Swedish designer Fredrik Paulsen has teamed up with public sale home Bukowskis on Basis of Pleasure, a playful furnishings collection that includes neon colors, tree branches and chains.
Exhibited at Bukowskis’ gallery throughout Stockholm Design Week, the collection options one-off variations of furnishings by Paulsen’s not too long ago launched model, Pleasure Objects.
The designer solely allowed himself a day on every hand-made object, producing 33 works in simply 33 days.
The experimental outcomes additionally incorporate engravings, LED lighting, packing tape and aluminium chequer plate.
“I had a really tight deadline, so I set myself a rule of not spending greater than at some point per merchandise,” defined the designer throughout a press tour.
“Some items had been very quick and a few I spent many hours on, however it was good as a result of it meant I did not get caught on particulars,” he mentioned.
Paulsen launched Pleasure Objects in 2022 with the ambition of making easy, inexpensive furnishings for the house.
The model provides flat-pack furnishings made primarily from extruded aluminium profiles, making the items light-weight and simple to restore or recycle.
The Basis of Pleasure collection options customised variations of the Pleasure Objects assortment, together with eating chairs, tables, benches, a shelving unit and a desk.
“When Bukowskis requested me to make a present, I believed it was an ideal alternative to infuse spontaneous analysis and enjoyable into the undertaking,” mentioned Paulsen.
His goal, he defined, was to create a playful distinction between the rigidity of the aluminium body system and the extra experimental method of his creative observe.
“I had by no means actually joined the 2 collectively earlier than,” he mentioned.
The primary piece that Paulsen comprised of the gathering is a chair known as Heroes, which has the names of artists and designers who’ve influenced him etched into the body.
“It is like somewhat map of my sources of inspiration,” he mentioned.
Chairs make up the vast majority of the opposite works, with key items together with The Diamond Seat, which has the letters JOY etched into the backrest, and Morning Mild, which has a spiral motif on the seat.
Different standout chairs embody Sloppy Bugati, which has a fishing internet for a backrest, the bead-covered Taxi Driver, and Knuckles Chuckles, which is wrapped within the customized tape that Paulsen usually makes use of for product packaging.
The collection additionally contains The Mild Implausible facet desk, which is animated by a remote-controlled LED strip, and the Squarepusher espresso desk, which has a crackled glass high.
Nearly the entire works had been privately bought in a web-based public sale that befell in the course of the design week.
Paulsen hopes the undertaking will open up his work to a brand new viewers, displaying how furnishings can mix influences from artwork and style.
“Furnishings occupies a number of my thoughts, however I really like all kinds of up to date tradition; I feel it is vital to convey them collectively,” he added.
The images is by Märta Thisner.
Basis of Pleasure was on present at Bukowskis in Stockholm from 6 to 9 February 2024 as a part of Stockholm Design Week. See Dezeen Occasions Information for extra structure and design occasions all over the world.
