Big News No2 20-21

BIG NEWS 20-21 BIG TALK

BOB HIDE

BOBBY & BOBBAN JACKSON

MAXIMUS

HONKEN X STILL LIFE

PRINSESSAN

MOMANG

RÖHSSKA

COMBO PARK+

Furniture design is so much more than glossy images Chairs, sofas, bar stools, tables are supposed to be sit in, to be touched, even caressed, and of course tested in all possible ways.

Good design challenges all our senses, but the virtual world is merely visual and without any real taste until we have access to future bio ports and biometric readers that access the totality of our bodies nerve system. We and our designers are dependent on our audience: architects, producers, journalists, everyone who is interested. We want to hear your reactions, your criticism, your praise, your questions regarding design, construction, production, and so on. Virtual shows on the Internet can’t replace physical tactile meetings yet. We long to meet you and to show our designs at fairs all over the world.

Pandemic aside, we have been busy at work with new products.

In this small broschure you will find most of the new ideas and products that we have developed from 2020 until today. Some are brand new, while others are already known updated members of the Bla Station furniture range.

Enjoy!

Johan & Mimi | Summer 2021

Adam Goodrum | 2O21

Big Talk – a colourful solitaire Adam Goodrum participated with a vibrant showy lounge chair at Febrik and Kvadrat’s exhibition Knit project! during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen 2020. Without further ado, the product landed in Åhus and became Big Talk, one of the highlights in Blå Station’s 2021 design surprises. Big Talk is manifest geometry: two circles define a throne for the art of sitting. The front part of the backrest and the seat shine in the same colour, whereas the back can be in one deviating colour or in a combination with eight different colours, all in order to give whatever space a touch of mighty colour. Big Talk thrives as an obvious solitaire, or can be placed back and forth to create a snakelike creation facing in different directions. ”I’ve been inspired by textile swatches, like a fanning concentration of colour. The upholstery forms a modular tête-à-tête sofa or Victorian-era ‘love seat’ collection where two or more seats can be joined together in an undulating arrangement.”

Adam Goodrum

Borselius & Bernstrand | 2O2O-2O21

BOB Hide

The BOB family continues to grow, now we add a new high backrest.

BOB Hide allows for private spaces, as well as a changing vertical graphic profile. One straight, and one curved module will let BOB Hide flow as freely as big brother BOB along walls, around meeting areas, adopting to any kind of space. The architectonic freedom is all there, with BOB Hide facing fully clothed in every direction. The sturdy yet soft mould of foam, can be ordered in a broad selection of fabrics and colours. Add screen dividers in different fabrics to subdivide the private spaces created. ”We have been thinking about BOB Hide since BOB was launched.

It’s the same math with a straight and a curved module that allows for any undulating shape preferred. BOB Hide will give you a relaxed and protected space, further enhanced by optional dividers in textile or Plexiglas.”

Stefan Borselius

Borselius & Bernstrand | 2O2O-2O21

BOB 19 – to add or remove

Bringing people together at a safe distance but still with the sense of being close is a challenge. That´s why we would like to present BOB-19, a new set of see-through Plexi dividers for the inviting and playful BOB sofa system making it even more capable of meeting todays challenges. BOB-19 can be used permanently or temporarily only when needed. The Plexi dividers are easy to add or remove to any new or already built BOB sofa with no disassembly needed or tools required. The dividers can easily be rearranged to any position you like, closer together or more separated apart. Does your needs change? BOB-19 can change with them! With the different colors and grades of transparency BOB-19 can be specified to fit right in anywhere you need it to.

Enjoy BOB even more with BOB-19, together apart.

Borselius & Bernstrand | 2O2O-2O21

Flexible seating with Bobby & Bobban The Bob family has a new younger brother. Stefan Borselius and Thomas Bernstrand claim that Bobby might seem a bit strict, but he is actually quite a boisterous, rangy fellow. Bobby can easily assemble himself into a slender sofa, but will immediately disengage and gather around tables or be happy standing all by himself. Where Bob is lush, comfy, abundant and snakes around every obstacle in every possible way, Bobby has a reduced footprint, making him perfect for areas where space is restricted. Bobby and the pouf Bobban can snap together to form a sofa or a bench thanks to strong magnets; once released they will offer ample seating with a neat graphic impression. The depth is a mere 63 cm compared to Bob’s 87 cm.

“Bobby is more slender and wider than Bob – he was born a loner, but these super magnets will help him stay in line when required.”

Thomas Bernstrand

Borselius & Bernstrand | 2O21

Jackson goes everywhere

An easy chair that will fit everywhere? Stefan Borselius and Thomas Bernstrand jumped at the brief. Jackson can stand alone or together in small and large groups. At a table, along a wall or completely on its own. Jackson is sometimes right in the middle enjoying the company, or he is that little uninvited one crashing in everywhere. The chair itself can be covered with a soft sensual fabric in sharp contrast to the distinctive horns in tubular steel and massive wood and the metal feet. Jackson comes with or without armrests. The name is derived from the horned Jackson’s chameleon, but instead of merely blending in, our Jackson will both adapt and stand out in any space.

