Indented to be local hideaways for hearty meals or simple coffee breaks, our cafés spaces are designed with the same consideration that goes into our menu. Inspired by simplicity, nature, and the aesthetics of slow living, the concept follows ARKET’s design foundation of everyday beauty – a significant influence on the Nordic modernist movement in the mid-20th century and a cornerstone of the ARKET brand.

The wooden Skedblad chair is a distinctive feature of our cafés and store furnishings. Designed in 1933 by Carl Malmsten, one of the most well-known furniture designers and interior architects in the Nordics, the chair is as simple as can be, consisting of only six pieces, with a soft, oval backrest resembling the bowl of a spoon. A self-taught designer, Carl Malmsten’s ideal was an organic style based on Swedish nature, local materials, and traditional crafts, and he often drew inspiration from historic models. Combining simplicity with timeless elegance and meticulous attention to detail, his Skedblad chair was a reinterpretation of a rustic, hand-carved folk design, originally made from lightweight pine. Today’s version was revived from the archives exclusively for ARKET in 2017, now rendered in solid oak at Tre Sekel in Tibro, a centre for woodworking and furniture design in the southwest of Sweden.