Carl Malmsten (1888 – 1972), Swedish furniture maker
2023-05-27
Carl Malmsten was a Swedish furniture designer. Inspired by Italian Renaissance and Swedish 18th-century forms, his work is typical of the new trends of the 1920s. Read More →
Sofa, Borge Mogensen, 1945
2023-05-26
This sofa’s straightforward execution and regular silhouette reflect characteristics that were considered essential for advanced design at the time. Nonetheless, the turned spindles, stretchers, and exquisite details owe a lot to Borge Mogensen’s use of the lexicon of traditional furniture forms—especially American Shaker and English Windsor—in his wRead More →
Sigurd Persson (1914 – 2003) Swedish metalworker & glassware designer
2023-05-07
Sigurd Persson (1914–2003) was a Swedish sculptor, blacksmith, and professor who is regarded as one of the twentieth century’s most influential Swedish designers. Growing up in a goldsmith family, Persson founded his studio in Stockholm in 1942. Throughout his long career, he crafted objects in various materials ranging from metal to glass to plastic. Read More →
Bruno Mathsson (1907 – 1988) Swedish Designer & Architect
2023-04-26
Mathsson grew up in the town of Värnamo in Sweden’s Smland region, the son of a master cabinet maker. After a brief period of schooling, he began working in his father’s gallery.Read More →
Carl-Arne Breger (1932 – 2009), Swedish Industrial Designer
2023-03-26
Carl-Arne Breger was a Swedish industrial designer who designed products for a variety of companies and trades, including household goods, tools, appliances, machines, and telephones. His square bucket was recognised as ‘the best plastic product for the 1950-60 decade’ by Swedish Plastic Association.Read More →
Stockholm Design Week September 5-9, 2023
2023-03-13
The Stockholm Design Week will be held from February 6 to 12 and from September 5 to 9 in 2023.Stockholm has a lot of places where design events take place, from galleries and showrooms to dinner parties, meetings after fairs, opening cocktails, museums, and cultural centres.Read More →
Julius Olaf Randahl (1880 – 1972) Swedish silversmith
2023-03-12
In 1901, he moved to New York and worked for Tiffany and Gorham Manufacturing. In 1907, he worked at the Kalo Shop in Chicago before opening his own Randahl Shop in Park Ridge, Illinois, in 1911.Read More →
Kurt Versen (1901 – 1997), Swedish lighting designer
2023-03-10
In the 1940s and 1950s, executed many assignments from architects for flexible lighting appropriate to Modern interiors.Read More →
A Swedish National Treasure – Orrefors Glasbruk
2023-03-10
Orrefors Glasbruk is a Swedish glassware manufacturer. An ironworks was established in 1726 on the property of Halleberg ( the Orrefors estate), Socken, Småland. Read More →
Pukebergs Glassworks – Swedish Glass Factory
2023-03-10
Glassworks in Kosta CW Nyström and JE Lindberg started the mill in 1871. They acquired land from Jonas Bergstrand, a farmer from Madesjö parish, who owned the land at PukebergRead More →
Electrolux – Swedish domestic appliance firm
2023-03-04
Electrolux was the first electrical appliance manufacturer to produce a horizontal-cylinder vacuum cleaner. Its flexible hose made it possible to clean in places other floor models could not reach. In 1924, the Electrolux vacuum cleaner was successfully introduced in the U.S. READ MORERead More →
Ola Wihlborg Swedish industrial and product designer
2023-01-10
He took his first steps towards his career as a designer at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, where he studied furniture and product design. After graduating in 2004, he began working as a freelance designer.Read More →
Sydney Opera House – Design Classic
2023-01-06
The design of the Sydney Opera House (1956-73), which he won in an international competition, was Utzon’s crowning achievement. He envisioned a solid sculptural building made of a series of giant interlocking billowing white ‘sails’ inspired by the ships of Sydney Harbour.Read More →
Simon Gate (1883 – 1945) Swedish artisan and designer
2022-12-31
Gate began his long affiliation with the Swedish glassmaking firm Orrefors in 1916. He worked as an artistic director and built the firm foundation for Sweden’sSweden’s substantial modern glass industry, alongside Edvard Hald, Vicke Lindstrand, Knut Bergqvist, and others.Read More →
Edvard Hald (1883-1980) Swedish Sculptor
2022-12-01
Edward Hald (17 September 1883 – 4 July 1980) was a Swedish sculptor. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics.Read More →
Design in Scandinavia travelling exhibition, 1954 – 1957
2022-07-31
Brilliant examples of contemporary home furnishings were shown from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden and exposed Americans to Scandinavian design, inspiring a shift towards mid-century design.Read More →
Praktika Tableware (1933) designed by Wilhelm Käge
2022-07-23
Praktika Tableware (1933) designed by Wilhelm Käge. White earthenware stacking dishes, oval with rounded sides.Read More →
Group of Ten (est. 1970) 🇸🇪 design collective promoting creative individuality
2022-07-16
Because its members had previous careers in the textile industry, they wanted to be free to promote their creative ideas. Read More →
Ulla Forsell (b.1944) Swedish Glassware Designer
2022-01-17
Ulla Forsell was born in 1944 and studied at the College of Art and Design in Stockholm and Holland. SheRead More →
Ingeborg Lundin (1921 – 1991) Swedish Glassware Designer
2021-12-01
Ingeborg Lundin (1921 – 1991) was a Swedish Glassware Designer. Between 1941 – 1946 she studied at Konstaackskolan and Tekniska Skolan, Stockholm.Read More →