![]() ![]() ![]() "Self-care, sleep, building up the immune system, those are all important things right now," Adolfsson said.)ĭrake told AD that the 3,200-square-foot master bedroom is his favorite room in the house, and that the bed "lets float," which is undoubtedly because of those springs that Adolfsson described. (Although production might have temporarily slowed, sales of other Hästens mattresses have surged in the past month. Going forward, Hästens' craftsmen should be able to finish 12 Grand Vividus mattresses in a year, but the deliberately slow process may be further delayed this year because of coronavirus. Ten Grand Vividus ( Vividuses? Vividii?) were completed for the original run, and although Drake’s is the only one that has been delivered so far, the other nine were ordered and paid for in advance. But if you try that with five friends, it's a different story." "If you're in an arena and everyone reaches up to catch you, you feel like you're floating, and you don't feel each individual hand. "The springs are like… just imagine that you're a huge rock star and you stage dive into the crowd," Adolfsson says. All of Hästens mattresses are made with natural materials-cotton, flax, wool, and horsehair-and involve a complicated arrangement of springs that vary in height, size, and structure. Four certified craftsmen work for around 600 hours on each Grand Vividus, while a Classic Vividus can be finished in half the time. The basic differences between the Classic and the Grand versions are in the amount of horsehair (yup, you read that right), the number of springs, and in the time it takes to construct it by hand. Until that AD cover story revealed the existence of the Grand Vividus, the brand's previous top-tier mattress was what Adolfsson calls the 'Classic' Vividus, which retails for $190,000. ![]() You'll also understand why his Beverly Hills location has been the world's best-performing Hästens retail store for a decade-plus.) "My parents knew it was important to give me the best sleep possible." (If you talk to Adolfsson for five minutes, he'll make a convincing argument as to why a Hästens mattress is worth every dollar. "I didn't come from a wealthy family, but my mattress cost more than my family's car," he said. We have a completely different attitude to sleeping."Īdolfsson's parents gave him a Hästens mattress when he was a teenager, a kind of gift that isn't uncommon in the country. In Sweden, if your couch costs more than your mattress, people won't understand. "Your mattress should be the most important piece of furniture in your home. "In Sweden, sleeping isn't just about sleeping, it's about self-care," Linus Adolfsson, who runs the Hästens Sleep Spa and the three Hästens stores in Los Angeles, told VICE. The Grand Vividus is basically a museum piece that you might have the privilege of sleeping on-and if that makes sense to you, then there's a good chance that you and the G-Viv share the same country of origin. ![]() It seems slightly inaccurate to refer to the Grand Vividus as a 'mattress.' It's not the kind of mass-produced commodity that you buy at a strip mall, at some underwhelming retail store sandwiched between Dave & Buster's and the good Orange Julius. ![]()
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