Think A Bed

27 Nov, 2007 | Sofia Hulting | 0 Comments

A bed is a place for rest, social relations, and major decisions. But why do all beds look the same? This was the prelude to the bed manufacturer Lectus’ collaboration with Beckmans College of Design.

Last autumn, the students in Product Design 3 were asked to challenge the bed’s traditional design. The students were given the opportunity to study bed manufacturing at Lectus for a couple of weeks, and this resulted in beds with high technological level and several ideas with high practicability. And who wouldn’t want to go to bed in an oasis, green as grass with a summer sky to look up on? Or fall a sleep in a bed that is suggestive of the rising dough, with a bedspread fastened at the foot of the bed like a role, like a croissant ready to be baked out? Or, why can’t you buy a bed with built-in lamps that allows you to wake up to the sun’s rays? Or a bed that is ”future safe”, that is a bed that can easily be adjusted if the single suddenly meets a partner who moves in?

The result was shown to the public in the exhibition Think A Bed at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2007. Now Lectus has also decided to manufacture four of the students’ beds: Jens Boldt, Joel Hesselgren, Marcia Harvey Isaksson and David Wahl will see their beds in production.

Pictures on all beds are available at www.lectus.se, under News

News

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• Beckmans in collaboration for sustainability 22 Feb, 2013
• Honorable mention in sustainability contest! 21 Feb, 2013
• Nominated to sustainability prize 18 Feb, 2013
• Beckmans at Designers' Nest 1 Feb, 2013
• Beckmans' Product Design students at Stockholm Furniture Fair 17 Jan, 2013
• Erik Litzén finalist in H&M Design Award 16 Jan, 2013
• Brand New - fashion show at NK Department Store 16 Jan, 2013
• No Season - Beckmans' fashion students at MBFW 15 Jan, 2013
• Beckmans at Stockholm Furniture Fair 10 Jan, 2013
• Three students nominated for Scholarship 3 Dec, 2012
• Crafting for the Chrismas Market 29 Nov, 2012
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• Onkar Kular on visit 19 Nov, 2012
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• Joint exhibition: one of Israel's foremost graphic designers and Beckman Students. 2 Maj, 2012
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• Alexander Krantz gold medalist in Italy 22 Mar, 2012
• Beckmansstudenter at Kulturhuset 21 Mar, 2012
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• Students at Beckmans winners in Contest 17 Feb, 2012
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• Beckmans@Berns 8 Feb, 2011
• Beckmans College of Design at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week 3 Feb, 2011
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• Student's innovative shoes nominated for British Design Award 18 Jan, 2011
• Three students in Wallpaper*’s Next Generation Issue 22 Dec, 2010
• Design students in collaboration with Kulturhuset and Moomin 22 Dec, 2010
• Students won World’s Best App 22 Dec, 2010
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• Students from Beckmans College of Design won Gold- and Silverpen at »The One Show« in New York! 25 Maj, 2010
• Memories from the Degree Exhibition 24 Maj, 2010
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• Beckmans XV 26 Jan, 2010
• In a perfect world... 25 Jan, 2010
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• Beckmans College of Design + The Red Cross 28 Okt, 2009
• Beckmans College of Design in Bratislava 22 Sep, 2009
• Yossi Lemel at Beckmans College of Design 10 Sep, 2009
• 2019 - by Beckmans 28 Maj, 2009
• Graduation fashion show 2009 26 Maj, 2009
• Preview of this year's graduation collections 5 Maj, 2009
• Winners of Kolla! 2009 2 Maj, 2009
• Icon underwear 23 Apr, 2009
• Best Future Advertising Creator 19 Mar, 2009
• 1+1=3 A Meeting Between Two Creates Something New 29 Jan, 2009
• Knitwear Show 2009 22 Jan, 2009
• Winner Gallerian Fashion Award 08 13 Nov, 2008
• Product Design 10 at the Jewish Theatre 1 Okt, 2008
• New clothes for women internees 18 Sep, 2008
• Design happening at Djurgårdsbrunn 29 Aug, 2008
• Interview with Frida Ringström, F3, in Dazed & Confused 20 Aug, 2008
• Scholarship awarded to Beckmans alumni Helena Hörstedt 19 Aug, 2008
• Beckmans has moved to new premises 12 Aug, 2008
• Students at Beckmans won gold in Young Directors in Cannes 19 Jun, 2008
• Beckmans College of Design at the Zorn Collections 21 Maj, 2008