Gunnar Asplund GA1 Pendant Lamp Mouthblown Opaque Glass, Designed in 1930´s

BLOND started with the thought of manufacturing and providing luminaires of high quality, both when it comes to the function of light as well as the design. Manufacturing in the very heart and industrial centre of Sweden. From the start BLOND focused on illuminating the contract market and to have a close cooperation with our clients, whom are mainly architects, interior designers and lighting designers. Asplund by BLOND. Erik Gunnar Asplund (1885 - 1940) has been the key influence in creating what we today consider as Scandinavian architecture and design. Being considered as one of the most important architects of the 20th-century, his active period extends from ca 1910 - 1940. With works that extends from national romanticism via neo-classicism to functionalism. With a holistic perspective his architecture resembles that of a Gesamtkunstwerk - a common denominator in his works is the care for details as part of the big picture. 1913 Gunnar Asplund won a competition regarding an extension of the Gothenburg City Hall, a project in which he was involved with for nearly 25 years due to redesigns. 1914 the Stockholm City Council announced an international architectural competition after the decision had been taken to set aside land for a new cemetary. The competition ended in 1915, with the winning architects being Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz, and was not finished until 1940 thus becoming the final resting place for Asplund. For future generations to discover.