Handgjorda Tingestar

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Blanket designed by Astrid Olsson, who founded the clothing brand V Ave shoe repair. Below, hand-cast candlestick, Kubi, by Folkform.

Handmade Tingest Alexander Lervik is investing in small-scale production made in Gnosjö, Markaryd, and Malmö.

Text PETTER EKLUND Photo MARTIN PETERSSON

EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT it, few do it for real. Craftsmanship and local manufacturing are on most people's lips, while factories in low-wage countries are running at full throttle. Designer Alexander Lervik took action and started Tingest, a domestic production of craft objects. Now things are running nicely in a handful of small Swedish workshops in Gnosjö, Markaryd, Malmö, and Blekinge. "The idea came when I repeatedly heard how various crafts trades were being forgotten. With Tingest, we show that it is possible to make things here at home on a small scale and still get modern products at a good price point," says Lervik.

Even if Tingest is small, they become a major customer for the local companies. The project was launched in... between utilitarian object and ornament, refined form with a solid feel and weight in brass, steel, wood, and leather; they feel nice in the hand.

"The leather is made by a small workshop in Nissafors, which made a living from wallets with moose motifs that were sold to German tourists."

For the furniture fair, the Tingest pace is stepped up: 25 products by several prominent designers, besides Lervik also Färg & Blanche, Folkform, Astrid Olsson, Broberg & Ridderstråle, Sara Trossman, and a bunch of fun, useful, beautiful interior and lifestyle items, all of the highest quality: wallet, clock, valet stand, candlesticks, lamp, coat hanger, and a white steel cube — an engravable money box, designed by Peter

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