A Sense
of Place
Ogeborg
Design by
Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune
Claesson Koivisto Rune is a Swedish
architectural partnership, founded in
Stockholm, in 1995, by Mårten Claesson,
Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune. It started
as an architectural firm, but has since
become an internationally acclaimed,
multi-disciplinary office with an
equal emphasis on both architecture
and design.
As the first Swedish office to have
exhibited in the international section
at the Venice Architecture Biennale,
in 2004, they are also responsible
for award-winning projects such as
the Tind Prefab house collection for
Fiskarhedenvillan, Widlund House private
villa on Öland, Örsta Gallery building in
Kumla, Sfera Building culture house in
Kyoto and Nobis Hotel in Stockholm.
They design for such international
companies as Arflex, Asplund, Blueair,
Boffi, Capdell, Cappellini, Casamania,
David design, Discipline, Dune NY,
Fontana Arte, Kasthall, Living Divani,
Offecct, Paola Lenti, Petite Friture,
Swedese, Tacchini, Wästberg,
among others.
For their work they have received the
German Design Award (Gold and Silver)
2011 by the Federal Republic of Germany,
Designer of the Year 2011 and Furniture
of the Year 2012 by Elle Deco (Sweden),
twice named both Designer of the Year
and Best Seating in 2010 and 2014 by
Elle Décor Italia, and the Red Dot Design
Award – Best of the Best 2014, making
them the first office to hold a Red Dot in
five different product categories.
Most recently, Claesson Koivisto Rune
have been announced as the recipient
of the most prestigious furniture
design prize in Scandinavia – The Bruno
Mathsson Prize 2015.
A Sense of Place
A collection of leather
rugs designed by
Claesson Koivisto Rune
In an iconic image, late artist Joseph
Beuys is seated in a sofa by his desk,
speaking on his phone. The floor of the
study is covered by whole leather hides,
stitched together. To put leather on the
floor seems at first like an odd thing.
But when you think of it – it is in many
ways the perfect material. Natural
and durable, it looks good even after
years of fierce use. Furthermore,
it is a responsible use of what is in
fact a by-product from the meat and
dairy industry.
For their architectural project, the inde/
jacobs gallery building, in Marfa, Texas,
Claesson Koivisto Rune designed a rug.
Inspired by heavy duty Texas work
and farming gear, durable leather
became the obvious choice. The design is
now complemented with two more rugs
forming a collection named A Sense
of Place.
The collection is manufactured by
Tärnsjö Tannery and all handmade in
vegetable-tanned organic leather. All
rugs are numbered edition. Available in
various sizes and colours.
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The great roman road Via Appia Antica
connected Rome with southern Italy. It
is still partially intact today, 2300 years
after the first stretch was laid. Built
as it is of solid blocks of stone, neatly
fitted together. The rug is sized by
adding or substracting ”blocks” to
the pattern.
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Marfa Crossroads
This carpet was initially designed for
the inde/jacobs gallery building, in
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Saddles and boots have always been
made of leather for its strength and
wear resistance. How appropriate then
to make a rug, that has to endure
public openings and private parties,
in that same material.
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The farmlands of the great American
Midwest appear like endless man-made
patterns, as seen from the airplane
window. Growing fields in perfect lines.
Each field with its own direction, every
field next to the other.
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Ogeborg
Ogeborg is a design driven, climate
neutral, family owned company founded
in 1963. Ogeborg supplies wall to
wall carpets, tiles and rugs for the
contract market.
We also offer an exclusive selection
of handmade rugs in wool and other
materials, Leather tiles for walls and
floors, and tiles and tops in Italian
Quartz stone.
We are proud to present this new
collection of handmade, vegetable
tanned, Swedish leather rugs in
cooperation with internationally
renowned designers Claesson
Koivisto Rune.
Ogeborg är ett designdrivet
klimatneutralt familjeföretag som
startades 1963. Ogeborg levererar
heltäckande textila golv och avpassade
mattor för stora kontor och övrig
offentlig miljö.
Vi erbjuder också ett exklusivt urval
av handgjorda mattor i ull och andra
material, läderplattor för vägg och
golv, samt bänkskivor och golv- och
väggplattor i Italiensk Quartzsten.
Vi är också stolta att nu kunna
lansera denna nya kollektion
handgjorda, vegetabiliskt garvade,
svenska lädermattor i samarbete med
Claesson Koivisto Rune.
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Tärnsjö Tannery
Tärnsjö Tannery started in 1873 and
has unsurpassed knowledge and
experience in the art of vegetable
tanning and saddlery. Every year
they produce 900,000 square feet of
the world’s finest vegetable tanned
leather, using hides from local Swedish
farms. Roughly a third of their leather
remains in-house and is used to produce
Tärnsjö saddlery and other premium
leather products for an elite list of
clients including Our Legacy, Fredericia
Furniture, Gant Rugger, Brooks of
England and Smaller Objects. The work
of this tannery produces an aesthetic
that sets the standard for high quality
leather all around the globe.
Tärnsjö Tannery is among the remaining
5% of tanning houses worldwide who
still employ the tradition of vegetable
tanning in favor of the more time and
cost-efficient chrome excel method.
They have chosen to respect the
environment with business practices
using bark extracts, water and waterbased finishing. The fact that the
resulting aesthetic is of unparalleled
quality and beauty is a welcome and
much cultivated benefit.
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Ogeborg AB
Maria Skolgata 81
118 23 Stockholm
www.ogeborg.se