Cushion designed for Armchair 311 upholstered with textile Dr Axel.
Dr Axel is a discreet, woven upholstery fabric with beige, light grey and sand tones. The print is named after the physician and writer Axel Munthe, who also built the well-known Villa San Michele, overlooking the Bay of Naples on Capri. The design of the stripes was inspired by Munthe's refined aesthetics and elegance. The print is a part of the Capri collection, created by designer Lars Nilsson for Svenskt Tenn in the spring of 2018.
Designer
Josef Frank
Josef Frank grew up in Vienna and studied architecture at Technische Hochschule (the Vienna University of Technology) in 1903 – 1908. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925, he founded the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleague Oskar Wlach. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read more