Hus & Hem

ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN TEN STOOLS

By reading, looking at pictures and going to museums and the cinema, Alexander Lervik has formed an impression of 20th-century furniture. In ten stools, he summarizes his impressions.

Alexander Lervik's 1990s stool in plastic is foldable yet stable. It is part of his graduation project from the design program at Beckmans school.

188 ‘H’W BY KARIN OHLSSON-LEJJON PHOTO CHRISTER VALLSTRAND

Actually, it started with a school assignment formulated by Ake Axelsson — the design students at Beckmans were each to make a chair out of a plank. Around the same time, the school organized a seminar on Japanese architecture where the architect Shigero Ban spoke about his way of working, about how he wanted to design houses and furniture that were inexpensive, simple, and easy to transport.

Ban's philosophy inspired Alexander Lervik to make the 90s stool, which consists of four identical pieces of plastic that are put together. The stool is Eastern-austere and beautiful and, furthermore, ingeniously clever in its construction. It reveals that Alexander has the knowledge of materials one gains from two years as a carpenter's apprentice.

HUNDRA ÅR I TIO PALLAR

Genom att läsa, titta på bilder och gå på museer och bio har Alexander Lervik skapat sig en bild av 1900-talets möbler. | tio pallar summerar han sina intryck.

Alexander Lerviks 1990-talspall i plast är hopfallbar men än- da stabil. Den ingår i hans examensarbete från formlinjen pa Beckmans skola.

188 ‘H’W AV KARIN OHLSSON-LEJJON FOTO CHRISTER VALLSTRAND

Egentligen borjade det med en skoluppgift formulerad av Ake Axelsson — formeleverna på Beckmans skulle göra varsin stol av en planka. Ungefir sam- tidigt ordnade skolan ett semi- narium om japansk arkitektur dir arkitekten Shigero Ban be- rittade om sitt sätt att arbeta, om hur han ville rita hus och mobler som var billiga, enkla och litta att transportera.

Bans filosofi inspirerade Alex- ander Lervik till att göra 90-tals- pallen, som bestar av fyra lika- dana plastbitar som sätts ihop. Pallen är osterldndskt stram och vacker och dessutom raffi- nerat finurlig i sin konstruktion. Den skvallrar om att Alexander har den materialkunskap man får av två år som snickarlirling.