Stockholm Furniture Fair 2018

STOCKHOLM FURNITURE FAIR ’ 6-10 FEV 2018

Photo on the cover
MAAT Museum, Lisbon

Associative Design is a venture conceived by the
Portuguese Association of Wood and Furniture
Industries (AIMMP). Given the burgeoning interest
in and demand for design made in Portugal,
Associative Design is actively promoting Portuguese
brands and products, placing them at the center of
the most discerning and distinguished international
design markets.
It was with this ambition that the AD Challenge’17
was launched. Associative Design invited 15
national and international designers to submit
proposals for new innovative designs in furniture.
The guidelines of the challenge are firstly the use
of wood and secondly to work alongside furniture
makers in the northern region of Portugal. With
the ultimate goal being to encourage evolution in
the Portuguese design industry. The results were
showcase in an event, in the past 19th October at
Âlfandega do Porto. The launch coincideded with
the opening of Portugal Fashion.
Salete Peixinho
Project Manager
+351 936 799 746
associativedesign@aimmp.pt
www.associativedesign.com
www.facebook.com/AssociativeDesign/
associativedesign

Bridge
Desk
The challenge launched by ASSOCIATIVE DESIGN was to
design a piece that valued the use of wood. My challenge
was to create a connection between the user and his work/
hobby. This piece is an object inspired by the city of Porto
the only city in Europe with 6 bridges.The bridge is the
métaphore through which I would like to illustrate this union.
Designed by
Christophe de Sousa
Produced by
Wewood

Christophe
de Sousa
Franco - Portuguese Designer,
Christophe de Sousa was born in
France in 1979. He spent part of
his childhood and adolescence
in French soil and has returned
to Portugal with his family. This
mixture of experiences allowed
a broader view of the different
cultures that serves, along with
others, as their base of influence.
He’s graduated in Industrial Design
at the Universidade Lusíada in
Oporto. Assumes himself as a
passionate about the creative
process and early learned that his
path would have to pass through
an area that would allow him to
give wings to the imagination.His
bigest ambition is to leave his mark
in the world of Design, the ability to
convey emotion through an object
is, without doubt, the force that
moves him. Obsessed with shapes
and an amazing observer he sees in
the details his greatest allies in the
pursuit of perfection!
www.christophedesousa.com
mail@christophedesousa.com
+351 913 054 079
Porto - Portugal

Plug-in
Modular high-tech furniture
Plug-in is a versatile modular furniture system inspired
by the computational concept of shape grammars,
developed in the 1970s by George Stiny and James
Gips. A generative shape grammar is a design system
based on rules and steps, which allows the creation of
multiple combinations of an alphabet of pre-determined
modules. The user can customize each modular item
according to translation and rotation movements.
The multifunctional modules explore the connection
between a low-tech material (wood) and high-tech
components (Bluetooth control systems).
The aesthetics were inspired by kinetic art (Optical Art),
conferring a motion sense to the whole set.
Designed by
Ana Fonseca, Brimet Silva

Digitalab
DIGITALAB is an architectural office,
design studio and creative lab,
focused on both generative design
and digital fabrication. It is a young,
multidisciplinary practice led by
Ana Fonseca and Brimet Silva, that
develops projects in several fields:
product design, art installation,
interior design, architecture and
digital research. DIGITALAB is
committed to employing new
technologies in the production of
forms and spaces, exploring strategic
combinations between generative
processes (Computational design)
and digital fabrication technologies
(3D printing, CNC, laser-cutting and
robotics). Their goal is to explore the
potential of digital tools as creative
weapons to transform pixels into
atoms, and virtual processes into
physical objects and environments.
www.digitalab.pt
contact@digitalab.pt
+351 917 140 716
Rua de Fundões, n.º 151
3700-121 São João da Madeira - Portugal

Galinha
Sideboard
The connection of Portugal to the rooster have always
been culturally intrinsic as one of the most iconic images
of our country. This piece portrays a part of our culture
in a sober and emotional object that creates interactivity
in its exterior and a certain surprise effect in the interior.
Like chickens, this piece of furniture rests on its eggs.
Designed by
André Teoman
Produced by
Johema

André
Teoman
André Teoman born in Viana do
Castelo, Portugal in 1989, was raised
between Viana do Castelo and
Istanbul. The invitation to be part
of the Portuguese Design Biennale
with the Kaleidoscope table was an
important milestone of 2015 that
was followed by the Welcome to
the Club exhibition in the beginning
of 2016 in the ShowMe Art & Design
Gallery. Some of his pieces have
been seen in international shows
has the Tent London or the Salone
Satellite, or more exclusive spaces
like the Mint Shop that gave the
studio a new international approach.
Johema
JOHEMA’s factory has over 25 years
experience innovating, transforming
and finishing of wooden furniture;
specialists in high quality solutions
for hotels, offices, stores and homes,
interiors and exteriors.
With this great expertise and
valuable knowledge, JOHEMA
aims to be a reference company
in Portugal and be known as an
essential business partner.
www.andreteoman.com
at@andreteoman.com
+351 965 833 384
Av. 25 de Abril, Encosta do Elevador, Loja n.º 31
4900-496 Viana do Castelo - Portugal
www.johema.pt
info@johema.pt
+351 919 460 044
Estrada da Circunvalação, n.º 14007
4100-179 Porto - Portugal

DAAO Concepts – Design and
Architecture atelier. DAAO Furniture
Design collection is a trademark of
DAAO – Architecture and Design.
Being developed in the past four
years, this collection brings to the
domestic furniture a new concept.
DAAO Concepts contemplate the
furniture collection #. Is an entirely
Portuguese collection where
the functionality and the formal
clearance is a constant.The collection
consists of 40 pieces of furniture.
We are currently developing ten new
pieces to launch in 2018 and grow
the collection to 50 pieces.
www.daaofurnituredesign.com
info@daaofurnituredesign.com
+351 916 281 898
Rua Arthur Brandão, Loja 13E
2780-193 Nova Oeiras - Portugal

