2016...of Swedese. Monica Förster already has a 15-year relationship with Swedese as a product designer. Taking on the role as creative director, she hopes to develop the …

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C O N T E N T S

06 Production

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18 History

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84 Roger Persson

92 Broberg & Ridderstråle

100 Yngve Ekström

114 Leila Atlassi

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Ingrained in our walls.

Some find it strange that we’ve stayed in Småland all these years. But you see, here in the Småland forests is where our heart is. This is where Yngve Ekström created the Lamino, and you can say, without a doubt, that the love of good design is ingrained in our walls.

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We’ve always been fascinated by the qualities and the possibilities of wood. This becomes obvious when you look inside the workshop next to our office. This is where carefully chosen pieces of ash, beech and other types of wood are glued together in order to eventually become a part of a table, a stool or an armchair. Wood veneer has become one of our strongest trademarks. The number of layers depends on what type of furniture we’re making, but it’s always an uneven number. Underframes, arm rests and other details move through production in pairs, never separated.Always made from the same tree, with the same type of grain pattern.

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Beautiful wood structures stand in line waiting to be dressed in fabric or leather. On the shelves are hundreds of rolls of coloured textiles – thick, thin, light, dark. The seamstresses show the same craftsmanship and attention to detail as those of the previous stages of production. Knowing that each piece of furniture will be enjoyed, scrutinized and used for a long time ahead instills a sense of pride that ensures that nothing is left to chance.

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Caring for our staff has always been a priority for us here at Swedese. We know that well-being, kindness and consideration create commitment. In the sixties, we replaced a whole outer wall with glass so that our staff would be able to see the forest and the sky from their work-stations. You see, if it’s your job to make furniture that makes people feel good, you should have an inspiring workplace. That’s the Swedese way of thinking.

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N E W C D Monica Förster is the new Creative Director of Swedese.

Monica Förster already has a 15-year relationship with Swedese as a product designer. Taking on the role as creative director, she hopes to develop the company in the spirit of its founder. Her aim is to take advantage of Swedese’s history and tradition, with Yngve Ekström’s humanitarian approach as a natural point of departure.

“I appreciate the way the company combines its roots as a locally-owned family business with the desire to be an international player as well. We share a common vision in terms of managing and developing the company. We want to transplant Swedese’s positions and spread the notions of sustainability, balance and simplicity to an international arena,” explains Monica Förster.

“There is a direct link between Monica’s working method and that which Yngve Ekström and Swedese represent. It’s a Scandi-navian sense of simplicity, an appreciation for craftsmanship and the tactile; quite simply, producing furniture that makes people feel good,” says Sonnie Byrling, CEO.

In parallel with the company’s work for Swedese, Monica Förster Design Studio will continue in its role as designer for various Swedish and international companies.

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H I S T O R Y

Friends for life.When brothers Yngve and Jerker founded their furniture carpentry shop in Vaggeryd in 1945, they had a clear vision. They were going to dedicate their genuine skills to mak-ing furniture with the human being in focus. The younger brother supposedly said “Let’s just get started, and we’ll figure it out as we go”, probably well aware that their con - scientiousness and curiosity about nature’s own mate-rial would echo through the forests of Småland. But the question is: Did he even dare to imagine that his and his brother’s work would later be natural parts of thousands

of homes and workplaces all over the world?

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Some would say that we’re a bit too finicky. But if you live by the motto that every piece of furniture that carries your name should be a potential future classic, you can’t leave anything to chance. And you can’t just relax and rely on past achievements.

With seventy years in the business, we still combine ergonomics, aesthetics and natural materials to make furniture that’s as attractive today as it’ll be for future generations. Because our history has taught us that sustainable design grows into something bigger than the individual pieces of furniture. They become indispensable parts of your day. They become friends for life.

H I S T O R Y

A T H O M E, on the farm in Vaggeryd, Yngve Ekström had a studio where he worked, meditated and relaxed.

