With deep respect for design and acknowledging the urgent need for a circular transformation, FÓLK creates objects and furniture that enable the circularity of materials. Some of FÓLKs circular designs—such as The Airbag and The Lava Vase—have already become modern design icons, expressing how one’s waste can become another’s treasure. FÓLK explores new circular systems and develops designs from materials that are discarded, disregarded or leftover and through that journey aspires to facilitate people and companies to create more responsible interior solutions.
Based on a a shared curiosity for material experimentation and contemporary Nordic furniture culture FÓLK and danish designer Martin Kechayas join hands in exploring how an established furniture object can gain new character through material transformation and artistic intervention. For the Remixing Collaboration, Martin Kechayas has reinterpreted Gunnar Magnússon’s iconic Lina 99 shelving system from 1972 through colour and composition. The result is a dialogue between Icelandic design heritage, contemporary circular thinking and a more playful, expressive approach to furniture. The remix highlights both the timelessness of Gunnar’s original system and FÓLKs ambition to push Nordic furniture production into new material territories.
