Bukowskis ‹ Lundgren+Lindqvist

Client: Bukowskis
Type: Digital Design
Year: 2022-2026

Founded in 1870, Bukowskis has been a central figure in the Nordic auction market for more than 150 years. Based in Berzelii Park in Stockholm since the late nineteenth century, the auction house hosts viewings, live auctions, and private sales, while operating a comprehensive online platform and app.

Together with Bonhams, founded in London in 1793, Bukowskis reaches a global audience of millions through shared digital platforms and auction houses in Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Sydney.

In 2022, Bukowskis appointed Lundgren+Lindqvist to lead a comprehensive redesign of its digital platform. Although the site continued to attract high visitor numbers and performed well technically, its front end no longer reflected the company’s ambition to position itself among the world’s leading auction houses.

At any given time, Bukowskis.com hosts thousands of objects across its online auctions and streams regular live auctions, enabling remote bidding in real time. In a typical month, the site attracts millions of visits, with a steadily growing share of international bidders.

One of the central challenges of the redesign was addressing a highly diverse audience. High-profile sellers tend to be affluent clients between 60 and 90 years old, often with more conservative preferences, while online bidders are generally younger and more progressive in outlook. The task was to create a digital experience that resonated with both groups without alienating either—an equilibrium that informed every design decision.

This duality is reflected in the typographic system. Headlines and editorial elements use Lyon Text and Display, a contemporary interpretation of the Renaissance master Robert Granjon’s influential sixteenth-century serif typefaces. These are paired with Neue Haas Grotesk, a modernist sans serif used as the primary typeface across the site. Together, the two typefaces articulate a dialogue between heritage and contemporaneity.

Beyond its active auctions, the site also maintains an extensive and continuously expanding archive of nearly 600,000 objects across categories such as fine art, furniture, and jewellery—an invaluable reference resource for collectors, scholars, and prospective buyers.

The complete redesign was delivered as a front-end prototype, accompanied by a comprehensive asset library—including a bespoke icon set—implemented in-house by Bukowskis’ own team.

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IMAGE 01: B005, 2006 by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson). IMAGE 02: Pay Phone, 2015 by Jason Matthew Lee. IMAGE 03: B016, 2006 by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson).

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

IMAGE 01: B005, 2006 by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson). IMAGE 02: Pay Phone, 2015 by Jason Matthew Lee. IMAGE 03: B016, 2006 by Dawid (Björn Dawidsson).

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

IMAGE 01: Label on reverse of Warhol's Last Supper, 1986. IMAGE 01: Bår, 2007 by Ulf Rollof. IMAGE 02: Your Mother's Maiden Name, 2012 by Yngve Holen. IMAGE 03: Chair by Alvar Aalto.

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

IMAGE 01: Label on reverse of Warhol's Last Supper, 1986. IMAGE 01: Bår, 2007 by Ulf Rollof. IMAGE 02: Your Mother's Maiden Name, 2012 by Yngve Holen. IMAGE 03: Chair by Alvar Aalto.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Maintenance II (Self-Portrait), 1968 by William Anastasi. Bukowskis 23.11.25, Hammer price: 20 000 SEK.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

John Kandell, Cabinet, "Gestalten", ed. 4/100, Källemo. Bukowskis: 26.10.22, Hammer price: 17 000 SEK.

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

John Kandell, Cabinet, "Gestalten", ed. 4/100, Källemo. Bukowskis: 26.10.22, Hammer price: 17 000 SEK.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Untitled (Poster Painting), 2013 by Klara Lidén. Bukowskis 10.11.20, Estimate: 800 000 - 1 000 000 SEK.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Motif from the Fringes of London, 1984, by Tuija Lindström. Bukowskis Online 29.06.23, hammer price: 6 000 SEK.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

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Lundgren+Lindqvist - Bukowskis

The End #87, 2010, by Ed Ruscha. Bukowskis 28.11.16, Hammer price: 800 000 SEK.

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This project contains images of artworks and objects, auctioned by Bukowskis, by the following artists and designers:
ANDY WARHOL, CARL FREDRIK REUTERSWÄRD, ULF ROLLOF, AXEL EINAR HJORT, ALVAR AALTO, DAWID (BJÖRN DAWIDSSON), JASON MATTHEW LEE, YNGVE HOLEN, KENNETH GUSTAVSSON, WILLIAM ANASTASI, GERHARD RICHTER, CARL LARSSON, JOHN KANDELL, GUDMAR OLOVSSON, KLARA LIDÉN, CARSTEN HÖLLER, LYNN CHADWICK, HANS GEDDA, ISAMU NOGUCHI, TUIJA LINDSTRÖM, OLAFUR ELIASSON, ALEXANDER CALDER, ED RUSCHA.
© All artworks are copyright of their respective creators and BUKOWSKIS (IMAGES).