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Design House Stockholm
Company typePrivately held
FoundedJanuary 29, 1992[1]
FounderAnders Färdig
HeadquartersNorrmalmstorg 1
111 46 Stockholm, Sweden
Key people
Anders Färdig (founder & CEO)
Börje Fors (chairman)
Margareta van den Bosch (board of directors)
ProductsFurniture, Lighting, Fashion, Tabletop
Revenue101 million SEK (2008)[1]
Number of employees
45 (2008)[1]
Websitewww.designhousestockholm.com

Design House Stockholm is a publishing house for Scandinavian Design[2].

History

Design House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig, who had previous owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. The company had a major hit with Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp designed in 1996, which still remains among its best selling products, and have won several awards[3]. Design House Stockholm has distinguished itself as a publisher of design rather than an avarage producer, in the same way publishing houses work with authors: rather than selecting designers to design a fixed collection, Design House Stockholm let designers present their personal ideas, of which some are selected for production [4]. The company’s CEO Anders Färdig says Design House Stockholm’s goal is to be a mirror of the best of Scandinavian design today; and that the term Scandinavian refers to a philosophic and aesthetic perspective, rather than geography[5]. The company is represented in MoMA’s permanent collection by Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp since 2000, and Timo Sarpaneva’s Timo Glass[5]. In 2009 H&M head of design Margareta van den Bosch joined Design House Stockholm’s board of directors[5], and Design House Stockholm launched it first Atelier collections, limited editions sold only at its own stores.

Designers

Over 60 independent designers are represented in the company’s collection; including internationally known names such as A & E Design, Ann Wåhlström, Form Us With Love, Stig Lindberg, Lena Bergström, Monica Förster, Nina Jobs, and Signe Persson-Melin[2]. The company also has distinguished itself by often choosing young, promising designers in addition to more established names[6], such as the graduation projects Numb by Konstfack-student Anna Bonnevier, a fashion collection; and Family Chairs, Twist Table, and Cloud Reclining Chair by Beckman’s School of Design-students Lina Nordqvist, Philip Edis, and Lisa Widén[2].

Stores

Design House Stockholm has eight concept stores in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, London, Oslo, Frankfurt, and San Francisco; and its products are sold at, among others, Crate & Barrel, Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Fransisco, Conran Shop in London, Colette in Paris, Vinçon and Pilma in Barcelona, Spazio Sette in Rome, Actus in Tokyo, and R.G. Madden in Melbourne and Sydney[5]. Design House Stockholm also collaborates with Starbucks since 2004, designing a line of tabletop products[7].

Design House Stockholm’s head office is located in the modernistic building Citypalatset by architect Ivar Tengbom[8] at Norrmalmstorg 1 in Stockholm.

References

  1. ^ a b c http://www.allabolag.se/5564424611
  2. ^ a b c http://www.designhousestockholm.com
  3. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Harri-Koskinen-Large-Block-Lamp/dp/B0018KKH0O
  4. ^ http://www.designhousestockholm.com/ourstory/index.html
  5. ^ a b c d Design House Stockholm product catalogue 2009
  6. ^ http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/konstrecensioner/ung-young-swedish-design-pa-stockholmsmassan-1.794527
  7. ^ http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com/News/sek1/9023&currencychanged=1
  8. ^ http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citypalatset
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