Capisco.
No 10

Capisco No.10

HÅG

Kjetil Rekdal

Capisco No.10 HÅG Kjetil Rekdal

Recouture

Creative Studio

The Story

It began with a feeling many of us share right now, the pride, the togetherness, the joy the national team brings us. That feeling led me to an original Adidas jersey from the 1994 World Cup.

No. 10. Kjetil Rekdal.
We where facing a difficult decision.

An original shirt.
A piece of Norwegian football history.

The same question we ask ourselves every day came to me:
Should we preserve the object?
Or preserve the story?

Recouture

Creative Studio

To preserve

At Recouture, we believe preservation is not about putting history away. It is about making it a living part of everyday life. That philosophy became the foundation of this project.

A jersey can live behind glass, or in a drawer. I have deep respect for both, for the shirt itself, and for the collectors who cherish these pieces. This is an original number 10 jersey, not one Kjetil wore himself. Had it been his own, I think… I would never have cut into it.

But this shirt was made to be part of something new. Every stitch is made with respect for what came before, to let the story continue.

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Creative Studio

Two icons. One new story.

When. the pieces fell into place, they did so around another Norwegian icon: the HÅG Capisco. A chair we already knew well, and a collaboration we were already part of.

Designed in 1984 by Peter Opsvik, the Capisco is a piece of Norwegian design history. Today HÅG is part of Flokk, and the chair is still made in Røros. I've been there. I fell in love with it, the factory, the craft, and above all the people who build these chairs with such care.

This one didn't begin its life new. It came to us second-hand, sourced through Secundo, already carrying years of use, already part of someone's everyday.

The design.

A chair meant to last must be able to take wear, so where it's needed most, we reinforced it with durable Norwegian wool from Gudbrandsdalen Uldvarefabrikk.

The number 10, of course, had to sit on the back. The jersey's sleeves became the arms of the chair — arms for arms — and the iconic Adidas stripes are hand-sewn onto the wool. The white stripes so distinctive to the '94 shirt were given pride of place along the sides of the seat, where they catch the eye from more than one angle.

It was never meant to shout. There's just enough of the flag, and no more — the whole piece landed somewhere quietly luxurious.

The sewing was a labor of love, shared by Iryna and Lena at Recouture Creative Studio in Hadeland..

Auction it.

So we asked Kjetil Rekdal one simple question:

"What do you think we should do with it?"

He didn't hesitate. "Auction it. Donate the proceeds to Barnekreftforeningen."

The decision was made.

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Creative Studio

Made to be worth more.

With the decision made, one goal shaped everything that followed: to give as much as possible to Barnekreftforeningen. And the more this chair is worth, the more it can give. That’s the truth.

So I wanted to take it further than a second-hand chair. This became a project about value and quality — the same values Flokk has always stood for. So I went there.

The day at Flokk.

So I went to Flokk. And there I met Head of service Rune and Thomas fra Stoldoktoren.

Rune and Thomas knows everything. They looked at the foam, weighed up the components, and together we gave the chair yet another makeover — better than we'd first planned. That's the part of redesign I love most: a project is never quite finished in your head. It keeps evolving, growing a little every time someone who truly knows their craft gets their hands on it.

This chair became better because of the people who met it along the way.

Proud, together.

Different companies, different sizes, same values.
That's the best part of a project like this.

Proud that two Norwegian icons found each other in something entirely new.
Proud of the craft, the wool, the hands in Røros, Lysaker & Harestua.
And most of all, proud that all of it now adds up to something bigger than a chair,
a real contribution to a good cause.

The auction.

Thank you Blomqvist. We're deeply grateful that you wanted to be part of this, and that you've chosen to take 0% in fees — so that every single krone goes, in full, to Barnekreftforeningen. The journey continues — and soon, it will have a new home.

The auction opened on Friday — two days before Norway kicked off against Brazil in the round of 16. It closes on Tuesday, 7 July, at 20:02.

Kjetil Rekdal.

On Sunday, Kjetil signed the chair. Just minutes before kickoff, the match where Norway knocked Brazil out of the 2026 World Cup. His signature became more than a mark on the chair. Twenty-eight years earlier, it was Kjetil himself who scored a goal we remember against that same Brazil.

Thank you.

Kjetil — thank you. Thank you for saying yes, and for making room for this in the middle of everything. For Barnekreftforeningen.

Together with proud designer, Hilde Hoff Nordskar.

Oslo was buzzing.

Oslo was buzzing that day. The city was electric, the streets alive, the whole place tight with anticipation ahead of the match. The chair made its way across Aker Brygge — carried through the crowds and the sea of red-white-and-blue colors.

About the cause

The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Society (Barnekreftforeningen) works toward a vital goal: that no child should die of cancer, and that more children should have a good life after treatment. Around 200 children in Norway are diagnosed with cancer every year. Thanks to research, 9 out of 10 survive — yet cancer remains the most common cause of death among children aged 1 to 14 in Norway. That's why more research is needed. The funds Barnekreftforeningen raises go to life-saving research on childhood cancer and to supporting the families affected. ❤️

More information at www.barnekreftforeningen.no