Combine them as you like with plenty of different fabrics and colours.

Armrests along with the feet are available in brass, matt chrome or lacquered steel. The wood handles makes Jackson extremely easy to move around and they are made of ash, oak, or walnut and can be had in stained or oiled finish. Premium comfort with moulded foam and a steel frame with nosag springs. ”The brief was to create a small little devil, a furniture piece that will fit in everywhere, so self-evident as to irritate our colleagues!”

Thomas Bernstrand

Johan Ansander | 2O20

Maximus – a heavy duty all wood armchair Light and soft, and as sketchy as a comic strip furniture piece, but made out of heavy duty massive ash. Maximus is a playful departure from angular and rational furniture with a mimetic attitude reminiscent of Keith Haring. Johan Ansander completed his master degree at Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design last year, and was immediately approached by Blå Station. By using 3D-modelling CAD-software for CNC wood routers, Johan Ansander aims to explore how locally sourced material can be used in a contemporary way. Maximus is all but angular with laid-back comfy forms. Both the seat and the backrest are made out of two reversed pieces of ash; the legs are also made out of massive wood. Maximus is available in clear lacquered wood, or a choice of colours.

“Have we not had enough of mass-produced furniture? I found a small sawmill just outside Stockholm that handles locally harvested timber that we follow from a natural raw material to a refined form for human needs. ” Johan Ansander

Thomas Bernstrand | 2O21

Honken X – chair & armchair

Honken has a new offspring in X40 and X46, a generous easy chair in two different heights for restaurants, conference-rooms, as well as at home. Thomas Bernstrand, who designed the original Honken family of one-, two-, and three-seaters in collaboration with Stefan Borselius and Johan Lindau, has kept the sturdy metal mesh, letting the visually precise steel bars form the legs as well. Honken X40 and X46 will claim its place as freestanding cantilevered easy chairs in any space.

The chairs slides easily in under any table, and with just that little swing needed to not get tired during extended use. Seat upholstered in textile fabric or leather, and with a choice of different lacquers. ”A slight inclination of the backrest and the inflection of the cantilevered legs allows for good comfort.”

Thomas Bernstrand

Thomas Bernstrand & Stefan Borselius | 2O2O

Combo – allow us to expand the bar

The Combo family by Stefan Borselius and Thomas Bernstrand offers a new take on bar and lounge layouts. The usual protruding furniture legs that trip you up in every direction are replaced by precise graphic little pieces of furniture: a table, a seat, or both combined. Combo 1, 2 and 3 challenge the standard bar and lounge typology with new interior architectural elements. Use them indoors or outdoors – the Combo family is all-aluminium and perfectly weatherproof. The seat, is generously sized, while the sturdy footrest is large and welcoming.

“We wanted a functional and very neat item of furniture with a sculptural and graphic form, comfortable and as slim as possible.”

Thomas Bernstrand “A silhouette of a table, a barstool, and a footrest. Combo is 100% function with an iconic and expressive form and the smallest possible footprint.”

Stefan Borselius

Marcel Sigel | 2O2O - 2O21

Still Life – rising to new heights Creating a chair all in wood might seem an easy design task. Find the right angle for the back. Allow for a seat with a firm roundness. And then a functional yet aesthetically pleasing construction. But that’s not enough to render a chair unique yet timeless. Marcel Sigel masters all of the above, and fully meets the challenge with an iconic twist to the backrest. Although the ash veneered birch wood is bent at the ends, the wood seems to flow effortlessly like a strip of cloth. Or rather a piece of cloth frozen in time. And suddenly there is an expressive character, a distinguishing uniqueness that renders Still Life familiar yet innovatively singular. Perfect for public spaces like coffee shops, bistros… and certainly at home.

“It’s all about exploiting technology to its limits and pushing the materials to extremes. The final product doesn’t scream for attention; it’s a simple, ordinary-looking chair, familiar yet unique – and of course super-comfy!”

Marcel Sigel

Jonathan Hultgren | 2O2O

Gather around Prinsessan

Blå Station has found yet another master student at Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Prinsessan (The Princess) won the design competition at the municipality of Karlshamn on the theme a bench for interior public spaces.

Straight and honest with meticulous attention to detail, Prinsessan is as welcoming in any direction and ready for both formal and informal gatherings. A furniture piece that will lighten up neglected public spaces with the ambition of bringing people together in real life, beyond the virtual bubbles of the smartphones.

Inspired by slatted beds, Prinsessan offers fine woodwork, and can be ordered in almost any length between 180 - 250 cm. Chose between oiled oak or lacquered ash, or paint in colour of your choice.

Add a pea and some bedding, and the fairy tale is in place as well. ”Seats for public space are often set out without any clear intention. How do we really bring people together? How do we create new meeting places?

Prinsessan is quite unpretentious without any fixed backrest in order to allow for flexibility and interaction in every direction.”