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Design Yngve Ekström

Accent table Sofa table in two different heights.

Material Frame: Solid oak wood. Table top in oak veneer.

Accent sofa 3-seater, easy chair.

Material Frame: Solid wood in oak. Filling: High resilience foam. Nozag springs in seat and back.

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It’s hard to tell whether the Accent family was designed in the 50s or last year. Its beautiful solid-oak frame and the sofas characteristic, jutting armrests make Accent a modern classic, designed by Yngve Ekström back in 1959.

Accent.

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Avalon.

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Design Michael Young

Hong Kong-based designer Michael Young is proud enough to claim that his company designs icons rather than items. And what could be better proof than the exceptional one-piece chair Avalon? According to Young himself, Avalon is a serious commitment to the vision of longevity.

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Baffi.

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MaterialBeech natural lacquer, beech whitelacquer or beech black lazur finish.

DesignGamFratesi

Is it a cleaning tool? A work of art? Either way, Baffi is a broom with straight lines and a sense of humour, to hang on the wall or talk about. Made of natural horsehair bristles and solid beech.

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Bespoke.

MaterialTable top in block board. Oak veneer or white laminate. Table to your size. Steel legs with cover in solid oak. Optional: Table extensions 50 cm. Table drawer in oak.

DesignRoger Persson

The Bespoke table can be ordered in almost any size you want. It’s simple, with no surprising elements to disturb the eye. In white, black or lacquered oak, it’s ideal for any situation and in any room that call for the minimalistic and understated.

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Botanic.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood, MDF and plywood.Filling: High resilience foam (fire retardent, CMHR).Uppholstered base.

MeasurementsL 60 W 40 SH 44L 120 W 40 SH 44L 100 W 80 SH 443 sizes, left and right versions.

Big ideas rarely turn up in front of computer screens. Nor do they crowd conference rooms. Creativity appears in spontaneous meetings, in places full of energy, movement and new impressions. Botanic is designed to encourage those brief, casual meetings that can happen anywhere, anytime in the workplace.

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Boxplay.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: Seat cushions with high resilience foam and cases with synthetic fiber filled with Latex pins.Base: Sled base in brushed steel.

DesignClaesson Koivisto Rune

Boxplay is robust and elegant at the same time. The irregular shape adds playfulness, and this sofa, straight or corner, has the ability to become the centrepiece of any room. And it will become more beautiful with every sitting.

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B O X P L A Y

“Even if you start by thinking ‘we should make a conference chair’, you might end up with a coffee table.

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Brasilia.

Material Laminated veneer in birch, oak or walnut.

Inspired by the sweeping curves of Brazil’s capital city, this sculptural single-form table pushes the boundaries of furniture design. Brasilia’s continuous loop of molded veneer layers is astonishingly executed without visible joints.

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Breeze.

MaterialTable top in ash veneer and steel base. White or black. With flat top or wave detail. Laminated copper plate with copper plated steel base.

DesignMonica Förster

Monica Förster’s designs are based on many feelings and contradictions, to create something new, powerful, useful and poetic. Like the Breeze table, inspired by a soft summer breeze creating small waves in a table-cloth, forever conveying a memory of a lazy summer’s day.

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Caravelle.

The essentially organically shaped Caravelle shell chair has a distinct expression, but is suited to every imaginable environment. It’s available with or without armrests, and with or without upholstery.

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MaterialFrame: Shell in ash wood or oak natural lacquer. Ash wood whitelazur finish or black lazur finish. Base: Steel frame in white or black lacquer or chrome finish.

DesignClaesson Koivisto Rune

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Cartoon.

Cartoon was inspired by the spontaneity of children’s drawings. It features an interesting mix of cartoon-like proportions, austere Scandinavian style and precise detailing.

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MaterialFrame: Massive oak.Braded elastic ribbons in the seat.Filling: High resilience foam.

DesignGramFratesi

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Continental.

