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INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE FOR ARCHITECTURE, LIVING AND DESIGN

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Everything about good sleep

His smile charms every mother-in-law, his ideas make the international design scene take notice: With luminous designs, Alexander Lervik enchants spaces!

Anyone entering the trendy "Push Club" in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg, immerses themselves in one of the worlds of 36-year-old Alexander Lervik, the favorite designer of the Scandinavian club and retail scene. He took on both the furnishings and the lighting design of the roughly 600 square meters, creating the country's trendiest nightclub. The trained carpenter, who studied at the renowned Beckmans School of Design after his apprenticeship, designed simply everything over the course of more than a year—from the tables to the sofas to the handles of the restroom doors. But wait. In doing so, he drew upon one of the first products that brought him international attention: in 2001, he made a splash at the Milan Furniture Fair with his illuminated door handle "Brighthandle". It glows red when the door is locked, and green upon leaving the room. For "Push Club", he developed this idea into the "Brightdoors". Based on the same principle, the entire door leaf signals whether the cubicle is vacant. "To achieve this, I used a simple door and LED technology," says Alexander Lervik, "the door was then coated with a light-resistant..."

"Push Club", currently Sweden's absolute hot spot, was furiously staged by Alexander Lervik (top). The "Lounge Easy Chair" (bottom right) and the delicate "Jefferson Bar Stool" (far left) are produced by Skandiform. The "Dolphin Chair" (center left) is in the Johanson Design range; the "Torso Chair" is a prototype.

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