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Bruno Mathsson

(Sweden, 1907-1988)
Bruno Mathsson
(Sweden, 1907-1988)

SLAGBORD, "Maria Flap" Bruno Mathsson, Mathsson International, 1936.

Teak samt bok. L 280, b 90, h 72,5. Märkt 36.

Repor, fuktfläckar, fuktskador, mögelprickar.

Provenance

Stiftelsen Formens Hus, Hällefors.

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Det ambitiösa projektet i Hällefors, med en postgymnasial designutbildning – FIDU (Förberedande
Industridesignutbildning) som tillsammans med reklammannen Torbjörn Lenskogs samling av
1900-talets industridesign har exponerats i ett för ändamålet skapad byggnad, har fått ett avslut.
En del av samlingen säljs på Höstens Contemporary på Bukowskis, och en del här på Bukowskis Market. Samlingen innehåller ett stort antal designföremål som väl representerar 1900-talets utveckling.
Från Formens Hus kommer även en intressant samling böcker som spänner över gränserna mellan arkitektur, konst och design. Bland annat finns det böcker av och om Le Corbusier, tidskrifter som berör Stockholmsutställningen 1930 samt H55, utställningskataloger från svenska och internationella konstutställningar samt en del intressanta internationella arkitekturböcker.
Samlingen Formens Hus utgjorde en ”Study Collection” för FIDUstudenterna
likväl som ett publikt museum.

Designer

Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) is one of Sweden's most prominent furniture designers. Having a father who worked as a master carpenter, Mathsson learned about furniture carpentry at an early age, which he later benefited from in his profession as a designer. The "Grasshopper" chair was the first that Bruno Mathsson designed in 1931 - on behalf of Värnamo hospital. It was made of bent-glued beech with saddle girth upholstery and had an ergonomic shape. However, neither patients nor staff at the infirmary appreciated the chair. Nowadays, the "Grasshopper" is considered a design classic.


A few years later, Mathsson exhibited his furniture at a separate exhibition at the Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet in Gothenburg, and in 1937 he participated in the Paris World Fair.


Mathsson's furniture is now considered timeless design classics that combine style with comfort. Some of his most famous pieces of furniture are the armchairs "Jetson", which are produced for Dux, "Pernilla 3", and "Karin" and the table "Superellips", designed together with Piet Hein.

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