KAAJA COLLECTION
“A collection inspired by the Scandinavian classics mixed with Mediterranean and Japanesse influences.”
NEW SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN
Kaaja Collection is designed as the first furniture collection for the new Swedish firm By.Enströms. This collection was designed in order to represent the brand's values of passion about wood and traditions. Every detail is designed specially for its place.
The design combines round shapes with straight lines, creating timeless pieces that can fit in different environments.
It consists on a modular system that allows you to create your own cabinet by choosing the size of the cabinet, the legs, the inside modules, the colors and the oil for the wood.
Design: Carlos Jiménez
Client: By.Enströms
Year: 2015-2016
HOW IS YOUR PERFECT CABINET?
The collection is composed by different cabinets. Choosing among two different heights of legs, different sizes of main boxes and modules people will be able to create their unique cabinets. The modules can be customized in sizes and colors, choosing among doors, boxes and drawers. Finally, the finishes could be white pigmented oil and natural oil.
CREATE YOUR OWN CABINET
We developed a grid system so people could choose the modules and the sizes in order to configure the cabinets according to their needs.
MORE THAN 100 YEARS OF TRADITION
All these cabinets are made in a small factory in Tibro, Sweden. This factory has been related to wood and furniture during more than 100 years. Nowadays, these cabinets are made with the same passion about furniture and design than when they started. The pieces of wood are carefully selected before starting the process. Every piece is finished and assembled by hand. By this way, every detail is taken into account. Finally every piece is stamped and numbered, making it an unique piece of furniture.
MODULAR SYSTEM
The modular system is based on a 6x6 grid that allows the users to customize their own cabinet. The modules are independent. Due to this feature, the user can change the position of the modules. For example, in this composition with just 4 different modules, the user could create more than 10 compositions.
DESIGN PROCESS
The collection should represent the company values such as tradition and passion about wood. With this idea in mind, we studied the company history and we reviewed many old furniture drawings. From there we started sketching the first ideas. Then we made some scaled models and after that some prototypes were made.
