CEREMONY tray/trivet, milk and sugar set by Claesson Koivisto Rune now available online and in store.

Swedish life in general is rather informal. Society has done away with most old fashioned rituals and form of address. But we do drink a lot of coffee. In fact, Sweden ranks as the world’s top consumer of it. In business and in private it is customary to serve coffee or ’fika’ whenever we meet. And it’s always very casually offered, but in its practice fika is in fact a kind of modern ceremony. Up to five or eight times a day.

Welcome to our fika. Or, if that’s not your cup of tea, the pitcher works equally well for maple syrup.

– Cleasson Koivisto Rune

We just got back from a wonderful trip to Stockholm.

We just saw this video made by Disegno about Claesson Koivisto Rune and our CEREMONY set and we wanted to share it with you.

Enjoy!

More from our trip to Stockholm later this week.

On Wednesday night we hosted an exhibition for Claesson Koivisto Rune. We are so honored to be presenting their first retrospective in Canada, and debuting “CEREMONY”, the serving set designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and produced by Mjolk with the expertise of local artisans Alissa Coe, Scott Eunson, and Adrian Kuzyk.

It was such a pleasure to be able to spend time with such a brilliant firm, whose personalities are as equally warm and charming as their work. For those who didn’t have the opportunity to visit the exhibition during the opening night, the show will continue in its full installation until January 31st, and after that a stripped down version of the exhibition will continue until February 8th.

CEREMONY set: trays in pure brass, copper, and blackened steel reversible with Canadian hard maple serving/cutting side. Pitcher: unglazed white porcelain exterior with glazed interior, and bowl / lid in Canadian hard maple.

As our exhibition coincided with Toronto Design Week the Ceremony set won “Best in show – Best new product” from Toronto Design Offsite, as well as a “Designlines Loves tag”.

Ceremony with maple serving side up – underside in raw brass.

The front half of the store was emptied to make room for the full installation. Every work you see is designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune.

The Kami table for Discipline in black, paired with 6 Röhsska chairs for Swedese in white oak.

The Unit cabinet for Asplund, and three Spin poufs for Tacchini.

Zoo table in raw copper for Asplund.

The Vass cabinet for Asplund, W08 Claesson Koivisto Rune task light for Wastberg, Camp clock for DavidDesign, and Sense air purifier for Blueair.

A collection of smaller works on display including the beautiful Rothko trays for Botswana based furniture maker Mabeo.

Teatime tea trolley in ash wood with removable white painted trays for Swedese. The table lamp is called the Baklava lamp for Orsjo.

Monet – A set of sugar candies for the Japanese tea ceremony designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune and made in collaboration with Sfera and a Kyoto based candy maker.

The model of Örsta gallery.

Torus bracelet by DFTS.

Anemone vase for Gallery Pascale.

Press magazine stand for Asplund.

Folded Roof House model.

Tonic glasses for Italesse.

Widlund house model

Basso champagne coaster for Skultuna.

Nest bamboo basket for Sfera.

PO/0018 fruit basket for Cappellini.

Eve bracelet for Gallery Pascale.

Lima sofa for Tacchini, Brasilia coffee table for Swedese, Fluid pendant light for Muuto.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the opening party. So many familiar faces and interesting conversations.

 

The prettiest sushi from Sushi67.

In anticipation of our exhibition CEREMONY with Claesson Koivisto Rune on Wednesday January 23rd, we’ve put together a collection of images to provide a bit of context for the architect firm in case you weren’t already familiar with their work.

We hope you enjoy!

Kråkmora Holmar.

Örsta gallery.

N0. 5 house.

Råman house.

Sfera building, Kyoto.

Marrakech tile exhibition.

Dandelion tile.

Model for Espina De Cruz + residential house.

Kin Urushi tea light holders

Monet – Japanese candies

Brasilia coffee table with Boxplay sofas.

Spin poufs

Vass cabinet and Press magazine holder.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone on the 23rd! All three founding members of Claesson Koivisto Rune will be attendance, so please drop in and say hello.

Happy New Year everyone!

We’re very excited to announce our first exhibition of 2013.

Along with a retrospective of Claesson Koivisto Rune’s furniture, design accessories, and architectural models we are debuting a small series of products inspired by The Japanese Tea Ceremony and Swedish Fika coffee culture.

The collaborative work is executed by local Toronto artisans:

Alissa Coe of Coe and Waito

Scott Eunson – sculpture artist and wood worker

and

Adian Kuzyk – wood artisan.

Please stop by to see the exhibition and meet our guests of honour:
Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune!

Invitation design by Sali Tabacchi

One of our favourite architect firms is Clasesson Koivisto Rune, they are also one of our favourite furniture designers as well and we have a few of their pieces here at mjölk. I wanted to do a post about their Råman house, which was built in 2000. It’s still just as beautiful and classic as it ever was, and also features one of the nicest bedrooms we’ve ever seen.

One day we’ll have a fireplace.

There is also a detached ceramics studio.

Inside the studio.

Another view.

We are in love with the black Fog & Morup pendant light.

What a wonderful and simple bedroom.