Welcome to a world of new Scandinavian design, inspired by the everchanging nature that surrounds us. We collaborate with a brilliant stable of 59 designers – from upcoming, vibrant talents to established design studios from around the world. Timeless design, customised for you, and built to last.
Get to know us better in the video below.
Behind every single design there is a beautiful and creative mind. That is why we collaborate with a brilliant stable of world-renowned designers – from upcoming, vibrant talents to established design studios all with a shared passion for sustainable ideas and New Scandinavian Design. No matter where in the world our designers live and breathe, they all share the same passion for Scandinavian design, natural materials, and beautiful sustainable creations.
While our team of creative designers live and work all around the globe, our furniture designs are produced by some of the finest craftsmen and -women in Europe. Our goal is to have transparency throughout our production chain so you can get to know much about the skilled manufacturers behind every design in our collection. At Bolia.com you will find everything, all the way from our overall ambitions to the specific product climate footprint on our most popular designs, including everything from raw materials, to production, packaging and shipping, the product lifetime and eventual disposal.
What we believe matters the most is extending product longevity, by making beautifully timeless designs from carefully selected and certified materials, crafted to last for generations. Our designers focus on extending the longevity of each product while minimising its footprint, by finding ways to use less materials and energy for manufacturing. We ask ourselves how we can reduce waste and optimise packaging. How the design can be repaired and recycled. How we can rethink parts and components to be replaceable. Therefore we adhere to six simple, yet powerful principles…
Every new collection starts with a creative brief for our designers, who brilliantly turn our design dreams into inspiring sketches, product ideas and prototypes. And most important of all is the sustainable mindset behind each design, in terms of material choice, longevity, construction, component design and durability.
The finest design suggestions are selected, refined, and perfected – and the creation of the physical design begins. An inspiring process, done in close collaboration with the designer and carefully selected manufacturer. The creative phase from our initial design brief to the reveal of the final new design takes around 18 months, and now it’s finally here – The New Collection.
Nature is our muse
Our biggest inspiration for everything we do, we find in the everchanging nature. The seasons, the magnificent natural textures, the soft colours, the calming atmospheres, and the breath-taking landscapes.
Since fresh talent fuels our future, we celebrate new and emerging designers at our annual Bolia Design Awards – a tradition close to our hearts for more than 18 years. Some designs have even been included into our collection, with royalty of sales to each talented designer.
We are committed to making beautiful design through ethical practices and high standards of quality, worker safety, and environmental considerations, and continually work to improve our value chain. We’re on a mission to minimise waste, rethink packaging, and ensure our designs are repairable and recyclable. Introducing changeable covers to extend the lifetime of our sofas is just one way of doing it.
Read more about our initiatives in the Sustainability Journal.