Jonathan Hultgren

CMP Design | 2O2O

Park+ –park it indoors Some furniture wants to get out in the sun. Ironically, Park does the very opposite by bringing the outdoors indoors. Chat with friends, read a magazine, work on your laptop… all with the same easy-going freedom as on a park bench. Italian design trio CMP, Michele Cazzaniga, Simone Mandelli and Antonio Pagliarulo have devised a totally flexible seating system that instils a feeling of Scandinavian outdoor relaxation in public spaces craving communal informality.

Park+ is available in massive ash or oak wood and has upholstered seat and backrest covered in textile or leather. Park+ comes as an easy chair, a 2-seater and a 3-seater that can be used individually or connected together to create long rows. By using the small interlinking table, Park+ can be arranged in whatever angle or configuration you desire. The neatly spaced seat and backrest slats reduce the need for cleaning.

“The park bench brings people together. You can sit by yourself or chat with others. Just look at the movies

by Woody Allen and you see the superpower of the outdoor bench. We can also learn from the Latin countries where the piazza is a natural point of reference in both small and large cities” CMP

Johan Lindau | 2OO1 - 2O21

Momang is back to stay!

Two long pieces for back legs, another pair for the front, and another six for cross and seat rails. All of it out of a 4.4 meter long piece of wood. What more do you need for a sturdy and comfy café seating?

Maybe a few meters of textile saddle girth... Momang takes as its inspiration two former chairs by Johan Lindau. Gutang, which is still used in Swedish restaurants, while the first version of Momang thrives in many cafés. Johan Lindau offers improved comfort and a timeless graphic expression two decades later, with plaited webbing as a seat.

The ascetic retro is strikingly pronounced with a sturdy and thick expression seen sidewise, and thin and slender seen from the front. ”The recipe is right on: take a wood plank, cut it up, and then add a plaited webbing. Serve!”

Johan Lindau

Fredrik Paulsen | 2O19 - 2O2O

Röhsska – a truly unique chair So simple and at the same time so unique. Röhsska is 100% wood in different shades that makes every individual chair one-of-a-kind.

Fredrik Paulsen’s folky chair was born for the reopening of Röhsska, Sweden’s foremost design museum in Gothenburg, but has already embarked on a career all of its own. Röhsska is now forming a family with a new barstool for the Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2020. With geometrically exact construction in beech and seating and backrest made of pine, Fredrik has striven for a unique glaze that ranges from almost clean wood to pigment saturated recesses: head-on and uncompromising.

“Comfortable, but not too comfortable! I want my love for construction to include everyone. You should understand the construction, how the chair is put together: no surprise moment, no magic, it’s almost an anti-design, a truly engineered product.”

Fredrik Paulsen

Alberdi & Maggio | 2O1O - 2O21

Miss Åhus – stylish elegance

The Åhus family has a new member in Miss Åhus, a slender and elegant chair to go along with the Åhus sofa and easy chair.

Sebastian Alberdi and Gustavo Maggio have sketched a thin and precise drawing that smartly frames the user. The soft curved lines with slightly inclined back legs offers an emotionally charged aesthetic, with a female touch in contrast to the other, male, members of the Åhus family. The height of the tubular armrest is envisaged as more of a psychological than physical boundary, while the backrest adds balance to the comfortable seating. The back can also be upholstered, or left plain treated with a special glaze that gives an artisanal wood structure with pigment-filled recesses and a clean surface.

“Miss Åhus is more feminine in terms of the lines and geometry, a little softer, with very fluid and gentle lines that nevertheless convey a strong character.”

Alberdi Maggio

STOOLS, CHAIRS & BARSTOOL

B2

Beplus

B4

Bimbo

Sparta

Dent

Lucky

Hövding

Dent Wood

Miss Åhus

Dent Stack

Still Life

Honken X46

Röhsska

Momang

Innovation C

Gap-4

Poppe 46

Sting

Boo

Kaffe

Straw

Superstraw

Dundra

Dundra

Dundra

Dundra-4

Bobby & Bobban

POUFES, ARMCHAIRS & SOFAS

Lucky Lounge

B25

Åhus

B26

Pinzo

Åhus 3-seater

Maximus

Honken

Honken XL

Dent Lounge

Honken X40

Honken S

Wilmer

Poppe 40

Superstraw

Superkink

Pocket

Dundra

Puppa

Jackson

Dundra HB

Oppo

Pucca

Big Talk

ARMCHAIRS & SOFAS

Bob

Bob

Bob Job

Bob Light

Bob Home

Bob Betong

Oppo Betong

Dunder

Polstergeist

Unit

Qvarto

Koja

Visp

BENCHES

Park+

Prinsessan

Park+

Couronne

Bucket

Bubble

Jack

Jackless

Kaffe

Honken

Pinzo table

Bit

L1

Combo

Size

Size

Ping-Pong

Ginkgo

TABLES

SOUND ABSORBERS

Gaia

Arc

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