Bla Station: Evolution No.1 2018, 7 24

Seat Height: 40cm
Raised Version: 46cm
Seat Width: 26cm
Seat Depth: 58cm
Backrest Height: 72cm
Backrest Width: 26cm
Backrest Depth: 29cm
Total Depth: 87cm
”We have made Bob even more useable,”
says Stefan Borselius, ”the new elements
allows for gentler curves and freestanding
seating islands.”
”The new 11,5 degree elements allows
for seatings facing in all directions,” claims
Thomas Bernstrand, ”you have an even
greater flexibility in creating forms, and
you can build little poufs as well.”
Borselius & Bernstrand
BOB
When Johan Lindau, CEO and design manager of
Blå Station, challenged two of Sweden’s most renowned
designers, the outcome was all but certain: Is it possible to
make a modular sofa that allow for maximum flexibility with a
minimum of components? And that at a reasonable price?
Stefan Borselius and Thomas Bernstrand worked successfully
together on Experiment 15, which gave birth to Honken,
Poppe and Morris JR. Would Experiment 2017 be as fruitful?
We know now that it was.
”You can easily get stuck on details when you work alone’,
say Thomas Bernstrand and Stefan Borselius in unison. ‘We
work faster together when we can switch roles, taking turns at
leaning back to take in the big picture, or immersing ourselves
in the details.” The collaboration joined two different tempera
ments and working methods. ”We cut and adjusted a volume
in styrofoam in Stefan’s studio until the height and depth was
spot on’, says Thomas Bernstrand. ‘Then we rotated it until it
fitted perfectly on a Euro pallet.”
The final result was a compact volume for transport, where
each module is easy to handle both in the factory and on
site. ”Sit on the back of the sofa, or deep down in it; you will
be sitting comfortably regardless” says Stefan Borselius, and
continues: ”enter the floor plan into the computer and let Bob
acquire simple or complex forms. Email the order to
Blå Station, and you will get a tailored delivery directly from
the factory’”