Praktika Tableware (1933) designed by Wilhelm Käge
2021-07-28
Praktika Tableware (1933) designed by Wilhelm Käge. White earthenware stacking dishes, oval with rounded sides.Read More →
Kurt Versen (1901 – 1997) Swedish lighting designer
2021-06-29
In the 1940s and 1950s, executed many assignments from architects for flexible lighting appropriate to Modern interiors.Read More →
Sofa, Borge Mogensen, 1945
2021-06-13
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 →
A & E Design a Swedish Design Consultancy
2021-06-13
A & E Design a Swedish design consultancy was founded in Stockholm by Tom Ahlström and Hans Ehrich (1942–). They worked in Italy earlier in the 1960s. The company has gained a reputation for functional, durable and ergonomically sound everyday products.Read More →
Group of Ten (est. 1970) design collective promoting creative individuality
2021-06-09
Because its members had previous careers in the textile industry, they wanted to be free to promote their creative ideas. Read More →
Sydney Opera House – Design Classic
2021-06-03
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
2021-06-01
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 →
IKEA Dragon 20-Piece Flatware Set, Stainless Steel
2021-05-20
IKEA Dragon 20-Piece Flatware Set, Stainless Steel designed by Carl-Gustaf Jahnsson DRAGON flatware has beenRead More →
Carl-Gustaf Jahnsson (1935 – 1994) Swedish silversmith and designer
2021-05-20
Designer of iKea Dragon Cultery
Carl-Gustaf Hallberg Jahnsson (1935-1994) was a Swedish silversmith and designer.Read More →
Anders B. Liljefors (1923 – 1970) Swedish Ceramicist
2021-05-17
Anders Liljefors was a Swedish ceramicist. He initially concerned himself with household ware, discovered a new method of casting ceramics in a sand mould, and worked feverishly to extract new and unexpected effects from this material during the later years of his life.Read More →
Sven Markelius (1889 – 1972) – Swedish Architect, Town Planner and Textile Designer
2021-05-10
Sven Markeilus (1889- 1972) was a Swedish Architect, Town Planner and textile designer born in Stockholm.
He taught in Stockholm and at Yale University. In the 1950s, Markelius designed simple wooden furniture and printed fabrics with Astrid Sampe, produced by Nordiska in Stockholm.Read More →
Julius Olaf Randahl (1880 – 1972) Swedish silversmith
2021-05-07
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 →
Vicke Lindstrand (1904- 1983) Swedish glassware designer
2021-04-28
He worked at Kariskrona Porslinsfabrik from 1935 to 1936; at Upsala-Ekeby from 1936 to 1950 (as art director from 1943 to 1950) Kosta Boda glassworks from 1950 to 1973, where he was design director while also maintaining his studio in Arhus. Often, his free-form work was engraved.Read More →
Sigurd Persson (1914 – 2003) Swedish metalworker and glassware designer
2021-04-26
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 →
Hannah Ryggen (1894 – 1970) Swedish textile designer
2021-04-15
Hannah Ryggen (1894 – 1970) was a textile designer and teacher from Sweden. She was born in Malmö and worked professionally in Norway.Read More →
Stig Lindberg (1916 – 1982) – Swedish ceramic, glass, textile, industrial designer, and painter and illustrator.
2021-03-31
Stig Lindberg (1916 – 1982) was a Swedish ceramic, glass, textile, industrial designer, and painter and illustrator. During his long career with the Gustavsberg pottery factory, Lindberg produced whimsical studio ceramics and graceful tableware lines, making him one of Sweden’s most important postwar designers. Read More →
Swedish Glass Design is inventive and well crafted
2021-03-27
Well crafted and masterfully designed glassworks have become one of Swedish design’s most recognisable andRead More →
Estrid Ericson (1894 – 1981) Swedish designer and entrepreneur
2021-03-25
Estrid Ericson, a pewter designer and design entrepreneur, was the founder of Svenskt Tenn, a highly influential Stockholm store and manufacturer closely associated with the Swedish Modern aesthetic and export success.Read More →
Barbro Nilsson (1899 – 1982) Swedish Textile Designer
2021-03-09
Barbro Nilsson (1899 – 1982) was a Swedish Textile Designer. She was born in Malmö. Between 1913-17, she studied weaving, at Brunsson Vavskola, under Johanna Brunsson and Alma Jakobsson. Between 1917-20, at the Konstfackskolan and Tekniska Skolan, Stockholm. Read More →
Ola Wihlborg Swedish industrial and product designer
2021-02-16
Ola Wihlborg is an industrial and product designer from Sweden. He took his first stepsRead More →