A SUPPLEMENT BY MEDIAPLANET DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE INDEPENDENT No.1/September ’10 SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN Erika Lagerbielke describes how she tackled the challenge of designing 3TIPS a wedding present for the Crown Princess on behalf of the Swedish people FORFOR CHICCHIC DESIGN

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PHOTO: PETER CEDERLING Discover Denmark Hot new trends Get design ideas Check out the and see beautiful fashion from landscapes Scandinavia 2 · SEPTEMBER 2010 A SUPPLEMENT BY MEDIAPLANET DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE INDEPENDENT CHALLENGES In the 20th century, a roster of names from Scandinavia changed the way the world looked at design and architecture. Their legacy continues to make an impact today, as new and exciting talents emerge WE RECOMMEND Professor Ronald Jones Rising stars to look out for

The lasting impact of PAGE 8 ‘They are risk-takers in design — and Scandinavian design education’ or such a small region, to shape our stylish present. Their in- cept still appeals to the Scandinavi- Scandinavia is big on fluences are seen today in chairs, ta- an design psyche. It is, says Profes- Hot trends p 4 pioneering design. If it bles, lighting, interior accessories and sor Jones, embedded in its DNA. Pro- 1. The big designers from Scandinavia had simply given the buildings. Scandinavian design is all fessor Erika Lagerbielke is the lead- making their way over to the UK world Arne Jacobsen around us — and its future as a power- ing Swedish glass designer who re- Scandinavian must sees p 10 2. The best design spots for your holidays — the Danish-born Fa- ful creative force seems more secure cently created a pre-wedding gift for ther of Modernism — than ever. Tony Greenway the Crown Princess couple on behalf that would have been achievement For instance, in this supplement, Journalist for Scandinavian Design of the Swedish people. “Sweden was Fenough. But its list of design names is we talk to Professor Ronald Jones at a poor country for a very long time,” TIPS long and distinguished. the world-renowned Konstfack de- she says. “It has strong roots in a In furniture, there’s Jacobsen, Al- sign school in Stockholm. Jones is Take a designer break farming society and a harsh climate. We make our readers succeed! var Aalto, Poul Kjærholm, Hans Weg- American-born but was enticed by Copenhagen features various And it has big, successful names SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN, 3RD EDITION, ner, Vernor Panton and Bruno Math- Sweden because of its creativity and 1 designer hotels. The interior of who promoted the idea of simplici- SEPTEMBER 2010 sson; in ceramics (and other mate- “can-do” attitude. He had an idea to Hotel Fox, in the city centre, has been ty. Plus, Sweden has a small popula- Managing Director: Willem De Geer rials), Stig Lindberg; in glass, Vicke teach a new design subject and, when designed by 21 international artists, tion and there aren’t that many of Editorial Manager: Katherine Woodley Lindstrand; in architecture, Gunnar the USA didn’t want to know Sweden who have turned each room into “an us working in the design industry. Business Developer: Chris Emberson Asplund, Jorn Utzon, Poul Henning- listened to him. Now his MFA pro- individual piece of art”. Within that industry, there’s a gen- Design: Lii Treimann Project Manager: sen and, of course, Jacobsen and Aalto gramme — and, of course, Konstfack eral consensus as to what is ‘good’ Fredrik B. Pahlsson again. And that’s just scratching the as a whole — is helping to discover Visit Scandinavia design. I think that’s part of the rea- Phone: 0207 665 4442/0782 388 9343 E-mail: beautiful, minimalist, ergonomic, the new creative talent. Students are … in the UK son for our attraction to it.” [email protected] bleached wood surface which charac- emerging (and we introduce some in The Scandinavia Show 2010, Whatever the reason, this publica- Distributed with: The Independent terises the Scandinavian aesthetic. these pages) who break that elegantly 2 comes to London’s Olympia tion studies the past, present and fu- Print: The independent sparse Scandinavian design mould. Conference Centre, 9-10 October. ture of the Scandinavian aesthetic; Mediaplanet contact information: Phone: 0207 665 4400 Creative force Design will be showcased as part of and it celebrates those creative spir- Fax: 0207 665 4419 Those names are in the past now; Form and function the event and include furniture, its who emerged from a region of just E-mail: [email protected] but they are still important and Of course, the traditional lighting, fabrics and carpets. 24million people and changed the de- because many of their ideas continue “form follows function” con- sign world forever.

