Candidate Chairs

A pair of 'Kandidaten' (Candidate) chairs designed Ib Kofod-Larsen's as part of a collection drawn for Swedish producer Olof Perssons Fåtöljindustri known as OPE in the 1950s. Perssons small factory was based in Jonkoping in southern Sweden and like several other domestic producers at the time they looked south to Denmark for talented architects in the 1950s. Prior to working with Kofod-Larsen and his Danish contemporaries Tove and Edvard Kindt-Larsen, OPE were known for making antique replica - 'mobelstil' - furniture. It was their collaboration with the in-demand Dane, starting in 1956 that brought them world-renown and commercial success. The OPE series of chairs also included the iconic Sälen and sleeping classic: the Samsø, named after the Danish island where his family spent their summers.