The About A Lounge collection is the result of a continued collaboration between HAY and designer Hee Welling. The goal was to create a connected family of lounge seating based around one simple, strong idea, without sacrificing the individual qualities offered by each model.
By making the legs, shells and upholstery options interchangeable, the About A Lounge series provides a wealth of design possibilities as well as retaining the elemental form. The series includes variants of high and low lounge chairs, an ottoman and a two-seater sofa.
Hee Welling is a Danish furniture designer who founded his own studio in Copenhagen in 2003. Welling has received a number of design awards, including the Bo Bedre Award (Denmark), Good Design Award (USA) and has been nominated as the Danish designer of the year in both 2013 and 2014.
Welling is the son of a cabinetmaker, and his fascination with production techniques, materials and machinery was fired as a child. He went on to study at The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, and received his master’s degree in furniture design from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (where he is also now a design tutor).
His design ethos is centred around the idea of creating technically accomplished products that can reach a wide audience. His work is characterised by a great sense of proportion and quietly elegant looks.
