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First design exhibition in Odenplan's metro

Beckmans design program and the time as an apprentice carpenter.

Alexander explores the world of stools

A 26-year-old Vasastan resident is exhibiting at Odenplan subway station. It is stools he is exploring, the designer Alexander Lervik.

Subway commuters at Odenplan can take the opportunity to also take a quick journey through stool design across the century while waiting for the train. The designer who is exhibiting is Alexander Lervik, lives on Vanadisvägen and is newly graduated from Beckmans design program.

Why stools in particular?

– Because stools express their time in a very clear way. Here is the functional, environmentally friendly 90s stool in four parts – stylish, yet easy to take apart and store. In the 90s we live a bit more cramped or at least think it is important that things do not take up space.

The inspiration is the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban who built an entire cardboard city for earthquake victims in Japan a few years ago.

Among the stools is also the 60s soft-orange cushion stool, the 50s flight-ready insect-like stool in elastic wood, and the 80s tin can.

It is not at all certain that all the stools are in chronological order at the exhibition. The viewer has to guess.

Fun exhibition venue

"Ten stools – ten decades" is the first design exhibition in Odenplan's art showcase ever. The subway is a fun exhibition venue, thinks Alexander Lervik. Here the exhibitor reaches people who might never have set foot in a design exhibition. It is an environment where things are happening all the time. He is glad that the platform showcase can be used for art, where it could just as easily have been sold for advertising.

26-year-old Alexander Lervik combines experiences from

– SL has been good with art in the subway. Now it's starting to get a bit old in places. The stations don't have to look the same for 30 years.

Some renovation is underway, he adds, which can be seen among other places at the Hötorget and Gamla stan stations.

Maria Carlqvist Photo: Ulla Montan

English translation of the original article. Text read from the scanned original; small transcription errors may occur.