Continental is a landmark in modern Swedese history. It’s generous, com-fortable and immodest in a way that’s not typically Swedish, yet it’s placed on an elegant steel frame. It’s an interesting contradiction, and a success designed by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: High resilience foam and polyester fiber. Cushions with com-pressed fiber filled with latex pins.Base: Steel tubing.

DesignClaesson Koivisto Rune

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Cruiser.

Belgian Marina Bautier creates multifunctional furniture and objects without hampering the design. Shying away from technological rhetoric, she emphasises the beauty and the modernity of familiar materials, especially wood.

MaterialFrame in laminated oak veneer with parts in massive oak. Collapsable. Upholstered cushion. Filling: Latex with fiberfill.

DesignMarina Bautier

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Desirée.

MaterialFrame: Anticorrosive treated steel. White epoxy lacquer for outdoor use. Removable seat cushion with high resilience foam, upholstered with water repellent textile.Desirée table: White lacquered steel base. White compact laminate table top.

DesignYngve Ekström

The 1950s saw many architects try to merge indoor and outdoor. Yngve Ekström found the inspiration for his outdoor furniture while studying dish racks that were able to withstand large quantities of water. The graceful garden chair Desirée was born.

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Diva.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood and plywood. Filling: High resilience foam. Nozag springs in seat. Base: Legs in oak or beech.

Design Staffan Holm

In profile, it looks like a sprinter just about to start a race, but from the front it’s open and clearly inviting. The Diva family has attitude, elegance and its very own charisma. Hence the name.

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Divido.

MaterialAsh wood natural lacquer or black lazur finish. Ash wood white lazur finish, and white laminate table top.

DesignBroberg & Ridderstråle

The Divido table’s legs meet its table top in a beautiful and eyecatching way. It’s completely made of ash wood, with a modern look and a subtle wink at Yngve Ekström’s classic Lamino.

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Berlin-born, London-based Corinna Warm is praised for her innovative and surprising work. Like Drum, which holds fruit without a bowl and flowers without a pot. Place a wooden lid on it, to create a regular coffee table with storage space. Perhaps we should just call it a bowl-tray-table?

MaterialTable top (bowl): Ash wood in natural lacquer or white, black lazur finish. Or bowl in aluminum, white or black lacquered (inner bowl in plastic).Base: Steel base in white or black lacquer.

Design Corinna Warm

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Fakta.

MaterialOak natural lacquer.Drawers optional.

DesignYngve Ekström

Fakta is, in fact, surprisingly versatile. Yngve Ekström’s bookshelf from 1958 can hang on the wall or stand on the floor, with any of its four sides facing up or down. Either way, the lines will meet to create a beautiful pattern and a perfect storage space for magazines and books – fiction or fact.

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Flower.

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Organically shaped with stalk-like legs, made with the veneer lamination technique, Flower is a table with such strong design that it’s become a symbol for Swedese. It’s available in three heights that create opportunities for playing with lines and creating a nest of tables.

Material

FlowerTable top in oak, red, white or black laminate, border in natural lacquer birch, oak or walnut. Base: steel base in white, black or chrome finish.

Flower MonoTable top: White- or black stained ash veneer. Base: Steel base in white or black lacquer.

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Gap Café.

The Gap family is known for its clean lines and plain colours. Thanks to the flexible construction of linking units, it can be combined endlessly. Gap Café has a slightly higher seating than its sibling Lounge.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: High resilience foam.Base: Oak or birch legs or sleed base in white or black lacquer or chrome finish. Freestanding and linking units.Available in several options.

DesignSwedese

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Gap Lounge.

MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: High resilience foam. Nozag springs in seat.Base: Oak or birch legs or sleed base in white or blacklacquer or chrome finish. Freestanding and linking units.Available in several options.

DesignSwedese

Gap Lounge offers a wide range of easy chairs and sofas, which can be combined endlessly. Each unit has a small gap between the seat cushion and backrest, which gives it a neat look and makes it easy to keep clean.

