Swedish shapes

Acclaimed designer Monica Förster taps into one of Sweden's most prized natural resources in the subtle gestures shown in her latest accomplishment, the Vika seating collection. This commission for Bernhardt Design marks her first major collaboration with an American
company. In northern Sweden, braided rivers carve through the land creating an ever changing landscape alive with motion. Förster brilliantly captures the beauty of this geographical phenomenon in the undulating shape of the Vika Chair. Current technology played a significant role in the conceptualization and production of Vika. Förster initially modeled her design on the computer, and ultimately CAD files were used to produce three molded parts that form the body of the chair. However, technology only served as bookends to the true creative process of hand-sculpting wood forms that led to the discovery of the precise lines and shapes needed to give the chair its desired sense of fluidity.