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Janinge

In a close link between industry and culture, Form Us With Love and Ikea are collaborating to create a new collection of chairs and stools using neat yet durable frames.

The theoretical challenge behind Janinge was the desire to balance the idea of individual aesthetics with public quality. The design needs to be individual enough to fit in someone’s home, yet suitable for multiplication in corporate and institutional settings.

“Ikea asked us to design something specific enough for a home that could withstand the international tests for public seating. To pass, we had to design for strength, durability, impact, drops, tilts and unit stability. Despite the above challenges, Janinge chairs and stools had to be the most affordable objects we had ever made,” says Form Us With Love.

Today, most chairs at this cost does not pass the public quality testing, as the proposition does not add up. However, by analyzing the strength from old Scandinavian wood frames and building a mold, detailed enough for its technical content, the collaborators succeeded and passed BIFMA standards.

Janinge comes in light grey, a crisp white or a dash of bright yellow. With the mix of polypropylene 75%, glass fiber and pigment 25%, the collection is suitable for outdoors, stackable and easy to clean.