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Gap Meeting.

It’s a sign of our time: workplaces with less room and more employees. This creates problems that Gap Meeting can solve, offering a calm, quiet space for interesting conversations and secret meetings. Or just time to think.

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MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: High resilience foam/Polyester fibreBase: Sleed base in white or black lacquer or chrome finish. Free-standing and linking units.Available in several options.

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London-based design duo Barber & Osgerby has designed a comfortable and solid chair with a totally unique look, drawing inspiration from the shape of a human hand.

Glove.

MaterialFrame of laminated wood veneer. Seat and inside back upholstered in fabric or leather, outside in recycled polyester felt.

Design Edward Barber, Jay Osgerby

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Grace has a simple, yet brilliant construction. Half of the backrest is in front of the back legs, while half is behind them, imbuing the chair with comfort and character.

MaterialBeech, oak or ash wood natural lacquer. Ash wood white lazur finish and black lazur finish.With or without armrest, and with or without upholstered seat.

Design Staffan Holm

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G R A C E B A R S T O O L

”Many people worked overtime to make my idea a reality. I’m humbled when I think about it.”

– S T A F F A N H O L M

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Happy.

Roger Persson’s furniture is always beautiful and functional, with a special knack for fitting into all types of environments. The same can be said about this product family with a look that’s stylish, cosy, comfy… Or should we say happy?

MaterialFrame: Steel tubing.Filling: Moulded high resilience foam. Pascal pocket springs in seat.Frame: Steel sled, star base or steel disc swivel base in white, black or chrome finish. Wood base in oak or beech.Option: Rocking mechanism on the swivel chair (Happy Swing).

DesignRoger Persson

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Happy barstool.

The Happy barstool is the Happy chair with longer legs and a lower backrest. This transformation resulted in a modern barstool in two different heights: one for the traditional bar and one for the slightly lower kitchen island.

MaterialFrame: Steel tubing. Steel sled base in chrome finish.Filling: High resilience foam with Pullmaflex springs.

DesignRoger Persson

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Happy armchair.

The neat Happy armchair comes with four different bases, giving it four totally different looks. Therefore it fits as naturally in the office as it does around the kitchen table.

Material Armchair, available with different bases: sled base, disc swivel base, 5-star base or swivel base with 5 wheels.

Approved by Möbelfakta.

DesignRoger Persson

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Happy stackable chair.

The Happy stackable chair is instantly recognisable by the two angled edges positioned on either side of the spacious seating pad. At a quick glance, the upturned sides of the base can be interpreted for a smile.

Material Seat upholstered in fabric or leather. Steel base in chrome finish, white or black lacquer. Frame: Steel tubing. Filling: Moulded high resilience foam.

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H A P P Y L O W

“It’s never easy, and it always takes time, because it’s always about testing, checking, trying out and changing.”

– R O G E R P E R S S O N

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Heaven.

Design Thomas Bernstrand

MaterialFrame: Aluminium sheet metal, lacquered black or white

The ladder Heaven is designed as only one part of a two-parted ladder, where the base forms the overall support. The cone shape makes it look like it is reaching for the sky.

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Just.

The Just sofa has a four-position adjustable back support. It’s perfect for half-lying, easily transformed into a sofa bed, and also surprisingly practical as a normal sofa.

Design Lars Pettersson

MaterialFrame: Solid wood.Filling: High resilience foam. Nozag springs in seat and back. Base: Steel legs in chrome finish or upholstered legs.

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Kite.

Design Broberg & Ridderstråle

MaterialSteel frame covered with light grey or black net. Base: 5-star aluminum swivel base polished, white or black lacquered. With or without uphol- stered seat and back.

Kite high.Swivel chair high back. With or without armrest. Foot stool. With or without upholstered seat and back.

Kite lowSwivel chair low back. With or without armrest. Foot stool. With or without upholstered seat and back.

