Axel Larsson: Möbelformgivare och inredningsarkitekt under fem decennier

A forerunner to Bruno Mathson. Larsson is known for his clean, functional wooden furniture. The Swedish furniture and interior designer Axel Larsson (1898-1975) recieved his formal education at the HKS - today the University of Arts, Crafts, and Design - under Carl Malmsten. Carl Malmsten had just turned 28 when he was assigned to one of the most prestigious architectural projects in modern time in Sweden, the City Hall, Stockholm. Malmsten offered his former student a position as a draftsman. From then on Axel Larsson could look forward to travels abroad, gaining insight into the influential, international currents. He firmly believed that ” form should follow function” thus bording on a creative life in functionalist Sweden. Sigrid Eklund Nyström's text, together with numerous illustrations, offers a rich documentaion on a very sucessful and productive designer during five decades. Larsson's furniture was exhibited both at the Stockholms utställningnen in 1930 and New York World's Fair in 1939.