ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN

WOOD: CHERRY AND RED OAK

Sizar Alexis is a Swedish-Iraqi product and furniture designer based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Alexis graduated from Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm in 2019 and has since started his design studio where he experiments with objects that display tranquil settings through strong character in geometrical shapes. His work is influenced by a deep interest in Brutalism juxtaposed with the rich cultural and architectural heritage from ancient Mesopotamia.

Alexis’ piece for Discovered is rooted in his childhood memories of living in Iraq during the war with Iran in the ’80s and 1991’s subsequent Gulf War. ‘When the brief from AHEC arrived I thought about the situation we were in and my son, who was born last April. I thought about the core values of the project – touch, reflection and strength – and then about living in my home country and the war when I was small. So my mind hopped between those associations.’