1986 –2016
WE’RE CELEBRATING OUR 30TH BIRTHDAY IN 2016! Our journey began in 1986 with Oblado, a series of furniture constructed on a ring of form-pressed birch veneer. Through all these years we have focused on making a difference in the market, and we are still (despite our great age) driven by curiosity and passion. We never ask the market what it wants or needs; instead we manufacture the kind of furniture that we like ourselves and that we believe deserves a place on the market. Blå Station was established by the designer Börge Lindau, our father, who after many successful years had tired of designing yet another chair and decided to devote himself to something completely different. But with a recent design award in his hand and too many rounds of golf behind him, it wasn’t possible to avoid the temptation of doing what he loved best – namely the challenge of designing at least one more chair... only this time as a producer. This is a status report in which the pictures tell their own story about the things we’re doing, the places we’re influencing and the time we’re living in. We have visited two locations where you can find our newest products and some of their older friends. Of course there is much more to see on our website. Enjoy! Johan & Mimi
Åhus | Outofstock 2016
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Honken | Thomas Bernstrand + Lindau & Borselius 2015
COPENHAGEN
COBE is a Danish architecture firm founded in Copenhagen in 2006 by architect Dan Stubbergaard. COBE focuses on architecture and design – from buildings to public space to large scale urban planning. Since it was founded, COBE has createdseveral high-profile, prize-winning projects in Denmark and abroad. Among the firm’s most important projects are the combined library and culture centre in Copenhagen’s north-west district, Nørreport Station – the busiest railway station in Denmark – and the development of the Nordhavnen harbour area in Copenhagen – currently the largest urban development project in Scandinavia. For COBE, architecture is not a matter of a certain style or form, but is more importantly about its adaptability to the local context, its social life and its users. The aim is to create social interaction through all projects. That is why COBE has developed a community of architects with the capability to approach all scales of architecture, from urban planning to buildings and public space. It is these elements combined that create the physical conditions for people’s lives and their social interaction. COBE is based in a refurbished warehouse centrally located on “Paper Island”, on Copenhagen harbour front. The firm currently employs approximately 80 dedicated architects, urban planners and thinkers of different nationalities.
Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010
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Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
Bimbo | Peter Brandt 1994
Mika | Mika Tolvanen 2012
Superkink | Osko + Deichmann 2013
Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010
Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010
Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010
Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015
Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001
Ă…hus | Outofstock 2016
Couronne | Johan Lindau 2015
Code 27 | Stefan Borselius & Johan Lindau 2014
Gaia | Stone Designs 2016
Morris Jr | Johan Lindau + Borselius & Bernstrand 2015
Dent Wood | o4i 2013
Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001
Dent | o4i 2013
Dent Dressed | o4i 2014
Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
Wilmer T | Stefan Borselius 2012
Morris Jr | Johan Lindau + Borselius & Bernstrand 2015
Innovation C | Fredrik Mattson 2001
Peekaboo | Stefan Borselius 2005
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STOCKHOLM
FATBUREN was the name of a lake that once lay on the island of Södermalm in Stockholm. It was a shallow lake with oxygen-poor water, and when the railway expanded in the mid-1800s the lake was filled in. Now Fatburen is the name of the large office building previously known as “Korvfabriken” (“The Sausage Factory”) because a meat processing plant was once located here. For a time, the Swedish Tax Agency occupied the premises, and today the building contains a variety of businesses, service and restaurants. During Stockholm Design Week in February, Blå Station opened its new showroom here, in the re-energised “Meatpacking District”, in the heart of Södermalm. The former sausage factory has been transformed into the city’s best meeting place, and with us you can also find Zero, Källemo and String. If you’re in Stockholm, you are always welcome to drop in to see, try out and get a feel for our furniture. The address is FATBUREN, 36 Södermalmsallén, Stockholm. You can also find us at various places across the world. To find out where, please contact us.