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HI U 8 · SEPTEMBER 2010 A SUPPLEMENT BY MEDIAPLANET DISTRIBUTED WITHININ THE THE INDEPENDENTINDEPENDENT NEWS TIP 2 Designing the WATCHWATCH OUTOUT FFOFORR future Rising stars of NEW TALENT The Swedish tradition for producing prestigious Scandinavian design design talent is continuing. Here are just three names O
Question: The history of He gives the example of a rollercoast- to watch out for: 20th century design features a er ride which “takes place over time, roll-call of iconic Scandinavian is entertainment and valuable – it Many rising stars of the design names. So, in the 21st century, was no doubt designed by an inter- world are graduates of Konstfack, are more groundbreaking disciplinary team before we knew to says Professor Ronald Jones. talents being discovered? call them ‘experience designers’.” One name to watch is FRONT, the O
Answer: Yes, says Professor Ronald began wondering how de- all-female Elle Deco Award-winning Ronald Jones of the famous sign will play a role in this new econ- collective who create innovate fur- Konstfack design school in omy and wanted to start a university niture and accessories (letting rats Stockholm. Watch this space… programme to find new talent with and snakes make shapes on carpets, the answers. for instance). “There’s something about Swedes,” “No one had done it before and I Another is JOAKIM OSCARSSON. says Professor Ronald Jones. “They couldn’t get anyone in the USA to lis- “Joakim started as an industrial de- have a word to describe their ethos ten to me. But (the Swedes) said come signer and then transferred to Ex- which translates as… well… not ‘mod- here and do it. That doesn’t happen, perience Design where he produced esty’ exactly… It’s more like: ‘Just PROFESSOR RONALD JONES stands outside Konstfack, the world renowned in my experience, in other countries. some highly experimental work,” University College of Art where he teaches rising stars. PHOTO: JENNIFER NEMIE enough – not too much.’ That notion They are risk-takers in design — and says Professor Jones. “He’s worked pervades their sense of design.” An American by birth, Professor a world where more and more prod- education.” professionally for Phillips and is just Jones is Professor of Interdiscipli- Jones moved to Sweden because he uct is ‘intangible.’ There are now emerging design an extraordinary talent.” Oscarsson nary Studies at Konstfack, the world- saw an opportunity to create a brand “Eighty-six per cent of what the practices in Sweden which stand apart directed, designed, and produced a renowned University College of Art, new department in a brand new dis- USA produced last year was intangi- from the conventional “pale wood” music video for Swedish pop band Craft and Design in Stockholm (no- cipline: Experience Design. This is ble,” says Professor Jones. “Health- stereotype, says Professor Jones. The Je Ne Sais Quoi. table design alumni include Stig an emerging field which seeks to dis- care, education, software design - “More than 50 per cent of our grad- FARVASH RAZAVI, meanwhile, is Lindberg and Lena Bergstrom). Look cover how design will be relevant in things you can’t touch, hold or feel.” uates are international students. So a Konstfact graduate who combines back through the history of design, there’s this incredibly powerful mix science and art. “Her work is truly and iconic Scandinavian names — FACTS of the strong, Swedish tradition with interdisciplinary,” says Professor such as Jacobsen, Aalto, Wegner and O
The origins of Konstfack can be with departments including textile, international influences. Jones. “She, literally, invented the Mathsson — crop up time and time traced back to 1844, when artist and decorative art, sculpture, ceramics, “I think characteristic simplicity new material she used to make her again. ethnologist Nils Månsson Mandelgren furniture and interior design. will always feature in the work be- projects with. In one case this is pa- “And that’s great from a teaching began a Sunday Drawing School for O
The school changed its named cause that’s the DNA of Swedish de- per pulp… but you would never rec- point of view,” says Professor Jones, Artisans. to Konstfack in 1993. It has 900 stu- sign. But different hybrids will begin ognise it as such. Visually her work “because it gives the students some- O
The first two female students - dents and is situated in the Telefonp- to appear.” is stunning.” thing to live up to.” There are, he Sofi Granberg and Matilda Andersson lan – the old Ericsson telephone fac- TONY GREENWAY says, some notable talents coming to – began studying in 1857. tory - in Hägersten to the south of TONY GREENWAY [email protected] the fore. O
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The Swedish Crown Princess and her new husband were recently given a set of glasses as a gift from the Swedish people. The designer was internationally renowned glass artist Erika Lagerbielke, whose work is sold all over the world – and who rises to the challenge of working with such a delicate and unforgiving material