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Cork, a natural and renewable
resource, with sensory properties and
unique texture, has always been part
of Portuguese culture.
Likecork is a brand of furniture
and home accessories, combining
the spirit of Portuguese traditions
with respect for nature by creating
innovative and eco-friendly pieces.
We combine sustainability and
knowledge of the ancestral
techniques with aesthetics. We invite
you to experience new levels of
comfort and warmth that only Cork
can provide. lt is our challenge and
our proposal.
www.likecork.com
likecork@likecork.com
+351 919 086 852
Av. dos Estados Unidos da América, n.º 10 R/C Esq.
1700-175 Lisboa - Portugal

In the beginning we were just
one more architecture office that
enjoyed integrating design furniture
into our architecture projects. In
this process, we were delighted by
the furniture design as a practice.
Meanwhile the contact with the art
of woodworking, led us to realize
that art is disappearing and should
be preserved. So we decided to
go further, creating a brand based
on strong ideas, new concepts,
originality and at the same time that
explores the traditional techniques
of Portuguese carpentry in order
to perpetuate it. In the process of
manufacturing, our modern creativity
is then interlaced with the most
precise and traditional woodworking
techniques. Our furniture is
handmade by craftsmen in a small
centennial factory, one of the few
remaining places where time serves
quality and attention to detail. The
final outcome is a multidisciplinary
product that is 100% portuguese,
exuding modernity and tradition.
MO-OW design is a furniture brand,
developed by the architects Ângela
Frias and Gonçalo Dias.
www.mo-ow.com
info@mo-ow.com
+351 916 953 767
Rua Conselheiro Costa Braga, n.º 325
4450-123 Matosinhos - Portugal

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MBN is a furniture manufacturer
for over 35 years. The company
produces for brands, designers
and architects , and also for hotel
projects. Our major asset rely on
our diversity of production as we
also own our private labels. We
are present in several markets,
as UK, France, Jordan, and USA.
Each TAILOR piece has its own
identity, its own fingerprint.
Inspired in the cities of the world
that impress those who visit
them, they tell a story, a tradition,
a culture.
MUN ¨
ARMCHAIR
www.tailorfurniture.com
sales@mbn.pt
+351 255 964 597
Rua do Monte n.º 278, Frazão
4594-164 Paços de Ferreira - Portugal

The good name of Portuguese
Design lives in each object, with
each telling a story of beauty and
passion, ojectively recognising
and registering the work of it’s
course. The concepts of fluidity
and simplicity are explored in
juxtaposition with fibres and resins,
in its unlimited functionality. To
observe what it is produced, is
a charm win over. To share and
contribute with others is a ‘Moto’
of inspiration. The conincidence
between the Design and the
work despondancy, became
an opportunity for new project
constructions. Ultimatly ‘That Place’
is a story of love between two
creative beings, the improbable
combination between a mind of a
Desinger and of an Engenier, has
born in Porto a passion Design
Label.
www.thatplace.pt
hello@thatplace.pt
+351 223 231 872
Rua D. Frei Álvaro Pinto, n.º 281
4465-566 Leça do Balio - Portugal

Born and raised in Lisboa, Se7e
represents the city 7 hills. From
up here, we see the world. We
are a multidisciplinary team
from Portugal, Iceland and Italy.
Together in a research center that
is also studio and a workshop.
Every day we look at daily
objects and shape them in a new
way. The trick, never take them
for granted. Imagining, but doing.
Trying and asking. Between
creatives and artisans, the answer
is built. Every Se7e product
is designed and produced in
Portugal.
www.se7e.pt
hello@se7e.pt
+351 217 970 810
Largo Machado de Assis, n.º 9J
1700-116 Lisboa - Portugal

Wewood is a Portuguese brand
founded in 2010, as the result of the
research and development office of
Móveis Carlos Alfredo, a company
specialized in manufacturing &
exporting solid wood furniture
since 1964. Each piece is born
from the inspiration and creativity
of the most talent designers and
architects, turned into reality by
the hands, wisdom and experience
of our craftsmen. In Wewood we
believe in elevating the high-end
joinery by producing superb solid
furniture that promotes Portuguese
culture and design.
www.wewood.eu
info@wewood.eu
+351 224 114 050
Rua D. Afonso Henriques, n.º 77
4585-322 Gandra - Portugal

AIMMP - Portuguese Association of Wood and Furniture Industries’
mission is to represent, promote and protect the interests of the
companies from the five sectorial divisions from the Wood and
Furniture sector. These industries account for 2.5 billion of euros
in exports. Furniture, wood panels, construction materials, pine
and eucalyptus wood are the main agents for achieving these
remarkable values. As part of the forest transformation cycle,
which is responsible in Portugal for about 4% of national GDP, 11%
of industrial GDP, 9% of industrial employment and 10% of national
exports, the Wood and Furniture Industries sector is of paramont
importance in Portugal.
INTER WOOD & FURNITURE is a structured intervention program that
supports portuguese companies interested in developing internationalization
strategies in order to expand into new growing markets. This program has
already contributed to the growth in exportations in the Wood and Furniture
Industries. Inter Wood & Furniture has supported over 120 companies in 16
markets and currently is able to provide up to 50% in funding.
www.aimmp.pt
facebook.com/aimmportugal
aimmp@aimmp.pt
+351 223 394 200
Rua Álvares Cabral, N.º 281, 4050-041 Porto - Portugal
The texts and images showcased by each company in this catalog are of their entire responsibility and AIMMP cannot be held responsible.

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