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ARKITEKTEN 20
magazine BULLETIN FOR DAL/AA AND AAR
SEPTEMBER 1998 — 100TH VOLUME
advertising pages: furniture
lighting. Bega concentrates on the development of lighting fixtures for interior and exterior lighting of offices, museums, public buildings, sports halls, as well as road and street lighting and underwater lighting. Glashütte Limburg handles interior lighting for private homes and for the contract market, working with glass as the primary material. The Dutch Boom concentrates on exterior lighting for private homes, public buildings, and streets and paths.
The group publishes a lighting magazine four times a year (this year it has 42 years behind it), and in the latest issue from April 98 one can read about the group's deliveries to the newly built Getty Center in California, designed by Richard Meier. But the main emphasis in the magazine is quite naturally placed on the presentation of the group's newest lighting fixtures, and it is not boring. It quickly becomes clear that the three lighting companies maintain an exceptionally high standard in both design and execution. Glashütte Limburg has chosen their very elegant pendant and downlight with a low-voltage halogen light source in brass/mouth-blown glass, and a newly developed pendant for Deutsche Bank, executed in cast aluminum, stainless steel, and 3-layer opalized glass. Boom shows a new series of outdoor fixtures executed in copper, stainless steel, and 3-layer opalized glass. Bega is represented with a low-voltage halogen downlight with a stainless steel collar, two fixtures for walls and steps in stainless steel, as well as a very elegant fixture for park and path lighting, equipped with low-energy fluorescent tubes and executed in lacquered aluminum, frosted glass, and transparent acrylic. In addition to the magazine, Lichtgruppe Gatenbrink publishes a main catalog, and the latest one (no. 26) has just been published.
Source: Bega, Lichtgruppe Gatenbrink, D-58 689 Menden, telephone +49 2373 966 0, fax +49 96 62 60. Dealer for Bega is Lightmakers, Indiavej 1, Sdr. Frihavn, 2100 København Ø. Telephone 35 43 70 00, fax 35 43 54 54. MR
Ten decades in Swedish
Here comes a Swedish furniture architect whom one would be wise to keep an eye on. The name is Alexander Lervik, and as a graduation project from Beckmans Designskole in Stockholm in the month of May, he has chosen to muse on the 20th century: "As a graduation project I have chosen to find out how it has been, as a preparation for what will happen. I do this with the help of ten stools, one for each decade," Lervik writes in his fine brochure. And it must be noted that Lervik goes through the ten decades with talent, curiosity, and humor. Mackintosh, Rietveld, Breuer, Aalto, Mathsson, Wegner, Kjærholm, Memphis, etc., are among the sources of inspiration, and they are all lovingly kept in check. Lervik has succeeded in capturing both the spirit of the time and expression with very great empathy and precision, and that is unusual for such a young designer. His graduation project(s) have been supported by a long series of good Swedish furniture manufacturers, and that is easy to understand, because they must almost be queuing up to get hold of that talent.
Source: Alexander Lervik Design, Vanadisvägen 28, S-113 46 Stockholm, tel./fax +46 8 32 64 70, web: www.ungdesign.se MR
Three new cabinets
Gustafs Inredninger AB is a Swedish company that has specialized in manufacturing cabinets for commercial interiors, offices, institutions, etc.
Most recently, three new cabinets have been launched: an environmental cabinet, a newspaper cabinet, and a wardrobe, respectively, all of which appear in a functional design and high craftsmanship execution.
The environmental cabinet is intended for storing and sorting dry office waste and recyclable waste, which is emphasized by a routed recycling logo on the cabinet doors. The cabinet is available in four sizes and is delivered with sorting boxes in recycled plastic.
The newspaper cabinet is delivered in two variants, partly as a brochure rack divided into compartments and partly as a magazine rack with shelves. Both variants are manufactured with storage space behind the slanted fronts. The cabinets are furthermore equipped with a low-voltage halogen fixture mounted on an independent top panel.
The wardrobes are made in sections, from one to six sections, and can be supplied with solid, perforated, or slotted doors, or with glass doors. In addition to the cabinets, Gustafs Inredninger AB also produces shelving, cabinets with locks, mail sorting cabinets, and bag storage cabinets. All products are available clear-lacquered in the wood species beech and birch, as well as in the colors white, red, and blue.
Source: Asmus Schultz, Turebyvej 27, 4682 Tureby, telephone 56 28 30 02, telefax 56 28 30 42. MR
Newspaper cabinet (brochure rack and magazine rack, respectively) from Gustafs Inredninger AB.
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belysning. Bega koncentrerer sig om udvikling af belysningsarmaturer til indvendig og udvendig belysning af kontorer, museer, offentlige bygnin- ger, sportshaller, samt vej- og gade- belysning og undervandsbelysning. Glashiitte Limburg tager sig af indven- dig belysning til private hjem og til kontraktmarkedet og arbejder med glas som det veesentligste materiale. Det hollandske Boom koncentrerer sig om udvendig belysning til private hjem, il offentlige bygninger og til gader og stier.
