Form Us With Love has created a collection of strong and affordable chairs and stools for IKEA.
"The great idea behind the JANINGE collection is the democratization of design, to create a durable construction, based on the needs of both domestic and public environments," commented Åsa Hederberg, product developer at IKEA.
The theoretical challenge behind the project 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," stated Form Us With Love. "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."
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.
The result is sense of wholeness, a visual stimuli for public areas as well as genuine durability for your home. 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.