Art of glass PHOTO: ROLAND PERSSON

rofessor Erika Lager- and metal, and is chair in glass design DESIGN A cool head ite portfolio pieces is the Intermez- bielke grew up in a at Linnaeus University. Yet, even with Lagerbielke’s vast ex- zo champagne flute, with a droplet of design-conscious “I think some materials have char- ‘In my family, to perience, it wasn’t easy to keep a cool blue inside the stem. She created it in family, so perhaps it acteristics that fit well with your head during such an important com- 1985, but it’s still sold in Harrods and was inevitable that own,” says Lagerbielke. “I like the be an artist or mission. “I had some trouble more upmarket crystal and she would do some- duality between hot and cold glass. designer was starting!” she admits. china stores. “That thing creative with When glass is warm and soft you have “It was the project of was a bestseller,” she her life. Becoming one of the most im- to make some rapid decisions. When considered a my lifetime and had says. “It still is. It had Pportant glass designers of her genera- it’s cold, it’s hard, fragile and very pre- to be the best I had ever never been done before, profession, not tion, however, probably didn’t figure in cise. And, as a person, I work on intui- done. It’s tough to write that as a I was new to the industry and I her career game-plan. tion and analysis.” something you headline in your sketchbook.” was young. That was exciting.” Yet that’s what has happened. Lager- did as a hobby’ In the end, starting wasn’t a Now she enjoys branching out bielke’s tableware collections for Orre- Wide briefief problem (the ideas bbegan to flow); and working with other materials. fors, the globally renowned glassworks, Lagerbielkeke keeps close contact with but stopping was. “The“Th hard part was “In design you can get pigeon-holed,” have been international bestsellers; the craftspeoplespeople who pproduceroduce the toto sasayy ‘now I’m done’.done’ I didn’t want to she agrees. “I love glass – but it’s good while her other glass pieces feature in glass fromm her conceptual ideas and overworkoverwork it.” to show people I can do oth- the permanent collections of (among sketches. “That’s the funfun part,”part,” she One ofof LaLagerbielke’sgerbielk favour- er things too.” other places) Stockholm’s National says. “Thingsngs I tthinkhink wiwillll bbee easy turn Museum of Fine Arts. More recently, out to be quitequite difficult. But then glass SCANDINAVIA IN LONDON Lagerbielke was chosen by the Swed- is a strangee material. It’s alive.” ish Parliament to design a traditional It’s alsoo unforgiving.unforgiving. IIff you make O
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Skandium, Various London pre-wedding gift for Crown Princess a mistakee in clay,clay, you can repair thethe Street, London locations Victoria and her then future husband, damage easily.asily. With glass you have A concept developed by Annethe Founded in Britain by three Daniel Westling (now Prince Daniel). to start alll over again. “Yet I want the Nathan and Teresia Bergsand, who met Scandinavians, Skandium has a process too bebe complicated!”complicated!” llaughsaughs while working at the Cavendish Hotel in range of furniture, lighting, textiles, Intuition and analysis Lagerbielke.ke. “I want peoppeoplele to bbee London. TS is now five years old and kitchenware and accessories by big “My parents both worked with tex- impressedd byby thethe results!”results!” features Swedish food, children’s brand names from across the region. tiles,” says Lagerbielke. “So, in my fam- For thee Crown PrincessPrincess and products and handicrafts to O
Nordic Bar, Newman Street, ily, to be an artist or designer was con- her new husband,husband, Lagerbiel-Lagerbiel- both homesick Swedes and London sidered a profession, not something ke producedced a set ofof 1,000 Or-Or- UK nationals who simply love A contemporary-looking bar near you did as a hobby.” refors glasses.asses. “Parliament Swedish design. Oxford Street which serves up food, Studying industrial design at Kon- called mee and asked to didis-s- O
Scandinavian Kitchen, drink and traditions from Sweden, stfack, the University College of Arts cuss the project,”project,” she says. Great Titchfield Street, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Crafts and Design in Stockholm, La- “The brieff was veryvery wide, so London Iceland. The interior uses natural gerbielke won a scholarship to Or- I made sketchesketches andand samplesample A deli-café which offers groceries, materials in its design – and its refors in 1982. She still works for the prototypes.es. We werewere in close con-con- sandwiches, coffee – and 600 food items lighting has been created with the company on a freelance basis, runs her tact during the process and they Professor Erika Lagerbielke from across Scandinavia. Expect seafood, Aurora Borealis in mind. Reowned glass artist own design business in glass, textiles were very open to discussion.” meatballs, patés, hotdogs and lots more. 10 · SEPTEMBER 2010 A SUPPLEMENT BY MEDIAPLANET DISTRIBUTED WITHININ TTHEHE INDEPENDENTINDEPENDEN INSPIRATION TIP 3 5 SEESEEE FORFOR YOURSELF SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN MUST-SEES

