In the mid-sixties, renowned Swedish designer Yngve Ekström created the east-going yet distinct bistro chair Småland. Timing was perfect – Swedish cafés, restaurants and hotels soon featured Småland chair, it fulfilled a longing for lightness, colour and optimism. The same longing exists today, and now Småland is here again. Still made in Småland by Stolab, the original manufacturer.

When Swedes think of a chair, it’s made from solid turned wood. It goes by many names, “peg chair” being the most common. It comes in many varieties, from elaborately decorated models from the 19th century to attempts to recreate by means of modernistic reduction.

The Alt Collection by Form Us With Love, in collaboration with Stolab, reimagines the classic Swedish stick chair for modern public spaces, offices, and homes. Retaining the timeless quality and craftsmanship of traditional designs, the collection offers a contemporary edge tailored for dynamic environments.

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At Stolab they talk a lot about "aesthetic sustainability", about the importance of furniture that lasts over time, not just from a functional or manufacturing perspective, but furniture that gives the viewer an experience. Something that stirs the emotions and engages. At Stolab they want to make furniture that you want to create a relationship with, not just something in the crowd.

Now we are launching the new smoked oak finish. It is a surface treatment that adds a sober feeling and emphasizes the lines and soft contours of the series, which will now become a regular surface treatment in the range.

A product that demonstrates Stolab’s impressive craftsmanship in the convex design of its three-dimensional seat. A stool that feels both familiar and yet groundbreakingly new in its expression. Miss Button is indisputably a show-off among stools – and it is now also available with a padded seat.

Already in 2016, we were inspired by a then unknown designer to start working with "up cycling". To think new when it comes to transforming waste into new products and which today is part of our daily focus. Lilla Snåland is a three-legged stool where 14 waste pieces from Lilla Åland are glued together into a seat. The podium quickly received a lot of attention and has already been nominated for, and received, several awards.

For us at Stolab, sustainability means producing furniture that is of high quality and has such a timeless shape that it will last for generations. And no piece of furniture can represent this better than Lilla Åland. For those who care about sustainability in both function and aesthetics, we are now offering a 20-year guarantee on our Lilla Åland stick chairs in solid oak and birch. A good start for what we hope will be a lifelong relationship.

At Stolab, we have a small-scale furniture production where pure craftsmanship is combined with advanced and automated machine technology. We should be the best at what we do when it comes to woodworking. We also work closely with incredibly talented suppliers. One of these is the stonemason Rob Krieger, who makes the marble tops for our table series Tureen.