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Welcome to SFF at Gärsnäs booth C09:40 and to SDW at House of Gärsnäs.

HidaHida: artisan carpentry meets global architecture.

This year the big news is our furniture collaboration between Japanese architecture and Gärsnäs craftsmanship. The HidaHida chair is designed by world-renowned architect Kengo Kuma and developed at our factory in Österlen, Sweden.

This unique collaboration is based on a common view on the importance of craftsmanship and materials, for innovation and environmentally responsible furniture production.

“With HidaHida, I wanted to capture the softness of the human body’s form. Often the backs of chairs are hard, but here the felt is light and comfortable. The chair embraces you. A hanging skirt at the back elevates the chair’s conviviality and associates it with elegance and fashion. That’s what I wanted to express with HidaHida,” says Kengo Kuma.

The chair’s name comes from the Japanese word “hida”, meaning to drape, only here the more colloquial double-form is used. The name refers to the chair’s construction. The frame is architecturally distinct.

A steam-bent wooden bow is the unifying component. It bears the seat of recycled felt material, upholstered in fabric or leather. It’s here, in the covering textile, that the draped expression comes through, like a blanket placed over an armchair or a jacket hanging over the back of a chair. Clearly pronounced stitching contributes to the artisanal character. At the back, the upholstery hangs down freely, adding a soft, casual feeling. HidaHida is a chair to enjoy and an elegant symbol of the kinship between Japanese and Swedish design philosophy.

HidaHida is available in beech or oak. The seat of recycled felt is upholstered in your choice of fabric or leather.

HidaHida in collaboration with Kengo Kuma Associates, Coad & Materials and Gärsnäs.

JUDITH: a personality in the hallway

Hallways, entrances, cloakrooms and vestibules are often left in the shade. Strange, since they are the first thing we encounter in a home or workplace. With our new coat rack design, Judith, Gärsnäs and Studio Stockholm want to change all of that. Judith provides functionality and finesse for our forgotten cloakrooms.

“We wanted to make something that highlighted a somewhat neglected product category. Judith is modular and works in all contexts, from small hallways to large entrances for offices and conference facilities,” says the designer, Martin Eckerberg Ollas at Studio Stockholm. The basic module can be extended into longer sections, any length you want.

Naturally, functionality meets restrained elegance. The basic component is a hook on the wall. That takes us directly to the assignment: something to hang clothes on. Between the hooks, round pegs for hangers and a rail of knobs. “Our work evolved from an idea of a hanger as a graphical element, reduced to its most essential aspects, with only a few components and the opportunity to rationalise production,” says Martin. With double hooks on the wall, there is also room for caps, scarves and gloves.

Judith is a personality. Its simplicity belies some sophisticated touches and the care taken in the details. Differing dimensions of the frame offer lovely connections. The rack ends have concave grooves, something the fingertips love. On the upper side, there are wave-shaped tracks for hangers, a historical reference to furniture making. Martin trained as a furniture designer at Malmstens. The school had an 18th-century mechanical apparatus for woodwork, a sort of automatic chisel that could produce decorative wave grooves for picture frames, mirrors and furniture. That apparatus was the inspiration for Judith’s details. “We brought it into a modern context and created a tactile ridge in the wood.”

Most interior design projects do not include hallway furniture, hangers and shoe racks as part of the furnishings, because they count as fixtures and fittings belonging to the property owner, not the tenant. Therefore, it is difficult for interior architects to influence or design these products as part of a project. The elegant Judith could unlock new provisions and markets. “Now architects and property owners have a functional, timelessly stylish product available,” says Martin Eckerberg Ollas, who thinks Judith could become an entire family of products in the future. A shoe rack already complements the hanger.

Judith is made of laminated oak. The round rod is bevelled with a hidden fitting that attaches it to the wall.

BISTRO: modular sofa for all types of rooms

Good furniture is needed wherever we wait, gather, have a meeting or just sit down for a moment. Bistro is a simple, stylish sofa that serves its purpose without any fuss. It’s there and it’s a helper. Bistro can be expanded and extended, ordered by the metre for the home, restaurant or lobby.

“There is a great need for discrete furniture that can suit all possible settings: bench seating for lobbies, restaurants and assembly rooms. A bench that’s more like a chair,” says designer Ralf Lindberg, who has created the system together with Åke Axelsson. That guarantees comfort and functionality, as well as that special Gärsnäs-feeling. The Bistro system comprises of solid oak middle and end sections.

Åke Axelsson’s Japanese Nomad

At the House of Gärsnäs, Coad & Materials presents a new generation of the Nomad collection, originally designed by Åke Axelsson. His “minimalistic anti-design” previously made in Åke’s own workshop, is now being produced in Japan, an initiative of Coad & Materials, who also market the new Nomad in Japan. Thanks to the furniture’s reduced design and clever construction, it suits those who move often and live in smaller, temporary spaces. We love Nomad, both here and in Japan, and know it works well in all kinds of rooms.

Nomad consists of two chairs, two different collapsible tables and two foldable stools. Production takes place at furniture factories in Yokohama and Tokyo.

Anna’s new bag

Anna von Schewen presents her new range of bags, made in Tärnsjö leather, at the House of Gärsnäs during design week. Her handcraft collection, avs:, already has saddle-webbing handbags, stoneware vases, cushions and unique paper objects. Now, she adds four versions of a stylish leather handbag.

Friday, 7 February, 10–11 a.m. at the House of Gärsnäs, Anna presents her designer bags, talks about the creative work behind them, and highlights the lovely leather from Tärnsjö. Breakfast coffee is served from 9:30. Her other avs: craft items are also available in the house.

Brilliant porcelain

We love these Japanese porcelain lamps, Tobimatsu Toki. This year, we once again present a selection of these delicate, hanging lamps in translucent bone china. Developed by Hirotaka Tobimatsu, one of Japan’s most acclaimed ceramic artists, he hand-casts the lamps in his workshop in Tokyo. A selection of lamps is on display at the Gärsnäs booth at the fair, as well as at the House of Gärsnäs. The launch is a collaboration with Japan Form, Sweden’s agent for Tobimatsu Toki.

Don’t miss our

OPEN HOUSE
at the House of Gärsnäs:

Thursday, 6 February, 6–9 p.m.

Come and visit us at the House of Gärsnäs. Meet, talk, sit on our new and timeless furniture, have something to drink and experience that special Gärsnäs-feeling. This year, the music comes from Soft Collective’s new speaker SC 05. We are proud to have made their casing in the Scandinavian spirit of Alvar Aalto.

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