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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.

Movable walls Folding walls Glass walls Sliding doors Soundproof doors Special doors Joinery sections

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