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DESIGN: Fredrik Paulsen

Just as the Dining Chair makes no excuses for its heft, Fredrik Paulsen’s Dining Table is similarly forthright about its purpose. This is a piece of furniture designed to work hard for generations to come. The lively grain of solid pine is especially present over the table’s large surface areas whilst the simple logic and artistry of its making is enjoyably explicit.

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

All Vaarnii products are locally made by a small number of expert Finnish makers. All pine wood is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests, PEFC certi­fied and slow grown.

Pine is very characterful material. As a result of the naturally occurring oils and resins, pine will change colour as it ages. Heartwood and sapwood will start aging at a different speed resulting in gorgeous stripy patterns. The color will gradually even out and mature to a beautiful honey tone over the course of years.

Although our pine wood is the hardest soft wood you can find, it will dent and scratch over time. We ask you to embrace these characterful signs of aging.

Our raw material is hand selected for maximum quality. Because of the nature of wood, each product has a unique grain, colour, and pattern.

DESIGN: Fredrik Paulsen

Just as the Dining Chair makes no excuses for its heft, Fredrik Paulsen’s Dining Table is similarly forthright about its purpose. This is a piece of furniture designed to work hard for generations to come. The lively grain of solid pine is especially present over the table’s large surface areas whilst the simple logic and artistry of its making is enjoyably explicit.

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

All Vaarnii products are locally made by a small number of expert Finnish makers. All pine wood is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests, PEFC certi­fied and slow grown.

Pine is very characterful material. As a result of the naturally occurring oils and resins, pine will change colour as it ages. Heartwood and sapwood will start aging at a different speed resulting in gorgeous stripy patterns. The color will gradually even out and mature to a beautiful honey tone over the course of years.

Although our pine wood is the hardest soft wood you can find, it will dent and scratch over time. We ask you to embrace these characterful signs of aging.

Our raw material is hand selected for maximum quality. Because of the nature of wood, each product has a unique grain, colour, and pattern.

HÖNNUN: Fredrik Paulsen.

001 Borðstofustóllinn hefur sterka nærveru enda klossaður og stoltur af því. En hann er þrátt fyrir þessi einkenni sín, hannaður með þægindi í huga og afar gott að sitja í honum í þessum löngu notalegu matarboðum. Þessi fágaði brútalismi er dæmigerður fyrir verk Paulsens sem og ást hans á furu; efnivið sem hann lýsir sem síkadelískum vegna líflegra og náttúrulegra æða hans. "Maður nýtur þessarar áferðar best á stóru yfirborði" segir Paulsen - kenning sem hér hefur verið raungerð.

Framleiddur í Finnlandi úr sjálfbært vottaðri Finnskri furu.

Allar vörur Vaarnii eru framleiddar í Finnlandi af litlum og sérvöldum húsgagnasmiðum. Öll furan sem notuð er, er hogginn úr sjálfbærum Finnskum skógum, PEFC vottuð og hæg ræktuð.

Furan hefur afar sterkan karakter. Vegna olía og resíns sem myndast náttúrulega, breytir hún hægt og rólega um lit eftir því sem hún eldist. Kjarnaviður og tréviður eldast mis hratt sem leiðir til þess að húsgögnin verða dásamlega mynstruð. Liturinn jafnast svo smám saman út og þroskast í átt að fallegum hunangsgljáa yfir árin.

Þrátt fyrir að viður furunnar sé harðasti mjúki viðurinn muntu komast að því að hann mun dældast og rispast með tímanum. Við biðjum þig um að taka þessum karaktereinkennum fagnandi.

Hráefnið sem notast er við er handvalið í þeim tilgangi að tryggja sem allra hæstu gæði. Þökk sé eðli viðarins hefur hvert og eitt húsgagn sitt sérstaka mynstur og tón.

DESIGN: Fredrik Paulsen

Our Dining Chair has instant presence, this is an unapologetically brawny chair. But despite its heft, the Dining Chair has been designed for comfort and makes an enjoyable seat for long and loose dinners. Such refined brutality is typical of Paulsen’s work. As is a love of pine; a material he describes as ‘psychedelic’ because of its lively natural grain. It is best enjoyed over large surface areas, says Paulsen – a theory put into practice here.

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

All Vaarnii products are locally made by a small number of expert Finnish makers. All pine wood is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests, PEFC certi­fied and slow grown.

Pine is very characterful material. As a result of the naturally occurring oils and resins, pine will change colour as it ages. Heartwood and sapwood will start aging at a different speed resulting in gorgeous stripy patterns. The color will gradually even out and mature to a beautiful honey tone over the course of years.

Although our pine wood is the hardest soft wood you can find, it will dent and scratch over time. We ask you to embrace these characterful signs of aging.

Our raw material is hand selected for maximum quality. Because of the nature of wood, each product has a unique grain, colour, and pattern.

DESIGN: Fredrik Paulsen.

 The 001 Stool is essential, immediate, resilient. Like the Dining Tables and Chairs before it, Fredrik Paulsen has created a pleasingly archetypal design. Although Stool is the smallest object in the 001 family, this small seat loses none of the bulk that characterises its siblings. Generous dimensions of timber are used to full effect, making a reliably sturdy object. Yet 001 Stool is light enough to be moved around easily because Paulsen wanted to be clear about designing practical everyday seating.