Kite ConferenceSteel frame covered with light grey or black net. Base: Wheel base or base with glides in white, black or chrome finish. With or without upholstered seat and back.

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Kite has a unique, delicate look and an ingenious construction: a mesh fitted over a steel frame. That’s why it’s named after kite-surfing kites. The soft and flexible upholstery undeniably resembles the texture of a sail.

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K I T E C O N F E R E N C E

“Ideas have to come with happiness,

a joy of discovery.

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Konnekt. Konnekt Island.

Konnekt Island consists of nine Konnekt poufs linked together creating a meeting island.

Design Roger Persson

MaterialFrame: Leg frame in grey lacquered steel.Filling: High resilience foam (fire retardent, CMHR).

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With Konnekt as your foundation, you can create entire rooms by adding backboards, tables and a trellis. The various modules make it easy to combine the parts according to the setting, offering the possibility to make formal office and conference settings a bit more playful.

Design Roger Persson

MaterialFrame: Solid wood, MDF and plywood.Filling: High resilience foam (fire retardent, CMHR). Upholster base.

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Laminett.

Here’s Lamino’s little brother, built on the same shape, but with a slightly lower back. Just like its brother, Laminett is a piece of timeless design that will only grow better through the years.

Design Yngve Ekström

MaterialFrame: Laminated beech, walnut or oak veneer.Upholstery: Sheepskin, fabric or leather.

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Lamino.

Lamino is a prime example of timeless design. Nature’s own materials and masterful craftsman-ship have resulted in a piece of furniture as attractive today as it’ll be for future generations. When Yngve Ekström designed the chair in 1956, he did it with the human being in focus, which makes it as pleasant to sit in as it is to look at.

Design Yngve Ekström

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The chair maker’s son.

The young Yngve Ekström may have grown up without his father, but he had an independent, entrepreneurial mother, and a teacher who made sure the boy took evening classes after work. He also had an older brother, who later became his business partner in the furniture company that would eventually be Swedese. Jerker Ekström was managing director for 31 years. Yngve was the natural public figure and visionary.

Despite (or thanks to?) his modest beginnings, Yngve Ekström became one of Sweden’s most well-known furniture designers. Along with Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Hans J Wegner and Bruno Mathsson, he was a central figure in the mid-century design movement known as Scandinavian Modern. And like many of the great designers of his era, he didn’t limit himself to creating furniture. Yngve was a multi-artist who also engaged in photography, painting, sculpture poetry and architecture. He even invented new tools and manufacturing methods.

Such great talent might result in a big ego. But that was never the case with neither Yngve Ekström nor his equally brilliant Scandinavian contemporaries. Despite their rivalry and their individual successes, Ekström, Aalto, Jacobsen, Wegner and Mathsson were good friends and colleagues, and remained that way for a long time.

Yngve Ekström never lost sight of the human being and the value of lasting relationships. As an employer he and his brother started a tradition of caring for the well-being and the professional development of their personnel. As a designer, he had a clear vision from the very start: To make furniture with the human being in focus.

The Lamino, for example, was the result of long studies of sitting and the human body, of innumera-ble changes and different chair models. Maybe that’s what it takes to make a chair worthy of the title “furniture of the century”?

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In 1926, a thirteen-year-old boy named Yngve started working at a furniture factory in Vaggeryd,

a small town in southern Sweden. His father Oskar had been gone for many years, but the late

chair maker had passed on a great talent to his youngest son. A talent that, thirty years later,

would manifest itself in a 20th century masterpiece: The Lamino.

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“As pleasant to look at as it is to sit in”

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Lazy.

Design Bror Boije

MaterialFrame: Solid beech or oak. Filling: High resilience foam. Pascal pocket springs in seat.

Bror Boije is part of Swedish furniture history. As an opponent of decoration and a supporter of usefulness, Boije strives to elucidate rather than accentuate. The result is functional, yet elegant, as seen in the Lazy chairs and sofas.

