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Furniture Fair

Sofa Mamalook.

Light Chair Antelope.

The table Spela.

FURNITURE FAIR

2010

We noted that the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2010 was full of joy and playfulness. The world gathers here to talk about furniture and design! And as the fair's guest of honor, Sir Paul Smith says: "Make room to break the rules." I feel hope!

BY BRITTA HENLEY

Perhaps it is the case that 2010 has the feeling of starting anew. The first furniture fair of the new decade was characterized by optimism and felt full of hope. Naturally, I want to share some of my absolute favorites. There were plenty of inspiring novelties and personal expressions, it bubbled with joy and playfulness, and there was also a beautiful simplicity. Like TAF's (Gabriella Gustafsson and Mattias Ståhlbom) latest lamp Wood for the design company Muuto, which is somewhat childish and raw in its design and entirely in pine. A fantastic piece of furniture that I was drawn to immediately is Anna Kraitz's sofa Mamalook for Källemo; it has strict lines but also curvy legs with a belt around the waist! Not to mention Alexander Lervik's installation Transit at the Nordic Light Hotel in collaboration with Johansson Design, where he has been given free rein to work with the theme of travel. There is a sofa in the shape of a conveyor belt with cushions that look like suitcases, and lamps in the shape of smaller and larger bags. That was a clear favorite! Jonas Bohlin has created a few playful pieces for Klong, including a small table that mixes materials in an exciting way where the tabletop looks like a ping-pong paddle with a leather-wrapped handle so that the table can easily be moved around, also because it is on wheels! The chaise longue Camping. The chair Kurbits.

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Furniture Fair

The lamp Velvet.

The pattern Karl.

2010

Pia Wallén has been to Paris and was inspired to design three exciting patterns for Frösö Handtryck; the fabrics are called Karl, Coco, and Paco (read Lagerfeld, Chanel, and Rabanne). Someone else who has also worked with textile expressions is Thomas Bernstrand, who designed the lamp Velvet for Zero. Velvet has the shape of a velvet fabric lamp but is made of 4 mm thick aluminum to reflect a heavy velvet fabric.

Other fantastic lamps were seen at Berns Asiatiska Salong, where Monica Förster re-dressed Berns' classic chandeliers into enormous Asian paper lanterns. Förster has become an internationally acclaimed designer and has designed furniture for well-known furniture companies around the world. For this year's fair, she has also designed the chair and table Antelope for Swedese; they truly look like their name; so supple, sheer, and beautiful. Another wonderful furniture group consisting of a sofa, chair, and table was designed by Helene Tiedemann for NC Möbler. Kurbits is the name of the furniture, which plays with large and small proportions.

Normann Copenhagen's booth always feels playful, and here was the furniture group Camping, designed by Jesper K. Thomsen, which is reminiscent of a camping experience you never know if you have actually had or just think you have. It has such soft shapes, the wood is so fine, and the leather in the furniture feels so close to the body.

Finally, we sat down in the fair's design bar, designed by Jonas Wagell. It made me happy and excited. The bar flirted with the happy days of the 70s. Lamps in different materials, clouds, balloon trees, and other things in bright colors that were just so lovely.

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