Osko+Deichmann extends kinked steel furniture range for Blå Station

Stockholm 2014: Berlin design studio Osko+Deichmann has extended its range of kinked tubular steel chairs for Swedish brand Blå Station.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

The Superkink armchairs and sofas feature tubular steel frames that have been folded to produce sharp angles.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

Osko+Deichmann’s kinking technique came about as an alternative to using soft curves when bending steel.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

The designers’ method means that the metal does not lose its strength.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

The Superkink chairs have upholstered seats and backrests, plus fabric loops that wrap around the armrests.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

They were first shown Blå Station at Stockholm Furniture Fair last year but now come in a range of bright colours.

Superkink kinked tubular steel armchairs and sofas by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Station

The pieces were created by Osko+Deichmann with the same techniques used for the studio’s previous Kink chairs and the colourful Straw chairs, which now come in a smaller size plus a bar stool and lounge chair.

Straw kinked tubular steel furniture by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Statio
Straw chair, lounge chair and bar stool by Osko+Deichmann

They are made of lacquered, galvanised steel so are suitable for indoor and outdoor use. The designers have also added a three-legged table to the collection.

Straw kinked tubular steel furniture by Osko and Deichmann for Bla Statio
Straw table and chairs by Osko+Deichmann

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Superkink by Osko+Deichmann for Blå Station

Stockholm 2013: Berlin designers Osko+Deichmann exhibited the latest development in their line of kinked tubular steel chairs at Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Superkink by osko and deichmann for Blå Station

The Superkink armchairs and sofas were produced using the same folding technique as Osko+Deichmann‘s previous sharply bent chairs such as Kink and the colourful Straw chairs, but uses larger 35 millimetre tubing.

Superkink by osko and deichmann for Blå Station

Fabric wraps around the arms whilst an upholstered padded back and seat are propped up by the angular frame.

Superkink by osko and deichmann for Blå Station

Other products by Swedish brand Blå Station on Dezeen include a wooden chair with leg warmers and a chair made from a single sheet of felt.

Stockholm Furniture Fair took place from 5 to 9 February and other products launched there were a chair that looks like it’s wearing a cape by Nendo, frosted glassware by Front and pendant lamps by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

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Hippo and Potamus by Mia Gammelgaard for Blå Station

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

Stockholm 2011: designer Mia Gammelgaard of Copenhagen showed this wooden chair with leg warmers for Swedish firm Blå Station at Stockholm Furniture Fair last week.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

Alongside the Hippo chair Gammelgaard launched a matching three-legged table named Potamus.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

Blå Station ran a competition to design leg warmers for the chair, voted for by visitors to their stand at the fair.

Linnéa Regnlund’s winning leg-warmer design is shown in the image above.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

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Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

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Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

Here’s some more information from Blå Station:


Hippo & Potamus

Design: Mia Gammelgaard 2O1O A new friend in wood. Rounded lines that are friendly and welcoming, Hippo, is a wooden chair that takes the distinctive lines of a traditional Swedish stick-back chair and adds a generous helping of light- hearted modernity.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

Hippo balances between the graceful poise of a ballerina and the strength and stability of a hippopotamus.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

It was first shown at the Danish Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition, “White-Out” in Copenhagen on 29 October 2010.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

The table Potamus, is presented for the first time at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2011.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station

The table is the perfect partner for Hippo chair and can be used in, for example, cafés or restaurant settings.

Hippo by Mia Gammelgaard for Bla Station


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Sealed Chair by
François Dumas
Österlen by Inga Sempé
for Gärsnäs
All our stories on Stockholm Furniture Fair 2011

Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station

Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station

Stockholm 2011: Copenhagen designers Aleksej Iskos and Boris Berlin of Iskos-Berlin present this armchair made from a single sheet of felt at Stockholm Furniture Fair this week.

Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station

Called Spook, the design for Swedish brand Blå Station is completely hollow with no frame or support.

Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station

The seat is made from a sheet of polyester felt, pressed and made rigid.

Spook by Iskos-Berlin for Blå Station

The two designers met through their work for Danish studio Komplot – see their Nobody Chair made of pressed felt in our earlier story.

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The information that follows is from Blå Station:


Spook by Iskos-Berlin

Design is normally preoccupied with the idea of having full control over functions, forms, materials and so on. But why not be more forgiving and let materials behave as they “want” to behave according to their nature? Why not give an object the freedom to be “abnormal”? To be unique? Spook is a statement of opposition to the masculine striving for the submission of material, for overall perfection that tolerates no disobedience, no mistakes.

A flat felt mat, draped into a three-dimensional shape, creates natural folds that later stiffen in the production process – folds that never twice fall in quite the same way. Each chair, being almost the same, becomes different. “Mistakes” are forgiven. They give life, they are accepted – no discards, no rejects! Spook chair is a mono-block produced in a single process using only polyester felt material. There is no frame of any kind, nor any additional materials like screws, glue or reinforcements. It is a 100% recyclable material.


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Axel Bjurström
at Stockholm 2011
Luca Nichetto
at Stockholm 2011
Inga Sempé
at Stockholm 2011

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