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It’s not a ladder, but a bookshelf, created by a designer who wants you to be part of his process. On its own it could be a sculpture. Through repetition you could create something new: a bookshelf wall or separator. Libri comes in three different heights – all with the same high-level design.

Design Michaël Bihain

MaterialNatural, white- or black stained ash veneer, oak. Adjustable legs.

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Lime.

The Lime table is simple, elegant and innovative. One piece is a beautiful table – two or more create a whole installation.

Design Lime Studio

MaterialTable top: White or black laminate. Reversible table top. Table top in oak, not reversible. Base: Steel base in white or black lacquer.

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Log.

Design Naoto Fukasawa

Material Laminated oak veneer. Log stool and benches have support feet in black stained solid wood.

“The simpler things seem, the more complex they must have been to design.” Naoto Fukasawa’s innovative designs of familiar objects are based on his close observations of how we use things in our everyday lives. His focus on stripped simplicity and good functionality has made him the most influential Japanese designer of our time.

10050

40

150

49

50

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Madison.

Lågupplöst

Madison is part of a Scandinavian tradition: craftsman-ship, functionality and low-key design. All of its parts have striking proportions, like the 3-seater sofa with only two cushions. Lots of space for two, or intimacy for four. Madison lets the moment decide.

Design Leila Atlassi/Wingårdhs

MaterialFrame: Solid wood and plywood. Filling: High resilience foam. Nozag springs in seat. Base: Oak base with oak legs. Or sled base in white or black lacquer or chrome finish. Sled base in either tubular steel or squared steel.

8585

40

71

85

40

71

85

85

85

40

71

15585

40

71

71

84

40

210

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M A D I S O N - C O R N E R S O F A

“I strive to design furniture that not only tolerates repetition, but can

also be strengthened by it.

– L E I L A A T L A S S I

”

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Manga.

Design GamFratesi

MaterialFrame: Massive oak.Braded elastic ribbons in the seat. Filling: High resilience foam.

40

71 70

103

This is a meeting of extremes: elegance and expressiveness, esprit and precise craftsmanship. The playful easy chair Manga, just like its sister Cartoon, combines a low-key base with an astounding, sensational back that will leave no one indifferent.

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Mira.

The beautiful free-standing or wall-mounted mirror Mira is available in natural oak, black stained oak and white lacquer. They are all very good-looking, just like the one standing in front of it.

Design Claesson Koivisto Rune

MaterialNatural oak, black stained oak or white lacquer.

2 38

162

39 38

158

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Norma.

Design Roger Persson

MaterialFrame: Tubular steel.Filling: Moulded high resilience foam. Base: 4-star steel swivel base chrome finish, white or black lacquered.

Take a closer look at this generous and organically curved swivel chair. It has a recycled, die-cast aluminium swivel base and it can be tilted backwards with an elegant metal lever. Norma also comes with a footstool – as well as with superb comfort and timeless design.

77

45

114

66 38

43

50

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Noton.

Design Claesson Koivisto Rune

MaterialSolid wood frame, profiles in birch veneer, linen textile, sound absorption material in polyester.

Noton is a decorative acoustics-wall panel with great absorbing characteristics. It consists of layer-form, glued birch veneer and a black stained massive wood frame, which makes it look extremely natural and suitable for many different styles and furnishings.

120

60

8

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Nova.

Loyal and royal, the graceful, princess-like Nova family is a modern form of classic design. So discrete, yet so distinct. It comes as an easy chair, a 2-seater and a 3-seater.

Design Swedese

MaterialFrame: Solid wood. Filling: Nozag springs. High resilience foam. Legs in beech or brushed aluminium.

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42

82

165

82

200

82

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Primo.

The Primo easy chair is a timeless design classic by Yngve Ekström. Its affinity with Lamino is obvious, guaranteeing a piece of furniture with timeless design, quality and function.

