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ALL EYES ON LERVIK

Designer Alexander Lervik fascinates and impresses with his innovative lamps made of everything from chocolate to a spine, and for what seems to be an inexhaustible store of energy.

TEXT JOSEFIN UDÉN PHOTO ALEXANDRA LUND

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COMFORTABLE SEATING. The comfortable armchair Nest in wood, metal, and leather, for Johanson Design.

At Stockholm Furniture Fair in February, he presented no fewer than nine new products. High-achieving, one might call it. Nya Rum became curious about what makes Alexander Lervik let loose on a new idea. About what inspires him. So we asked.

1. ORANGE It represents natural shapes. I often try to find parts that can result in a shape, like a chair in the shape of a flower. Finding nature's shape. And then it looks great because it's orange.

2. HEADPHONES Music is very inspiring, especially when working. If you have the right kind of music, you get in the right mood. Then what kind of music it is varies completely; I have broad taste, with everything from Robyn to Lana Del Ray or Coldplay.

3. CHOCOLATE I think it's fun to see how materials can be used in different ways, and since I'm crazy about candy, I was curious to test how I could utilize it in a form, so it became the shade for my chocolate lamp.

4. LEGO CAR When I was little, I played a great deal with Lego and continued until late in childhood. I think I got a lot of my desire to create from that.

5. TECH BOX Yes, that's some diodes and circuit boards. It symbolizes technology, which I find fun. Building everything from LED lamps to small intelligent gadgets inspires me.

6. CRYSTAL Once again, it's about nature's shapes. I recently worked on a project coming out this autumn where naturally beautiful shape was an important source of inspiration.

7. EAMES PLYWOOD CHAIR It, just like all four chairs I have included here, is about different design techniques. When I design furniture myself, I am of course inspired by earlier generations' forms, and Eames specifically was very early with bentwood, which I find fascinating. What you can create and renew based on that.

8. TRAIN TICKET Traveling is probably my biggest source of inspiration, going around the world and seeing new environments. Just being off and letting the brain have freedom gives an incredible amount of input to creativity.

9. MEASURING STICK I work very quickly and in a way carelessly, and that is something I try to work on, being more meticulous. So it can stand as an inspiration for precision.

10. BOOK That particular book is a hotel and restaurant interior design book, but it's more that books as such are very inspiring. Finding ideas—it doesn't have to be that the book is about the field I'm going to work with, it can be something completely different that influences what you're doing.

Alexander Lervik Profession: Designer. Beckmans School of Design. Current with: Nine new products presented at Stockholm Furniture Fair.

11. METAL STRIP I have always been very fascinated by LED technology and technical applications. Understanding, moving forward, and developing new products with its help. Disappearing into the LED world and then creating.

12. EAMES LA CHAISE A chair that is still extremely innovative in its form, and this was made back in the 1950s. It could just as well have been designed today and had novelty value. They were early.

13. THE Y-CHAIR As with all chairs, it is again about the technology, what it made possible.

14. NOSE This is Michelangelo's David's nose, and it stands for art as a whole, which inspires me immensely and which I transfer into my work.

15. DIAMOND CHAIR The steel technique in it is completely fantastically innovative.

SHADOW PLAY. The candlestick Skugga for Gallery Pascale from 2004 is a bestseller.

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ON A CHAIR OF PINS. The chair Spike for Gallery Pascale was launched in conjunction with Stockholm Furniture Fair.

HOTEL LAMP. The lamp Nothamn for Belid was originally designed in 2011 for Nordic Sea Hotel in Stockholm.

GLASS ART. Alexander Lervik designed the series Art in Glass together with Kosta Boda.

FUTURE JEWELRY. With the help of a 3D printer, Alexander Lervik designed these for V Ave Shoe Repair.

FUNCTIONAL. Lucy Folding Table just received the Red Dot Design Award and is, as the name suggests, a folding table.

STEEL CHAIR. Red Chair consists of seven lacquered steel rods and is in the collection of, among others, Nationalmuseum in Stockholm.

44 EASY CHAIR. Inspired by 50s design, Alexander Lervik designed this chair.

SOFT SHAPES. Bubble Chair for Moroso from 2010.

THREE-LEGGED. The coffee table Neptune from 2002 for Johanson Design.

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