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SIGHTS OF DENMARK been rebuilt using traditional 1. The Marble Church methods, and some 62 colourful with its dome is located just behind Amalienborg buildings remain. Since 1979 Bry- Palace and Amaliehaven ggen has been listed as a UNESCO 2. Visit the 5-storey Danish Design Centre on World Heritage Site. HC Andersens Boulevard 3. HC Ørstedparken in the city centre provides The National Museum a quiet rest from the of Art, Architecture bustling city without really leaving it and Design, Oslo, PHOTOS: 2. MORTEN JERICHAU. ALL: Norway WONDERFUL COPENHAGEN 2 3 This isn’t just one building: 2 it’s a collection of beautiful venues, comprising the Norwe- gian Museum of Architecture, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Museum of Contem- ‘Hygge’ - why porary Art and the National Gal- lery (which displays more tradi- tional works).

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Question: Why has Denmark Vesterbro is the latest chic area to 3 Picasso, Dalí, Matisse – fea- grown in popularity as a ‘Arne Jacobsen be seen in — the old meat-packing ture in the Modern Museum’s art holiday destination over the past is the father of district, now home to new galleries, collection, which spans from 1900 few years? bars and restaurants. The Christ- to the present day. Swedish art- O
Answer: A laid-back lifestyle, Danish Modernism mas markets (13 November-31 De- ists include such names as Vera emphasis on design and and you can still cember), says Ruffhead, showcase Nilsson. culture – plus good travel links see his work in “Christmas how it used to be” with with the UK — have increased hand-crafted gifts, seasonal food Ice Hotel, Jukkasjärvi, tourism numbers Copenhagen’ and a festive atmosphere. Sweden The Danish cuisine scene has This is very James Bond: a Astrid Ruffhead grown in international stature re- 4 hotel which is built every HOW WE MADE IT Visit Denmark cently. The traditional Danish lunch winter out of blocks of ice and More than a 1,000 years ago, Britain egantly meet. For design-lovers, Co- and Jacobsen created its room inte- is the Smørrebrod, heaped with ei- snow. As such it’s more than just was a popular destination for Scan- penhagen is an essential location. riors, staircase and even the cutlery ther prawns, salmon, egg or meat. a place to lay your head. It’s a con- dinavians. “These days,” says Astrid “Arne Jacobsen is the father of in the restaurant. He also designed “Denmark is famous for the three tinually evolving work of art and Ruffhead of Visit Denmark, “the in- Danish Modernism and you can still his famous Egg Chair and Swan ‘Bs’,” says Ruffhead. “Beer, butter an architectural marvel. vasion is the other way around. And see his work in Copenhagen,” says Chair, especially for the venue. If you and bacon. But things have moved we’re very welcoming.” Ruffhead. “This year, the Radisson go to the Blu Royal now, stay in room on and we’re proud that NOMA has Aalto Studio, Helsinki, The people of Denmark have a Blu Royal, which Jacobsen designed, 606 which has been left just the way been voted the best restaurant in Finland word for it, actually: “hygge” — celebrated its 50th anniversary.” This Jacobsen designed it: all grey, blue- the world in 2010, serving local dish- The home of Finnish design which doesn’t have an equivalent was the world’s first designer hotel green colours and wengé wood. es using local ingredients.” 5 genius Alvar Aalto — which in any other language but, roughly Denmark is also a country of out- he and his wife Aino designed translated, means to be “cosy”, “to- FACTS standing natural beauty, from the and built in the mid-1930s — gether”, “friendly” and “to enjoy the dramatic, clean, long and sandy loosely incorporates Functional- day.” Brits have cottoned onto this O
Denmark is an island nation of Danish crown. Roskilde Cathedral is beaches of the west coast to Ska- ist principles. Nearby is the and, over the past six or seven years, only five million people and the where the royals of Denmark are bur- gen in the North. You can travel white-rendered Aalto Studio, Scandinavia has become a holiday southern-most Scandinavian country. ied. to Odense on Funen island (birth- which houses the Alvar Aalto hotspot. Its proximity helps. Copen- O
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The climate is similar to the UK’s. place of Hans Christian Andersen) Foundation, the Alvar Aalto hagen, for instance, is just 90 min- islands, many of which are uninhab- From June to August, the average or to Roskilde for some Viking Archives and the Alvar Aalto utes by air and its size makes the ited. The capital, Copenhagen, is situ- daytime temperature is 21°C. In Feb- history. Museum of Architecture. city easy to travel around. ated on Sealand, the largest island. ruary — the coldest month — the av- Wherever you go, “hygge” awaits. It’s also a beguiling mix of old and O
In medieval times, Roskilde was erage is 1°C. TONY GREENWAY new, where northern renaissance one of the most important cities of O
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