.
Styling by Marie Graunbøl.
Artwork route by Notice.
