VARIABLE™ VE

The original kneeling chair in a limited edition jacquard weave

Chair design by Peter Opsvik, 1979

Re-dressed by Ingrid Bredholt, 2020

Chair Measurement:

W 52 cm x D 72 cm x H 51 cm

Approx Weight :

6,5 kg 

This Variable™ is a paying tribute to the first Variable made; classic colors and surfaces. It has been re-dressed in a classic broad twill with a twist; a limited Kvadrat Textile x Ingrid Bredholt in the tones of off whites, greys and light greens. Woven in Innvik, Norway on traditional jacquard weaves, the upholstery is heavy, smooth and rigid; available in multiple colors. The 19 layers of wood inside the curved runners; which gives durability and elasticity to the chair, is lightly oiled with goal to obtain a patina with time.

WOOD - 100% beech ply wood, oiled by hand, 100% foam covered in ‘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.