Gruppen udgiver et belysningstids- skrift fire gange om året (i år har det 42 år på bagen), og i det seneste nummer fra april 98 kan man lese om gruppens leverancer til det nyopfarte Getty Center i California, der er tegnet af Richard Meier. Men hovedvaegten i tidsskriftet er meget naturligt lagt på Praesentation af gruppens nyeste belysningsarmaturer, og det er ikke kedeligt. Det står hurtigt klart, at de tre belysningsfirmaer holder en szr- deles hej standard i bade design og udfarelse. Glashiitte Limburg har valgt deres meget elegante pendel samt downlight med lavvolt halogenlyskilde i messing/mundblest glas, og en ny- udviklet pendel til Deutsche Bank, der er udfart i stebt aluminium, rustfrit stål 0g 3-lags opaliseret glas. Boom viser en ny serie udendgrsarmaturer, der er udfart i kobber, rustfrit stål og 3-lags opaliseret glas. Bega er reprasente- ret med en lavvolt halogen-downlight med krave i rustfrit stål, to armaturer til vegge og dertrin i rustfrit stål, samt et meget elegant armatur til park- og stibelysning, bestykket med lavenergi- lysrar og udfert i lakeret aluminium, matteret glas og transparent akryl. Ud over tidsskriftet udgiver Lichtgruppe Gatenbrink et hovedkatalog, og det seneste (nr. 26) er netop udkommet,
Kilde: Bega, Lichtgruppe Gaten- brink, D-58 689 Menden, telefon +49 2373 966 0, fax +49 96 62 60. Forhand- ler af Bega er Lightmakers, Indiavej 1, Sdr. Frihavn, 2100 Kabenhavn &. Tele- fon 35 43 70 00, fax 35 43 54 54. MR
Ti artier pa svensk
Her kommer en svensk mabelarkitekt, som man gar klogt i at holde gje med. Navnet er Alexander Lervik 0g som afgangsopgave fra Beckmanns Designskole i Stockholm i maj méned har han valgt at fabulere over det 20. drhundrede: »Som examensarbete har jag valgt att ta reda på hur det har varit, som en férberedelse för det som
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kommer att ske. Detta gör jag med hjälp av tio paller, en för varja årtion- de,« skriver Lervik i sin fine folder. Og man må konstatere, at Lervik gennem- går de ti årtier med talent, nysgerrig- hed og humor. Mackintosh, Rietveld, Breuer, Aalto, Mathsson, Wegner, Kjerholm, Memphis osv. er blandt inspirationskilderne, og de bliver alle holdt i kerlig ave. Det er lykkedes Ler- vik at fange såvel tidsånd som udtryk med meget stor indlevelse og precisi- on, og det er usaedvanligt for en så ung designer. Hans afgangsprojektler) er blevet stattet af en lang razkke gode svenske mabelfabrikker, og det forstår man godt, for de må nasten stå i ke for at få fat i det talent.
Kilde: Alexander Lervik Design, Vanadisvägen 28, S-113 46 Stockholm, tlf./fax +46 8 32 64 70,
web: www.ungdesign.se MR
Tre nye skabe
Gustafs Indredninger AB er et svensk foretagende, der har specialiseret sig i at fremstille skabe til erhvervsindret- ning, kontorer, institutioner m.m.
Senest har man lanceret tre nye skabe, hhv. et miljaskab, et avisskab og et kledeskab, som alle fremstar i et funktionelt design og i en haj hand- verksmessig udferelse.
Miljaskabet er beregnet til opbeva- ring og sortering af tart kontoraffald 0g genbrugsaffald, hvilket understre- ges af et udfraeset genbrugslogo i skabets låger. Skabet findes i fire sterrelser og leveres med sorterings- bokse i genbrugsplast.
Avisskabet leveres i to varianter, dels som brochurereol, der er opdelt i bokse og dels som tidsskriftreol med hylder. Begge varianter fremstilles med opbevaringsplads bag de skråt- stillede fronter. Skabene er endvidere forsynet med et lavvolt halogenarma- tur, der er monteret på en selvsteendig topplade.
Kizedeskabene udfares i fag, fra ét til seks fag, og kan leveres med mas- sive, perforerede eller slidsede lager, eller med glaslåger. Ud over skabene fremstiller Gustafs Inredninger AB ogsé realer, skabe med lås, postsorte- ringsskabe og skabe til taskeopbeva- ring. Samtlige produkter kan fås klart- lakeret i treesorterne bag og birk, samt ifarverne hvid, rad og blå.
Kilde: Asmus Schultz, Turebyvej 27, 4682 Tureby, telefon 56 28 30 02, tele- fax 56 28 30 42. MR
Avisskab (brochurereol hhv. tidsskriftreol) fra Gustafs Indredninger AB.
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English translation of the original article. Text read from the scanned original; small transcription errors may occur.