Fatburen Showroom | Södermalmsallén 36, Stockholm, Sverige
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Puppa | Stefan Borselius 2010
Oppo | Stefan Borselius 2009
Pucca | Stefan Borselius 2016
Oppo + Puppa | Stefan Borselius 2009/2010
Ginkgo | Stone Designs 2014
Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
Dundra | Stefan Borselius 2011
Wilmer T | Stefan Borselius 2012
Couronne | Johan Lindau 2015
Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015
Pucca | Stefan Borselius 2016
Dundra | Stefan Borselius 2011
Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001
Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015
Unit | Tomoyuki Matsuoka 2016
2016 –
THE FUTURE… Blå Station will continue to focus on seating such as stools, chairs, sofas and armchairs, but also on their closest associates, such as benches and tables of various types. We look at design from an innovative perspective and we always strive to adopt a new approach to form, function, material and technology. To succeed with this, you have to be as curious about industry as about young people’s behaviour. We constantly reassess what we surround ourselves with and how this affects our lives and opportunities. We carry out our own business intelligence analysis and we never rely on anyone else’s trend analysis. We want our furniture to add something to the market, something that’s not already there, something yet-to-be discovered. Sustainability and environmental awareness, new technologies, new materials and new machinery are important foundations and building blocks for us. All of this can be achieved within a small area here in Sweden, making us quite unique as a production country. We want high quality and a well-thought-out process. We never take shortcuts. On our wish list, as always; Peace, Love and Good Design!
Ginkgo | Stone Designs 2014
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B2 | Börge Lindau 1986
B4 | Börge Lindau 1986
SPARTA | Börge Lindau 1993
HÖVDING | Börge Lindau 1986
BEPLUS | Börge Lindau 1987
L1 | Börge Lindau 1987
GATE | Börge Lindau & Johan Lindau 1994
BIMBO | Peter Brandt 1994
SÖNDAG | Vardag 1996
DENT | o4i 2013
DENT DRESSED | o4i 2014
STING | Stefan Borselius & Fredrik Mattson 2003
GECCO | Stefan Borselius & Fredrik Mattson 2006
LEVEL | Stefan Borselius & Fredrik Mattson 2004
KAFFE | Thomas Bernstrand 2014
STRAW | Osko + Deichmann 2010
BOO | Stefan Borselius 2008
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SUPERSTRAW | Osko + Deichmann 2015
BOO VACUUM | Stefan Borselius 2008
SUPERKINK | Osko + Deichmann 2013
PEEKABOO | Stefan Borselius 2005
COLLECTION 2016
DUNDRA | Stefan Borselius 2011
DUNDER | Stefan Borselius 2010
INNOVATION C | Fredrik Mattson 2001
MORRIS JR | Johan Lindau + Borseius & Bernstrand 2015
Ă…HUS | Outofstock 2016
WILMER | Stefan Borselius 2012
POPPE | Stefan Borselius 2015
OPPO | Stefan Borselius 2009
PUPPA | Stefan Borselius 2010
OPPOCEMENT | Stefan Borselius 2009
PUCCA | Stefan Borselius 2016
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HONKEN | Thomas Bernstrand + Lindau & Borselius 2015
ALLY | Hertel & Klarhoefer 2012
POLSTERGEIST | Christine Schwarzer 2000
CODE 27 | Stefan Borselius & Johan Lindau 2014
QVARTO | Bรถrge Lindau 1999
UNIT | Tomoyuki Matsuoka 2016
KOJA | Fredrik Mattson 2008
B25 | Cate & Nelson 2011
ISLAND | Tomoyuki Matsuoka 2001
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PM | Peter Molin 2011
SIZE | Thomas Bernstrand 2013
PING-PONG | Johan Lindau 2001
BIT | Börge Lindau 1992
CLIP | Jonas Forsman 2005
LEVEL | Stefan Borselius & Fredrik Mattson 2004
BABEL | Fredrik Mattson 2008
MONO | Mia Cullin 2010
HONKEN | Thomas Bernstrand + Lindau & Borselius 2015
GINKGO | Stone Designs 2014
COURONNE | Johan Lindau 2015
POND | Mia Cullin 2013
L1 | Börge Lindau 1987
MIKA | Mika Tolvanen 2012
KAFFE | Thomas Bernstrand 2014
GAIA | Stone Designs 2016
KOJA ELEMENT | Fredrik Mattson 2014
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Cobe Architects – Irina Boersma | Fatburen – Lasse Olsson | Collection – Erik Karlsson
VISP | Staffan Holm 2011
STYLIST: Cobe Architects – Kate Imogen Wood
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Blå Station AB. Box 1OO S-296 22 Åhus. Sweden Tel: +46 (O)44 24 9O 7O Showroom: Sandvaktaregatan 17. Åhus Södermalmsallén 36. Stockholm Via Osti 3. Milan info@blastation.se www.blastation.se