2005 / Concepts

Five Playful Chairs

Five Playful Chairs (2005) featuring both the celebrated Light Swing and The Red Chair. The Red Chair, of which only 10 were made, was acquired by museums and art collectors and is regarded more as a work of art than a regular piece of furniture. The Light Swing, as the name suggests, is a swing for indoor and outdoor use made from LED-lit acrylic and hemp rope. On the back of a feature in the NY Times, the Light Swing was widely publicised on the internet, featuring on more than 30,000 blogs after it was first presented in 2005.

Designer: Alexander Lervik
Year: 2005
Producer: Lervik Design
Category: Concepts

Five Playful Chairs is a conceptual object by the Swedish designer Alexander Lervik, dated 2005. The work was developed and realised by Lervik’s own studio. In the portfolio it is listed under concepts.

Alexander Lervik is a Swedish designer whose work spans furniture, lighting, product design and collectible design. His practice combines function, storytelling, technology and conceptual experimentation, moving between industrial production, limited-edition objects and design art. He trained at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm and runs his studio in Österlen in the south of Sweden.

The project belongs to a body of work that is represented in museum collections including Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo and the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, and that has been covered by international design and news media. Related works can be found through the furniture, lighting and collectible design pages and in the complete portfolio.