Litos
Litos is a design degree project that explores how furniture design can be interwoven with materials from discarded
wooden objects, often too damaged to be reused in their original form. Grounded in a strong personal value that rejects the use of new raw materials, the project embraces an intuitive and material based process. Litos transforming emotionally significant, imperfect pieces of wood into functional and poetic furniture.
Litos aims to question the conventional production cycle and invite a deeper relationship between user and object. Through the reuse of broken furniture, like a neighbor’s discarded desk or a damaged bench from the designer’s father, the project becomes both a design investigation and a personal journey. Where loss, memory, and renewal meet.
The outcome consists of two unique pieces, a bench titled “Slå dig ner” (“Take a Seat”) and a coat rack titled “Häng av dig” (“Hang It Up”). Their layered construction, combining oak, pine, and beech, celebrates both material tactility and emotional presence. With their mix of machine precision and hand-carved softness, these pieces evoke a sense of calm and interaction.
Rather than offering a solution, Litos is a critical and reflective design inquiry into how we live with things and what it means to truly care for materials, objects, and the stories they hold.
