ASPLUND AT 3 DAYS OF DESIGN

ASPLUND – PAST PRESENT

Together with INSIDE SWEDISH DESIGN, we are present at the historical Copenhagen space, Lapidarium. A cherry-picked selection of our collection of furniture and carpets will be exhibited.

In honor of the location and to the name of our 2022 Collection, PAST PRESENT, we will present some of our most loved pieces, that represents the ASPLUND DNA in its most, topped with one of our NEWS.

As 2022 started off with the possibilities of a new future where we strive for longlivity and cherish every product even more, we reflected on the caracteristics of our past icons and want to highlight some of our well rewarded pieces.

Exhibited products:

ÎLE carpet designed by Piero Lissoni in 2004 for ASPLUND.

The île carpets has been popular carpets ever since its launch. Since the demand of larger carpets has increased the past years, we have added two more sizes to the family. When designing these rugs Piero Lissoni had the transition spaces in mind; The spaces that did not naturally have a given position for a rectangular or round carpet. He wanted to twist our perspective and let us perceive a room from a new angle and with an open mind. These rugs have been proven more utile and has become one of our most popular rugs. This really creates a warm feeling – an island – in those difficult spaces.

PALAIS Royal table designed by Anya Sebton & Eva Lilja Löwenhielm in 2018. -Our most well known and rewarded piece since the launch four years ago.

This iconic table started a craving for column tables on a market where there were close to none at the time.

The Palais series received several rewards in 2018. The award Furniture of the year was given by two top interior magazines in Sweden Sköna hem and Residence. Palais also received the Archiproducts Design Awards and the Honorary nominee at the ICFF Awards.

PILE designed by Jessica Signell in 2013

This small versatile storage unit in oak with hidden wheels with a metallic laminated FENIX top: Pile is designed as a bookcase or as a side table in any home or public space but is also appreciated as a night table both for private homes and hotels.

2014 it was nominated. Year’s bedroom product from the magazine Elle Decor Sweden.

REMY serving trolley designed by Broberg & Ridderstråle – NEWS 2022!

Remy is handmade and composed in a strict minimal fashion with attention to details. A small and flexible trolley with a selected material mix with oak , metal, leather, and marble.

Used as an extra piece to an interior, as a practical kitchen island or as a serving trolley in a lounge or a boardroom, this movable elegant unit on wheels is a versatile extra piece that fits naturally in many spaces and for many occasions.

The designers description: ”When Sandra Adrian Asplund asked us for a kitchen island as a piece of furniture, we noticed a gap in the market for this type of product. It should be practical enough for kitchen use, yet elegant enough to roll into your dining room” - Mats Broberg, Broberg & Ridderstråle design studio.

FRAME Semi Cabinet designed by Anya Sebton & Eva LIlja löwenhielm in 2013.

The inspiration for this cabinet came from old glass Museum display vitrines. And the designers wanted to maka a neater size and a more functional cabinet for displaying the most precious pieces in a home and cover up whats needed to be hidden.

The cabinets’ minimalism and clean elegant character is recognizable from its simple aesthetics of its two different sized doors and its twined leather handles.

TATI Console, designed by Broberg & Ridderstråle in 2011.

The TATI series of tables and consoles are possible to mix and match in 7 different metal frame colors and with 9 different top and shelve variants. Tati has become an ASPLUND classic and a must have within the Swedish household. The designer duo found inspiration in the french comedian, film director and actor, Jacques Tati’s sceneries .The specific characteristics of the rounded curves comes from the always smoking Tati’s classic pipe´s silhouette.

The Tati series has through the years become a part of ASPLUND’s signum. The simplicity in the shapes of the frame together with the contrasting top material, creates an elegant harmony. A timeless design which is one of ASPLUND’s key values.

NEWS 2022

MOCI table designed by Moa Sjöberg

The Moci table is a handcrafted and generous dining table made in Sweden with massive wood legs and an oak veneer top. Moci was previewed in September 2021 and presented at Stockholm design week 2022. It has already been noticed by many and rewarded Furniture of the year in Sweden by RUM magazines jury ,consisting of well renowned, top Swedish designers, architects, and press.

”The large dining table has become softer! Young designer Moa Sjöberg’s beautiful table is determined in its design language and defines the balance between the straight and the round, the hard and the soft and thin and chunky.” The byRUM jury 2022

REMY designed by Broberg & Ridderstråle
As described above.

ALLY CARPET designed by Tinka Luiga.

A Graphic hand tufted rug that let us reexperience Gio Ponti’s 50’s but yet has a new contemporary graphic design The combination of nostalgia and modernity makes it fresh, interesting, and personal.

“My designs are usually dynamic and repetitive, like a rhythm. I think that’s why it speaks to us. When I was working on ALLY, I was drawn to the duality of contrast and interplay, and I wanted to see how the textures, colors and shapes could interact and affect one another.”

- Tinka Luiga.

Moreover, this year at ASPLUND…

From end of August, we are planning on launching a new media platform accessible to professionals only (press, media, retailers, and architects). This platform will be gathering all necessary information about our collection as well as images and even more content material.

We would be delighted to see you later this year in our showroom at the Stockholm Design Week in September.

NEW STONES to the Collection

PIETRA GREY is a calcite grey-brown marble. Uniform in appearance and compact. The base is a very subtly nuance between brown carbons and grey graphite. ELEGANT GREY is a light grey marble quarried in Pakistan. Even though it has the ambiance of a mix of Nordic baltic sea limestone and marble, the nuance can vary from a soft grey to towards a warmer color tone.NERO MARQUINAwith origin from Spain, it is an elegant black marble with discrete white veins.

THE ASPLUND Values

MADE IN SWEDEN

ASPLUND remains determined and committed to keep most of our manufacturing in Sweden. This way we are contributing to and invigorating the Swedish furniture industry and also maintaining original core values of Swedish design and manufacturing. Many pieces in our collection involves expertise from several small factories to get them up to standard. All factories specialized in their own field.

ASPLUND IDENTITY AND GOALS

The ASPLUND Collection has a style that is something functional and elegant, something Swedish yet international. And something we want to have and use in our own spaces. Pieces with a subtle identity in high quality which we believe will last for a long time. Not only because of the well worked through design and function, but also since we choose to have a handmade or a semi manual production where everything is made to order. In that way we do not have any leftover stock and only produce as many pieces as actually needed. As a producer we see it as our responsibility to make sure that our production take place under both ethically and environmentally sustainable conditions. We are always working on improving not only our quality, but also to reach our sustainability goals.

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