CHARACTERISTICS.

Pine gets better with age. The colours mature to a deeper palette. The heartwood and sapwood age at different speeds and bring out the natural patterns of the grains. After a few years, pine will settle into a rich and complex honey tone   Pine is a soft wood and will get dents and bruises over the years. But don’t think of them as blemishes or flaws. Embrace them. They’re evidence of life lived and furniture loved. Pine isn’t life-proof. It’s proof of life.   All our products are locally made by select Finnish makers and specialists. Every pine tree is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests. The wood is hand-selected of the highest quality and each piece has its own unique colours and grain patterns.

MEASUREMENTS.

H: 44 cm. / Ø: 40 cm.

DESIGN: Fredrik Paulsen.

The 001 Stool is essential, immediate, resilient. Like the Dining Tables and Chairs before it, Fredrik Paulsen has created a pleasingly archetypal design. Although Stool is the smallest object in the 001 family, this small seat loses none of the bulk that characterises its siblings. Generous dimensions of timber are used to full effect, making a reliably sturdy object. Yet 001 Stool is light enough to be moved around easily because Paulsen wanted to be clear about designing practical everyday seating.

The 001 Stool in Black features a deep black stain, unique to Vaarnii, through which pine's distinctive grain remains pleasingly visible. 

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

MATERIAL: Scots Pine

DIMENSIONS: L: 40 x W: 40 x H: 44 cm.

DESIGN: Dimitri Bahler.

Vaarnii’s Ast stool, designed by Dimitri Bähler, is characterized by an unpretentious design that combines the rustic with the modern. The simple and robust stool consists of thick, sturdy pieces of pinewood, its only decorations being the gently rounded edges and the knots and lively grain typical of pine. The name of the stool, Ast, is German and means “branch”, alluding to the knots that underline the strong yet often overlooked material. In addition to an extra seat, Ast can be used as a nightstand or side table.

CHARACTERISTICS.

Pine gets better with age. The colours mature to a deeper palette. The heartwood and sapwood age at different speeds and bring out the natural patterns of the grains. After a few years, pine will settle into a rich and complex honey tone   Pine is a soft wood and will get dents and bruises over the years. But don’t think of them as blemishes or flaws. Embrace them. They’re evidence of life lived and furniture loved. Pine isn’t life-proof. It’s proof of life.   All our products are locally made by select Finnish makers and specialists. Every pine tree is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests. The wood is hand-selected of the highest quality and each piece has its own unique colours and grain patterns.

MATERIAL: Pine.

Dimensions: H: 45 cm. / W: 51 cm. / D: 26 cm.

Lead time: 8 - 10 vikur.

DESIGN: Soft Baroque.

The honest qualities of pine are boldly expressed in Soft Baroque’s Coffee Table. The satisfyingly rational joints of traditional Finnish log houses, themselves a celebration of elementary wooden construction, have been used to decorative effect in this most solid of tables. Round notch joints have been inflated to ‘comic proportions’ by Soft Baroque, who predict that their substantial table will outlive any of its owners and largely be used for dancing on, given its hulking proportions.

CHARACTERISTICS.

Pine gets better with age. The colours mature to a deeper palette. The heartwood and sapwood age at different speeds and bring out the natural patterns of the grains. After a few years, pine will settle into a rich and complex honey tone   Pine is a soft wood and will get dents and bruises over the years. But don’t think of them as blemishes or flaws. Embrace them. They’re evidence of life lived and furniture loved. Pine isn’t life-proof. It’s proof of life.   All our products are locally made by select Finnish makers and specialists. Every pine tree is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests. The wood is hand-selected of the highest quality and each piece has its own unique colours and grain patterns.

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

MATERIAL: Pine.

DIMENSIONS: H: 35 cm. / W: 120 cm. / D: 80 cm.

Lead time: 8 - 10 weeks.

DESIGN: Max Lamb

The Lounge Chair by Max Lamb is a tough piece of furniture. Yet a hard-as-nails first impression soon gives way to a visual softness and physical comfort. Lamb explains that he began by investigating pine; how it is grown, sawn, received, sold. His approach thereafter was logical; choosing off-the-shelf sections of wood and piecing them together to create a large surface area and logical form. Material is scooped out of the building block-like forms to make two ample convex recesses, revealing the characterful grain within. The result is a strikingly singular chair ‘mathematical in its approach and transparent in its construction’ says Lamb.

CHARACTERISTICS.

Pine gets better with age. The colours mature to a deeper palette. The heartwood and sapwood age at different speeds and bring out the natural patterns of the grains. After a few years, pine will settle into a rich and complex honey tone   Pine is a soft wood and will get dents and bruises over the years. But don’t think of them as blemishes or flaws. Embrace them. They’re evidence of life lived and furniture loved. Pine isn’t life-proof. It’s proof of life.   All our products are locally made by select Finnish makers and specialists. Every pine tree is harvested from sustainably managed Finnish forests. The wood is hand-selected of the highest quality and each piece has its own unique colours and grain patterns.

Made in Finland of Finnish pine.

MATERIAL: Pine

Dimensions: H: 72 cm. / B: 66 cm. / D: 64 cm. / Seat: 40 cm.

Lead time: 8 - 10 vikur