The art of taming wood
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Our design If you visit us at Gemla Fabrikers, chances are you will bump into a renowned designer or students from the College of Arts, engaged in a vivid discussion with our craftsmen and women. Collaborating and developing the art of shaping wood has always been a tradition at Gemla. Through the years, we have collaborated with ambitious and innovatory architects and designers, ranging from Carl Bergsten, Gunnar Asplund, Uno Åhren, Sigurd Lewerentz, Yngve Ekström, and Peter Celsing to Jonas Bohlin and Mats Theselius as well as FRONT and Lisa Hilland. It is quite probable that you have sat on a chair from Gemla, without knowing it. Ever before the Swedish gastronome, Tore Wretman, chose Gemla to furnish his famous restaurant Operakällaren in Stockholm, many leading restaurants and cafés in Sweden have followed suit. All around the world, people are sitting on chairs from Gemla; at embassies, in churches, dining halls and hotels as well as at the Swedish Parliament. The unique art of taming wood keeps us constantly on our toes, exploring new ideas and materials to enable both beauty and function. We often collaborate with upcoming talent as well as renowned designers. Above all, our driving force is to continuously find new, exciting and improved solutions, always with quality and the environment in mind. Many customers come back, fifty years or later, to have their to our chairs pretty much sums up our values – sustainable quality thanks to beautiful, timeless design, durable construction More than 150 years can sound like a lot, but here at Sweden’s oldest furniture manufacturer, Gemla Fabrikers, we are still young and curious. and quality materials. Quite simply, a unique and sustainable craft. GEMLA FABRIKERS AB, STORE BACKEGATAN 2, SE-343 71 DIÖ, SWEDEN. PHONE: +46(0)476-214 00. MAIL: mail@gemlaab.se www.gemlaab.se PRODUCTION: M I KAE L AN DSTRÖM | CH R ISTI NA KN IG HT | 18/01 furniture carefully restored, giving them a new life. This ded

Passing through the beech forests and the small village of Diö by We are picky when it comes to our choice of wood. We only work the river Helgeå, you will not only find Sweden’s oldest furniture with certified beech and ash, and only the finest specimens pass manufacturer, Gemla Fabrikers, founded in 1861. You will also our critical eyes. After cutting and working the wood, we can encounter a curiously rich history, characterized by inventiveness start taming it. First the wood is steamed for between six and as well as stubborness, said to be typical of the region of Småland. twelve hours,...