When Sweco Architects redesigned Centralplan, the open-air concourse outside Stockholm’s central train station, they decided to commission a new line of park benches for the site.
Långbordet Wins a Monocle Design Award
2021–04–30
The Långbordet public space table was designed by White Arkitekter and installed in several Swedish cities. We are pleased to announce that the project received a Monocle Design Award in the Best Public Furniture category. The award was presented for the version of Långbordet installed in Hamntorget, a small urban plaza in central Stockholm.
White are honoured to receive the international award and pleased that the place itself received a distinction. Hamntorget had previously been neglected by the city and underused by locals. Through application of contemporary urban design, White Arkitekter gave it a new identity.
“We’re so happy that White won the prestigious Monocle Design Award for their Hamntorget project, which features a site-specific version of Långbordet,” says Agneta Stake, founder and design manager at Nola.
Photo: Jann Lipka
Långbordet was originally developed by White Arkitekter and Swedish artist Ebba Matz to regenerate an urban neighbourhood in the city of Helsingborg, where it created a community meeting place for locals. Likewise, the version installed at Hamntorget encourages meetings between different types of people and animates the site during the day.
The Monocle Design Awards survey the entire field of design with the intention of highlighting how design can improve the quality of life. As the magazine explains, they channel significant resources into research, and to conduct interviews with designers and architects all around the world. As a result, they find the very best the industry has to offer, so we’re pleased that White Arkitekts and Långbordet have been recognised in this way.
Långbordet has been included in Nola’s product range. The table and seats are versatile and can be customised to suit a wide range of environments. Photo: Jann Lipka
Fler nyheter
2021
A visit to the town square in the Stockholm suburb of Kärrtorp, where Nola has contributed with several products, inspired journalist Dan Hallemar to review the site in Arkitektur journal.
We would like to thank everyone who visited us at the Swedish Institute during Paris Design Week. Nola’s Big Basket armchairs, Kaskad chairs and Kebne outdoor gym will remain at the Swedish Institute and become permanent features in the garden. The Swedish Design Movement exhibition will be open until the 3rd of October.
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As Paris Design Week approaches, Nola join the line-up of designers and manufacturers selected for the Swedish Design Movement exhibition and trade show. The event will be held in the heart of Paris at the Swedish Institute in the Marais district from 3 September to 3 October, where a programme of exhibitions, panel discussions, and talks will also take place.
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As part of the Southern Sweden Design Days event, 27–30 May, Nola is showing new products at Form/Design Center in central Malmö where visitors can try out the new normal; working under a blue sky.
Nola is one of the competition’s sponsors, which is arranged in collaboration with Swedish Architects and the landscape architecture seminar Oyster.
Nola is right now focusing on bringing you a more complete digital experience. We have now update to the BIMobject library with this years new products Work Lounge, Schoolyard, Paus, och Gry.
There is something special about finding oneself in a room, even if it is outside. Now you can find the new pergola system Terrass in our standard assortment.
We want to congratulate our friends at Liljewall Architects for being awarded Best Architecture 2021 for their work at Kunskapshuset, an essential part of the vast structural transformation in Gällivare, Sweden. As part of the project, Liljewall Architects designed a modular bench system that Nola proudly developed.