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"When I had made that stool, I thought it would be exciting to find out what happened in design during the 20th century."

The 40s difficult

He tried to see which materials were particularly popular in furniture at different times and was inspired by influential designers. He read, went to the cinema and museums, and pasted pictures of furniture onto large sheets of paper. The result is ten stools, prototypes that are not in production. Most decades became quite clear after a while, while others were more difficult. The worst were the 40s and the 70s.

— During the Second World War, not much innovative furniture design emerged because many designers were involved in the war industry, he says.

It was difficult to find inspiration, but after much deliberation Alexander designed a 40s stool in beech and webbing. It is the only one of his stools that has a Swedish role model; Bruno Mathsson is clearly in the background.

John Travolta stool The 70s stool in chromed steel and wood came about in a more playful way.

— I associate the 70s with the film Saturday Night Fever and thought about how John Travolta looks in it, a bit sweaty and so on. I wanted to make a stool that was a bit sweaty. But personally I like the 60s stool best. It is comfortable and just my style.

1960s — playful, colorful and comfortable fabric-covered cushion stool.

INTERIOR — — — — — — —

Turn of the century — simple geometric shapes in black-lacquered wood.

1920s inspired with chrome and black.

stool in clear-lacquered beech and webbing.

1970s — like a sweaty John Travolta in chromed strap steel and clear-lacquered wood.

1910s — distinctly sculptural in clear-lacquered birch and oak.

1930s — curved lines in chrome and lacquered steel.

1950s — a ready-to-fly insect in molded oak and steel tubing with a fabric-covered cushion.

1980s — architectural stool in clear-lacquered sheet steel with a cushion.

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