Epilogue – Beckmans Design Collaboration 2020 @ Stockholm Furniture Fair
The design collaboration
This year’s project is a meeting between the final-year students in Product Design and the six Swedish furniture producers Abstracta, Johanson Design, Kinnarps, Källemo, Mitab, and Storängen. The result is on display in the Greenhouse Hall together with the project’s visual concept designed by a group of students in Visual Communication, Epilogue – A Love Story.
“Unique to Beckmans College of Design is our collaborations with professional clients but also the collaborations between the study programs. In this project, the Product Design students have taken on an external assignment at a high creative and professional level, and in the process gained valuable experiences and contacts for the future”, says Margot Barolo, Programme Director Product Design.
Meet us in Greenhouse C05:35 between February 4-8
Visit us in the Greenhouse Hall C05:35 to see the process, the furniture and meet the students.
In addition on Tuesday, February 4:
Design Talk at 1-2 PM
Officlial inauguration at 3 PM
The visual concept
The visual concept balances between the digital and traditional, and in the substantial catalogue contributions of their perspectives on the challenges of the future are made by design critic Alice Rawsthorne, fragrance expert Viktor Lange, Avit Bhowmik, assistant Professor in Risk and Environmental Studies, artist and designer Katja Pettersson, Andreas Nobel, professor of Furniture Design and the astrologist Lisa Stardust.
About Beckmans Design Collaboration
Beckmans’ Design Collaboration is running for the third year. The previous collaboration projects have resulted in the Form Award 2018 and in 2019, and a nomination in Dezeen Design Awards. In addition, some of the furniture as also been exhibited at Milan Design Week and in New York.
Participating students
Product Design: Alice Hägglund, Frida Frödeberg, Jessica Westerberg, Joakim Zickert, Kourosh Hekmatara, Lovisa Sandström, Mika Lindblad, Rasmus Steyner Randén, Ronja Reuber, Sinar Alexis, Sofie Johansson, Tilde Ullberg
Visual Communication: Hedda Wallén, John Bengtsson, Lina Reidarsdotter Källström och Louise Silvfersparre
PRODUCTS
Beckmans Design Collaboration 2020
Stockholm Furniture Fair, Feb 4-8
SUM
Design by Ronja Reuber & Frida Fröderberg in collaboration with Abstracta
A sound absorbing stool for public spaces.
At first glance, Sum is simply a stackable stool for public spaces, but its textile
arches give it additional sound absorbing qualities. Its design playfully combines
wood and felt elements, keeping these materials separate whilst exploring the
relationship between the two. The PET panels are bare and the seat has a
removable cover, making the materials recyclable.
The project combines the interplay of two combinations; of form and sound and
of wood and felt. A larger surface area of felt creates a better soundscape, but
our objective was to create a piece with a distinct wooden feel. Our way of
resolving this tension was to make the stool stackable. When stored this way, the
combined felt portions of Sum amplify its sound absorption properties, giving it a
valuable secondary function.
Design by Lovisa Sandström & Sofie Johansson in collaboration with Källemo
spaces, with the intention for it to be a place to hang clothes.
An object which functions both as a room divider — creating a room within a
room — as well as being a freestanding coat stand. A form that expresses a
comforting and welcoming feeling, that extends into the space within which the
piece is placed.
We wanted to create a free standing multi-functional structure, that is also a
sculptural statement in itself. This was an important aspect in the development of
our design for both Källemo and ourselves; by experimenting with curves and
switching places of the poles and turning them upside down, we found a form
that functions flexibly, for different purposes and in different places.
Design by Jessica Westerberg & Tilde Ullberg in collaboration with Johanson Design
The Dot stools are characterised by their distinct looking solid joints and their
detachable covers, both qualities that prolong their lifespan in a public
environment. We have designed a stool with three individual and separable
components — frame, padding and cover. The construction requires few moments
i n assemblage and the covers are designed to make use of the production’s
waste material.
The key questions driving our design process were “how do we make the
production and assembly as effective as possible?” and “how do we minimize the
use of material?”
We wanted to create a stool that could fit within Johanson Design’s existing
production set up. Our challenge has been to design a solid construction with
personality for public areas, with as few materials as possible.
Design by Alice Hägglund & Mika Lindblad in collaboration with Mitab
both bar and counter height.
As a result of an investigation of the flexible and solid qualities of the steel pipe,
Eddy has been given a static form with a dynamic expression. A distinctive trait is
the footrest which, with its unbroken shape, gives the stool a fluid look, as if in
constant change.
Through the project, we have critically challenged the current consensus; that
mechanical seating should be created with a focus on its functional aesthetics.
We turned it around, and have designed a piece of mechanical furniture, with an
aim to express the aesthetics of its functionality instead.
Design by Rasmus Steyner Randén & Sinar Alexis in collaboration with Kinnarps
Just depending on mood, for example, if hungry, relaxed or stressed, people
appreciate different kinds of chairs and levels of connection. This piece invites
people to interact and collaborate in unexpected ways.
Our challenge was to explore the inter-relationship of the volumes, their different
levels and proportions, their angles and the negative space created in order to
maximize the functionality of our piece. It´s called Evy
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