Design Yngve Ekström

MaterialFrame: Laminated beech- or oak veneer.Upholstery: Webbing or braded leather, natural or black.

78 68

41

104

70 68

41

84

44 51

41

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Riddle.

Design Isaac Chen

Material Lacquered birch wood with inner steel strengthener for wall fixing. Wooden balls with rubber rings on polyester string.

In his magazine hanger Riddle, designer Isaac Chen illustrates gravity in a new way. Magazines are supported by their own weight, hanging on string and stoppers, just like inserting bookmarks.

5 67

60

Lågupplöst

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Rondino.

The Rondino chair is eternally modern and truly timeless. The elegant silhouette has been embraced by generations, celebrated for its combination of function and form.

Design Yngve Ekström

MaterialFrame: Laminated wood veneer, back in moulded hard Polyurethane. Filling: High resilience foam.Base: Aluminum base polished, white or black lacquer

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43

75

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Rondo.

Rondo is a stylish table without any unnecessary details to divert your attention. It comes in two heights, with one or two legs, with a 4- or 5-star base, and a round or square top in three different sizes. But it doesn’t end there. You will also get to choose whether you want a table top in oak, white laminate or marble.

Design Swedese

MaterialTable top in oak, white laminate or marble.Base: Aluminum base polished, white or black lacquer.

Ø 50

45/60/72

Ø 90

45/60/7260

140

70

60/72/90/110

70

70Ø 70

45/60/72/90/110

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Select / Select Wood.

Design Roger Persson

Material Frame: Steel tubing. Armrests in solid wood, plywood and masonite. Filling: Moulded high resilience foam. Pulmaflex springs in the seat. Base: Legs in oiled oak or steel sled base in chrome finish.

Select: Recliner mechanism with Relax function. Legs in beech natural lacquer, stained beech or oak, or steel sled base in white, black or chrome finish

Select Wood: Recliner mechanism with Relax function. Legs and armrest in birch.

Roger Persson describes his design as a game with lines and curves. By adding a soft surface and form to an otherwise modern aesthetic, he creates a long-lasting design idiom. Look at Select, and you’ll see what he means.

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47

111

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43

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111

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44 51

44

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Shift.

Design Roger Persson

Material Leg frame in lacquered steel with wooden detail. Table top in oak, ash wood or laminate.

At Swedese we’ve always been fascinated by the qualities and the possibilities of wood. This becomes obvious in the Shift tables; the most conspicuous characteristic is the wooden socket that encases the leg and gives the table a unique look.

70

65

140

70

72

140

70

65

70

70

72

70

24

48

36

23

68

36

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Solino.

Things made for humans is Sofia Dahlén’s genuine long-term philosophy. Like Solino, which has the soft, cosy and comfortable interior of a comforting embrace, while the exterior is hard and austere like a shell, protecting you from the outside world.

Design Sofia Dahlén

MaterialFrame: Laminated birch orbeech veneer. Wooden back or upholstered frame. Filling: High resilience foam. Base: Legs in laminated veneer or steel legs in lacquered silver grey.

77 67

110

43

77 67

92

43

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Spin.

The Spin stool is famous for being too complex to be produced. It’s an award-winning carpenter’s challenge and a brave response to the famous E 60 stool. High or low, with or without upholstered seat, colourful, in black or white, or just plain lacquered wood.

Material Laminated ash wood veneer. Natural lacquer or white, black, blue, grey, yellow or orange lazur finish.

DesignStaffan Holm

65

Ø 32

44

Ø 32

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Stella.

Stella is a perfect fit, at your desk, in the waiting room, lunchroom or auditorium, for the receptionist or the CEO. It comes in many versions and colours, offering a solution for every need. Tubular steel makes it elegant. The seat’s construction makes it comfortable.

Material Frame: Tubular steel. Filling: Moulded high resilience foam. Base: Steel base or wheel base.

DesignBroberg & Ridderstråle

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45

83

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45

83

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83

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45

83

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Stepp.

