News 2014 - Holmquist & Matégot

Kerstin H. Holmquist

Mathieu MatĂŠgot

News 2014

Designer

kerstin horlin holmquist Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist (1925-1997) was a Swedish modernist architect and designer. She is remembered today, for her ability to create designs for the modern home in the 1950’s without worrying about short lived trends and what other people thought - to stay true to her own unique and humanistic design vision. She often worked with her husband Erik Holmquist, and together they modelled and created the pieces together. A key aspect for the couple was always to test out their designs in their own home before completing a project.

“I think both furniture and textiles, wherever they end up, must be kind, gentle and courteous, but without losing their character. They should have human qualities, not be pompous and only stand alone, but able to adapt to the environment they end up in...”

Holmquist worked and studied in England from 1946-47 immediately after the war where she also studied art history and became fascinated with the classic English upholstered furniture and style. Something that without a doubt inspired her own creations later in life while she still developed her own expression. She returned to Sweden where she attended and graduated Konstfack from 1948-52.

THE PARADISET COLLECTION, 1956-57 Kerstin H. Holmquist created this unique collection of upholstered pieces for NK - Nordiska Kompaniet in 195657. She was employed at NK Triva, a furniture workshop and architect studio where she created this collection for one of her many exhibitions. She named her pieces inspired by Paradiset (Swedish for Eden or Paradise). The first piece in the collection was the feminine armchair - Eva and later followed its masculine counterpart, Adam.

To compliment the two she later also created a sofa - the Paradiset sofa and also a foot stool - the Fig Leaf.

Her timeless and iconic ‘Paradiset’ collection was created during her employment with NK - Nordiska Kompaniet in 1956-57 and holds a soft simplicity, they are unique in their appearance - light, clean lines and gracious with an air of romance. Today her designs are highly treasured collectibles and rarely to be found on auctions

Paradiset sofa

Eva & Adam armChair

2.5 seater sofa, fully upholstered, solid beech frame and a hand sewn piping with matching buttons, presented in Balder from Kvadrat, solid wood legs in oil treated oak or walnut.

Armchair, fully upholstered in a moulded polyurethane foam w. a hand sewn piping and buttons, in Balder from Kvadrat and with solid wood legs in oil treated oak or walnut.

Size: H:86,5 x D:82 x W:181

Size: Eva: H:99 x D:79,5 x W:71

Adam: H:94 x D:79 x W:74

ADAM armCHAIR

eva armchair

PARADISET SOFA

eva armchair

Designer

MATHIEU MATÉGOT Mathieu Matégot (1910 - 2001) was a Hungarian designer and architect. After studying at Budapest’s school of art and architecture, he settled in France in 1931. He was a volunteer in the French army, was captured and not released until 1944. After returning home, he started producing handmade furniture in Paris. Matégot’s organic forms and lightness of touch create a sense of joy and the ground breaking and innovative techniques that he applied resulted in unique aesthetics and furniture designs. He was the first person to combine metal tubing with perforated sheet metal; ritigulle, a technique he patented and also a pairing that particularly characterizes his work.

Like many of his peers Mategot travelled the world in search of inspiration, techniques and upon return transformed these impressions into his own unique designs and interpretations. Wether it was industrial processes or aesthetics, he always collected and interpreted - he even patented and set up his own production to apply these new technologies into his designs, He was a true innovator of his time!

THE MATEGOT COLLECTION, 1953 - 1956 Mathieu Matégot’s organic forms and lightness of touch create a sense of joy and the ground breaking and innovative techniques that he applied resulted in unique aesthetics and, above all, contemporary designs. Today, Matégot’s designs are equally fit for the purpose as when they were originally conceived, and his legendary designs are both timeless and classic.

Gubi’s collection of original Mategot design includes The Nagasaki Chair & Stool, The Dedal Shelf, Kangourou Table, The Mategot Coatrack & Trolley, The Demon Shelf System and the Copacabana Chair and Table.

Demon shelf

Variations:

A modular shelving system that can be combined in several ways. The veneered shelves come in natural oak, natural walnut and black stained ash. The metal brackets are lacquered in black.

Size: 3 shelf bracket: H:100 x D:25 x W: 95/ 155/ 215/ 275 4 shelf bracket: H:135 x D:25 x W: 95/ 155/ 215/ 275 5 shelf bracket: H:150 x D:25 x W: 95/ 155/ 215/ 275

Matégot trolley, 1953-1954

copacabana chair & table, 1955-1966

A spacious tea trolley with two trays in perforated steel connected by steel tubes. The lower level includes a newspaper holder. The trolley has rotating castors. It comes with colored trays with a black base White/Black, Grey/Black and Black/Black.

The chair is a tubular frame surrounding a round seat and a back made of perforated sheet metal. The structure is lacquered steel and the cushion comes in a range of leathers and fabrics with buttons and piping made in either. The table is decorated with large round perforations on the table top supported on three slender legs. The table is lacquered and both chair and table are available in black.

Size: H: 74 x D: 66 x W: 55

Size: Chair: H:70/36,5 x W:65 x D:71 Table: Ø96 x H 39

demon shelf

copacabana chair & Table

matĂŠgot trolley

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