Everyone has a family, whether
we’re constantly surrounded by it
or it’s just our point of origin
In the run up to 2018, we felt it was time once again to give the family an airing; to let our family
members speak their mind and tell us how they’d like to evolve. BOB, one of the latest members of the
family, has always cherished ambitions about his future. Bob knows what Bob can do – all we had to do
was let him take charge of his own success. Five upholstered sections soon became seven, which means
endless alternative combinations. These days, BOB can curve in or out or both at once. We can fit
power outlets and USBs into the seats if you want, while add-ons like the CUT sofa tray and the JACK
table maximize possibilities. Last but not least, we can provide a base for BOB for all those surroundings
and functions where you need to sit a little higher.
And ever since its successful launch in 2017 BOB has been waiting to go outdoors. We are proud
to announce the free-flowing sofa for indoor use now has been adapted to all seasons in a close
collaboration between Blå Station and Starka, another family business in Skåne, which has 80 years of
experience in the manufacture of concrete for special applications. The heavy-duty version called BOB
Betong will furnish public spaces all around the city with generous seating for everyone.
But there are also other families with ambitions this year, like HONKEN. What about everyone who
thinks Honken is a tad too big as an armchair and everyone else who feels Honken is a little too small
for a sofa? Well, we’ve solved that problem with an armchair that’s smaller and a sofa that’s bigger.
HONKEN S & HONKEN XL.
DENT – this crinkly innovation has also been keen to develop over the past year. DENT Wood – the
most popular member of the family, now comes as a bar stool with 65 and 82 cm seat heights. But
perhaps the most exciting addition is still the well-dressed armchair, DENT Lounge.
The DUNDRA family – already large — just keeps on getting bigger, and now boasts an impressive
swivel chair with armrests and high back. For now we call her DUNDRA High Back.
We did not stick to our ambition of focusing solely on family growth and family refinement this year
either. More than one brilliant new personality turned up who wanted to move in with us…You can read
about them all in this newspaper... or you can just look at the pictures and let them speak for themselves.
We will be presenting GAP at the Stockholm Furniture Fair for the first time. Created by design duo
Osko + Deichmann from Berlin, GAP is a sober, stackable swivel chair with associated tables for cafés,
restaurants, offices, conferences or why not at home?
STOVE by Gabriel Tan is another new member. Developed in the Furnishing Utopia project where
designers from around the world were again given the task of interpreting Shaker design, STOVE is a
small stool for all those occasions when a stool is essential. Place it wherever you want or hang it up if
it gets in the way. Or hang loads of them on the wall to take down as people come and go. Neat,
functional, perfectly comfortable and terribly beautiful.
POCKET, which premiered in Milan at the 2017 trade fair, was created by Spanish design duo Stone
Designs. It has a feature that is always useful in today’s society – a clever pocket under the seat that
allows to you focus on your meeting or enjoy your wine knowing that your belongings are stowed away
safe and sound, close to you.
Johan & Mimi
February 2018
