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3Åhus | Outofstock 2016

WE’RE CELEBRATING OUR 30TH BIRTHDAY IN 2016! Our journey began in 1986 with Oblado, a series of furniture constructed on a

ring of form-pressed birch veneer. Through all these years we have focused on

making a difference in the market, and we are still (despite our great age) driven

by curiosity and passion. We never ask the market what it wants or needs;

instead we manufacture the kind of furniture that we like ourselves and that we

believe deserves a place on the market.

Blå Station was established by the designer Börge Lindau, our father, who after

many successful years had tired of designing yet another chair and decided

to devote himself to something completely different. But with a recent design

award in his hand and too many rounds of golf behind him, it wasn’t possible

to avoid the temptation of doing what he loved best – namely the challenge

of designing at least one more chair... only this time as a producer.

This is a status report in which the pictures tell their own story about the things

we’re doing, the places we’re influencing and the time we’re living in. We have

visited two locations where you can find our newest products and some of their

older friends. Of course there is much more to see on our website.

Enjoy!

Johan & Mimi

1986–2016

Honken | Thomas Bernstrand + Lindau & Borselius 2015

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COPENHAGEN

Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010

COBE is a Danish architecture firm founded in Copenhagen in 2006 by

architect Dan Stubbergaard. COBE focuses on architecture and design – from

buildings to public space to large scale urban planning. Since it was founded,

COBE has createdseveral high-profile, prize-winning projects in Denmark and

abroad. Among the firm’s most important projects are the combined library

and culture centre in Copenhagen’s north-west district, Nørreport Station – the

busiest railway station in Denmark – and the development of the Nordhavnen

harbour area in Copenhagen – currently the largest urban development project

in Scandinavia.

For COBE, architecture is not a matter of a certain style or form, but is more

importantly about its adaptability to the local context, its social life and its users.

The aim is to create social interaction through all projects. That is why COBE

has developed a community of architects with the capability to approach all

scales of architecture, from urban planning to buildings and public space. It is

these elements combined that create the physical conditions for people’s lives

and their social interaction.

COBE is based in a refurbished warehouse centrally located on “Paper

Island”, on Copenhagen harbour front. The firm currently employs approximately

80 dedicated architects, urban planners and thinkers of different nationalities.

Bimbo | Peter Brandt 1994Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013

Superkink | Osko + Deichmann 2013Mika | Mika Tolvanen 2012

Straw | Osko + Deichmann 2010Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013

Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015 Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013

Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001

Åhus | Outofstock 2016

Couronne | Johan Lindau 2015 Code 27 | Stefan Borselius & Johan Lindau 2014

Morris Jr | Johan Lindau + Borselius & Bernstrand 2015Gaia | Stone Designs 2016

Dent Wood | o4i 2013

Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001 Dent | o4i 2013

Dent Dressed | o4i 2014 Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013

Wilmer T | Stefan Borselius 2012

Morris Jr | Johan Lindau + Borselius & Bernstrand 2015

Innovation C | Fredrik Mattson 2001

Peekaboo | Stefan Borselius 2005

29Fatburen Showroom | Södermalmsallén 36, Stockholm, Sverige

STOCKHOLM

FATBUREN was the name of a lake that once lay on the island of Södermalm

in Stockholm. It was a shallow lake with oxygen-poor water, and when the

railway expanded in the mid-1800s the lake was filled in.

Now Fatburen is the name of the large office building previously known as

“Korvfabriken” (“The Sausage Factory”) because a meat processing plant was

once located here. For a time, the Swedish Tax Agency occupied the premises,

and today the building contains a variety of businesses, service and restaurants.

During Stockholm Design Week in February, Blå Station opened its new

showroom here, in the re-energised “Meatpacking District”, in the heart of

Södermalm. The former sausage factory has been transformed into the city’s best

meeting place, and with us you can also find Zero, Källemo and String.

If you’re in Stockholm, you are always welcome to drop in to see, try out and

get a feel for our furniture. The address is FATBUREN, 36 Södermalmsallén,

Stockholm. You can also find us at various places across the world. To find out

where, please contact us.

Puppa | Stefan Borselius 2010

Oppo | Stefan Borselius 2009

Pucca | Stefan Borselius 2016 Oppo + Puppa | Stefan Borselius 2009/2010

Ginkgo | Stone Designs 2014 Size | Thomas Bernstrand 2013 Dundra | Stefan Borselius 2011

Wilmer T | Stefan Borselius 2012 Couronne | Johan Lindau 2015 Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015

Pucca | Stefan Borselius 2016

Ping-Pong | Johan Lindau 2001Dundra | Stefan Borselius 2011

Unit | Tomoyuki Matsuoka 2016Poppe | Stefan Borselius + Bernstrand & Lindau 2015

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THE FUTURE… Blå Station will continue to focus on seating such as stools,

chairs, sofas and armchairs, but also on their closest associates, such as

benches and tables of various types.

We look at design from an innovative perspective and we always strive

to adopt a new approach to form, function, material and technology. To

succeed with this, you have to be as curious about industry as about young

people’s behaviour.

We constantly reassess what we surround ourselves with and how this affects

our lives and opportunities. We carry out our own business intelligence analysis

and we never rely on anyone else’s trend analysis. We want our furniture to

add something to the market, something that’s not already there, something

yet-to-be discovered.

Sustainability and environmental awareness, new technologies, new materials

and new machinery are important foundations and building blocks for us. All

of this can be achieved within a small area here in Sweden, making us quite

unique as a production country. We want high quality and a well-thought-out

process. We never take shortcuts.

On our wish list, as always; Peace, Love and Good Design!

2016–

Ginkgo | Stone Designs 2014

Blå Station AB. Box 1OOS-296 22 Åhus. Sweden

Tel: +46 (O)44 24 9O 7O

Showroom: Sandvaktaregatan 17. Åhus

Södermalmsallén 36. Stockholm Via Osti 3. Milan

[email protected]

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