ACTULUM™ VE

The versatile all-rounder in a limited edition jacquard weave

Chair design by Peter Opsvik, 1995

Re-dressed by Ingrid Bredholt, 2020

Chair Measurement:
W 55 cm x D 66 cm x H 90 cm, Seat height 46 cm

Approx Weight:
11 kg

Tilt forward. Lean back. This Actulum™ has a soap washed wood frame and cushions dressed in ‘VE’, a limited edition Kvadrat Textile x Ingrid Bredholt in subtle off white and creamy beige. Woven in Innvik, Norway, on traditional jacquard weaves, the upholstery is heavy, smooth and rigid. Available in multiple colors.

‘VE’ - KVADRAT TEXTILE x INGRID BREDHOLT - 70% New Wool, 30% Viscose

Peter Opsvik

Peter Opsvik is a Norwegian industrial designer born in 1939, trained at the Bergen College of Applied Art and the Norwegian State College of Applied Art in Oslo. Opsvik has worked as a freelance industrial designer since 1970, and currently has his own design studio in Oslo, where he works with seven colleagues focusing on product design as a mean for solving real-life problems. Throughout his career, Opsvik has attempted to overcome our stereotypical sitting habits with his unconventional seating solutions. With a playful and human starting point, his work is a display of how norms of sitting nicely and sitting still can be broken.