BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, ENGLAND

2002

The Baltic Flour Mill consists of an abandoned flourmill and silo in the northern English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The buildings were transformed into an art centre at the end of the 20th century. Åke Axelsson was commissioned to design the interior including the furniture. He connected with the industrial heritage of the giant building. Baltic (2001), a chair made of steel and aluminium, was the central item of furniture, produced in a number of variants. Åke also designed café stools, counters made of flamed steel, and tables with free-from-knots birch tops. Eight large lorries carried the furniture from Sweden to Newcastle. The Baltic Centre was Åke’s most extensive interior-design commission.