A modern wing chair with recliner mechanism, and a foot stool for lazy moments. Stepp has a steel-tubing frame with legs in beech, stained beech or brushed aluminium.

Material Frame: Steel tubing. Legs in beech, stained beech or legs in brushed aluminium. Filling: High resilience foam, with Nozag springs in the seat.

DesignCarl-Henrik Spak

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45

78

101

42

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Teatime.

Stylish and useful tea trolley with a detachable tray. Teatime is available in natural ash lacquer, white or black stained ash. Different combinations of shelf and tray/frame are possible, making it easy to create your own design.

Material Frame and trays in ash wood, natural lacquer, white- or black lazur finish. Trolleys with trays in natural lacquer or white lazur finish come with white wheels, whereas a trolley with trays in black lazur finish comes with black wheels.

DesignClaesson Koivisto Rune

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76

48

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194

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134

89 13

194

77 13

134

Tree.

Magical, sublime and inspired by nature. Katrin Olina has developed a personal, rich visual language that serves as a vivid inter-face between reality and the subconscious. In collaboration with Michael Young, she has designed the floor standing or wall mounted coat stand Tree, which has become a true icon for Swedese.

MaterialMDF in white, black, blue, grey, yellow or orange lacquer or oak veneer coated. Floor standing coat stand with a steel plate in the base.

DesignKatrin Olina, Michael Young

The Swedese Collection.

Sofas.

LOWRES

Accent p. 24

Madison Easy chair and sofa in different sizes.

DesignLeila Atlassi

p. 112

Gap Café p. 62

Just p. 88

Boxplay p. 34

Gap Lounge p. 66

Lazy p. 104

Continental p. 46

Gap Meeting p. 68

Nova p. 124

Diva p. 52

Happy p. 103

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Easy chairs.

Select p. 134

Accentp. 24

Lamino p. 98

Happy low p. 76

Divap. 52

Select Wood p. 134

Cartoon p. 44

Nova p. 124

Lazy p. 104

Kite high p. 90

Gap cafe p. 62

Solino p. 138

Continental p. 46

Primo p. 126

Kite low p. 90

Glove p. 70

Steppp. 144

Cruiserp. 48

Rondinop. 130

Mangap. 116

Laminettp. 96

Happyp. 76

AvalonEasy chair, alternatively swivel chair, with automatic return.

DesignMichael Young

p. 26

Madison p. 112

Norma p. 120

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Stella Office chair in many variations and colours.

DesignBroberg & Ridderstråle

p. 142

Caravelle p. 42

Happy armchair p. 80

Desirée p. 50

Happy stackable armchair p. 82

Grace p. 72

Happy stackable chair p. 82

Kite Conferencep. 90

Grace armchairp. 72

Chairs & Armchairs.

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Botanic p. 32

Spinp. 140

Grace bar stool p. 72

Konnekt Islandp. 95

Spin bar stoolp. 140

Happy bar stool p. 78

Log bench p. 110

Log stoolp. 110

Justp. 88

CruiserCollapsible stool in oak veneer.

p. 48

DesignMarina Bautier

Stools & Benches.

Konnekt p. 94

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Tables.

Flower Mono Coffee table in three sizes and three heights, entirely white or black.

p. 60

DesignChristine Schwarzer

Rondo p. 132

Shift p. 136

Lime p. 108

Log p. 110

Accent p. 24

Bespoke p. 30

Brasilia p. 38

Breeze p. 40

Desirée p. 50

Divido p. 54

Drum p. 56

Flower p. 60

Konnekt p. 94

Lamino p. 98

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Accessories.

MiraFree-standing mirror in black, white or natural oak.

p. 118

DesignClaesson Koivisto Rune

Heaven p. 86

Riddle p. 128

Libri p. 106

Teatimep. 146

Baffi p. 28

Mira Wall p. 118

Tree p. 148

Fakta p. 58

Noton p. 122

Tree wall p. 148

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