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Sara Larsson
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The cabinets that made Sara Larsson's name are not about decoration for its own sake. The Collect series, first introduced around 2010, treats storage as a design problem worth solving with clear proportions, push-to-open doors, and adjustable interiors. The pieces are small enough to sit on a sideboard but assertive enough to become a room's focal point. It is furniture that has a considered relationship with both the person using it and the space it occupies.
Larsson trained as an engineer before becoming a designer, earning a Master's degree in Engineering Science in Industrial Design from Chalmers University in Gothenburg. That combination of technical thinking and formal sensibility runs through all her work. She set up her own design studio in 2006 and launched A2 designers AB in 2008, building the brand around a commitment to Swedish manufacturing, specifically the workshop tradition of Småland, where furniture-making has deep roots.
A2 designers has grown into a studio and brand that Larsson runs together with her sister Anna Larsson, an architect. Their collaboration shapes how the brand moves between product design and spatial thinking. Collections have expanded well beyond the Collect series to include the Beam storage range, the Corners dining table, the Show coffee table, the Honey Cabinet with its subtle honeycomb-patterned doors, and the Keep drawer system, among others. Each piece tends to start from a clear functional premise before introducing a material detail or formal gesture that distinguishes it.
The brand has been a consistent presence at Stockholm Furniture Fair and introduced work internationally at Milan Design Week 2014, where the Story Cabinet was presented. A2 designers has been included in Swedish Design Moves, the export initiative that brings Scandinavian design to international audiences. The studio's work is stocked by design retailers across Europe.
At auction, Sara Larsson's pieces circulate primarily through Stockholms Auktionsverk, which accounts for the large majority of her 34 recorded lots. The Beam high cabinet has achieved the strongest results, reaching 11,750 SEK at Stockholms Auktionsverk Helsingborg. The Collect 2010 Multi cabinet, the Corners dining table, and the Show coffee table also appear regularly with prices between 3,000 and 5,000 SEK, reflecting steady demand for her most established designs.