”During Southern Sweden Design Days in Malmö Nola are launching three new products for the public realm.”
This Spring new products from Thomas Bernstrand, Mats Aldén and Anki Gneib celebrate community and green outdoor urban environments.
Nola welcome you to ‘Meeting Places’, our exhibition at Malmö’s Lokstallarna Studios during the Southern Sweden Design Days event.
Few things engage the industry and inspire creativity as much as design fairs do. Nola will participate in the H22 Expo in Helsingborg and take part in a range of the expo’s activities and events.
When Sweco Architects redesigned Centralplan, the open-air concourse outside Stockholm’s central train station, they decided to commission a new line of park benches for the site.
A visit to the town square in the Stockholm suburb of Kärrtorp, where Nola has contributed with several products, inspired journalist Dan Hallemar to review the site in Arkitektur journal.
Furniture ranges Frank and Parco plays a big role in the renovation and design of the pedestrian street Östra Drottninggatan in central Gävle, designed by the landscape architecture office Karavan.
A courtyard on Torsgatan, Stockholm, behind the Stockholm Vatten-building from 1906, has been designed with activity, recreation and social interactions in mind.
When Kungsträdgården was redesigned before Stockholm became the European Capital of Culture in 1998 a new park bench was developed, based on an older model. A unique collaboration between Nola, Wolodarski and the former city gardener Carl-Fredrik Wachtmeister.
Alviks strand is situated on Stockholm’s western edge with view across the water towards the city centre. The waterside development traces a park situated between suburban streets and the water’s edge.
As Nola continues to offer solutions that make urban cycling safer and more sustainable, our illuminating Blenda bicycle stand is becoming a popular choice for architects.
Working collaboratively with Castellum AB (a Swedish developer formerly known as Norrporten AB), Gestalt Arkitektur AB and architect Christian Kahlefeldt, Nola designed and presented a new outdoor office concept at Växjö Business Park I11.
With a surface of 2,400 square metres, Västerås’ new skate park is one of the largest in Sweden. Built for skateboarding, inline skating, kick-biking and BMX-riding. The park was designed by Horn.Uggla.
The open-air theatre in Malmö’s Pildammsparken is a themed playground where people of all ages can relax, play, listen to music and watch performances.
Vara’s municipality wanted to refresh one of the city parks in Vara’s centre and selected the concept submitted by designer Thomas Bernstrand and artist Albin Karlsson.
Recycled items and discount bargains. A new market for circular trading and wholesale outlet offers.
In our Reuse & Discounts section, you’ll find products for sale with fast delivery lead times. You’ll find great prices on items such as discontinued products, ex-display models and reduced wholesale stock items. All sold at affordable prices to give our products new homes and longer lifespans.
”Production of our own products is solely based in Sweden.”
For us at Nola, sustainability is grounded in the ideas around how society and the cities of the future will function in symbiosis. Acting responsibly and being conscious about the decisions we make is fundamental to a sustainable future. We let design take its time so that what we make is properly consolidated into something that will be loved for as long as it lasts.
”With Kebne comes a community vision for creating inclusive meeting places for all people.”
Kebne Outdoor Gym consists of five individual units for resistance training and stretching. Kebne is a complete system for building muscle tone and strength by using the body as a counterweight. With Kebne comes a community vision for creating inclusive meeting places for all people.
Today, accessibility is a central part of our design brief and product development process, and something that is second nature to Nola. ‘Accessible’, just like ‘inclusive’, are more than keywords - they top the list of requirements for each and every product we design.
Kaskad was something special when it was launched ten years ago, and the chair continues to turn heads to this day. Björn Dahlström, the chair’s designer, tells us about some of the things that inspired the award-winning design and its development.
Långbordet is currently one of Nola's most popular products, and its history began at a community development project in Helsingborg. White Arkitekter worked collaboratively with artist Ebba Matz to develop the concept. After they carried out interviews with locals, the inspiration for a long table was born.
As cities develop bicycle infrastructures, they’re investing in the environment too. The benefits of urban cycling are easy to understand, but awareness of them is slow to spread. Leading experts say its time to break the vehicle norm, and introduce urban cycling to create lasting change.
Every day, cities evolve at a rapid pace, and the needs of urban cyclists grow with them. Today, city-dwellers are cycling more than ever before, which is good for the environment, and important for the well-being of all. As urban planning and infrastructure projects reflect these new priorities, our range of products for cyclists is meeting them too. They’re making it easier to choose to cycle, and more satisfying to leave the car in the garage. This selection of bike racks, bollards, bike sheds and other Nola products are designed to keep urban cyclists on the move.
The outside is the new inside, as many say right now. Perhaps it’s to do with the corona pendemic, or connected with our physical and mental wellbeing. Regardless of the reasoning, it’s definitely time we broke with the ’inside norm’ and in doing so our preconceptions that work always has to happen indoors.
”The tool is intended to support architects in their creative work”
Now there is a new digital planning tool for the Korg furniture system. The tool makes it possible to spatially create and test ideas and solutions according to your specific requirements. The planning tool is intended to support architects in their creative work, at the same time giving a concrete result with a clear product specification.
At Nola we proudly consider ourselves as committed community problem solvers; and our work has always stemmed from real human needs.
Nola took its current shape in the 1980 when Agneta Stake took over the company. With great community involvement, passion and sensitivity towards the prominent architects and urban planners of the time, she sculpted a company that would become a guide for how the urban environment could appear and function.
Get involved and find inspiration on our social media platforms.
Nola has received a variety of awards over the years. Here are some of the highlights.
Together with designers, architects and creatives, we shape urban environments. Our ambition is that every collaboration holds the potential to become a product. Bring us your ideas and let’s work them into a reality.
Our products and projects are defined by the value they bring to the process of creating them, and where they will be used. We’re always looking for new ways to create expressive, timeless design that will be cherished and used.
Our own products are made in Sweden to bring the very best, most sustainable, locally produced products and furniture for the public outdoor sector.
