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Wästberg is a lighting company run by Magnus Wästberg. In recent years their exhibition design for clients like ArkDes has gained international attention.ġ0. Among their clients are Artek, Fogia, Gärsnäs, Muuto, Nationalmuseum, Offecct and String. Their design is often conceptual with unexpected combinations of form and materials. TAF design and architecture studio is run by Gabriella Gustafson and Mattias Ståhlbom. In 2021 she was awarded the prestigious Bruno Mathsson Award.ĩ. Monica Förster is one of Sweden’s most rewarded design studios working on an international level for companies such as Alessi, Cappellini, De Padova, Georg Jensen, Offecct, Poltrona Frau, Rörstrand, Skultuna, Swedese and Volvo. The rattan chair NM& 040 for Nationalmuseum is built by Larsson Korgmakare in the Old Town of Stockholm.Ĩ. He often collaborates with small-scale crafts industries. Klenell is well known for his work for brands like Iittala and Offecct. Matti Klenell, furniture and object designer, also interior architect. With both ergonomics and humour it challenges the notion of what a comfortable chair should look like.ħ. Martin Thübeck, interior architect and furniture designer, has designed the Lobster chair, which works like a chair but looks more like a toy – or a lobster – with its bent red steel pipes. The Ohm Collection, a porcelain lighting range produced for Ifö Electric, has won them several Swedish and international design awards.Ħ. Kauppi & Kauppi, is a designer duo – Johan and Nina Kauppi – who have both worked in a range of different design fields in Sweden and internationally. Their Emma chair family for Gärsnäs is an interpretation of a model from the 1840s, in new materials and using new methods.ĥ. Fredrik Färg and Emma Marga Blanche make up a designer duo based in Stockholm, but working worldwide. Färg & Blanche, furniture designers and curators. Her design for brands like Marimekko and Skruf has gained international attention.Ĥ. Carina Seth Andersson is known for her glass and ceramic work where the balance between simplicity and meaningful form results in pieces of timeless quality.

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His award-winning Kaskad outdoor series for Nola is a Swedish bestseller.ģ. Björn Dahlström, industrial designer, working for clients like Articles Furniture, Iittala, Krups, Lammhults, Magis and Skeppshult.

His colourful patterns often blend dream and reality, like Teheran, created in the 1940s.Ģ. Josef Frank (1885–1967), designer at Svenskt Tenn from 1934. In 1998 Moss, her contemporary interpretation of the traditional Swedish ‘rya’, brought the long-piled rug back into fashion.Ħ. Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg (1955–2015), textile designer at Kasthall. The Billy bookshelf from 1979 is a worldwide bestseller.ĥ. Gillis Lundgren (1929–2016), furniture designer at IKEA, and the man behind the flat-pack and ready-to-assemble furniture. His chair Pernilla from 1944 is an international icon.Ĥ. Bruno Mathsson (1907–1988), furniture designer and architect. Her pattern Persons kryddskåp from 1955 is a classic in the kitchen.ģ. Astrid Sampe (1909–2002), textile designer, introduced the printed towel in Sweden. His garden chair A2 from 1930 gained recognition for its unique spring steel construction, which lends it a peaceful swing.Ģ. Artur Lindqvist (1897–1983), furniture designer. 10 pioneers in the Swedish design field:ġ. In recent years collaborations between design producers and small-scale crafts industries has also established itself as an important aspect of contemporary Swedish design. The classic Swedish emphasis on functionality and reduced form has undergone a change, and today sophisticated colour schemes, a broad range of sustainable materials and conceptual ideas form a new diversity. Transparency is another, for products as well as production – it’s often easy to see how a product is made and of what material, and producers are open about the production process. One is environmentally friendly production, which has a long tradition in Sweden. There are certain characteristics that set Swedish design apart.

Photo: Martin Thübeck/CC Swedish design is committed to sustainability – and more diverse than its minimalist reputation. Martin Thübeck's 'Lobster' challenges the idea of a chair.

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