Design House Stockholm

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Design House Stockholm
Company type Privately held
IndustryDesign, retail
FoundedJanuary 29, 1992 [1]
FounderAnders Färdig
HeadquartersStadsgården 6, 10th floor, 116 45 Stockholm, Sweden
Key people
founder & CEO: Anders Färdig
ProductsFurniture, Lighting, Fashion, Tableware
RevenueIncrease2.svg102 million SEK (2013) [1]
Number of employees
45 (2013) [1]
Website designhousestockholm.com

Design House Stockholm is a design production and retail company, self described as a 'publisher of design,' for Scandinavian design, including Scandinavian modern. [2]

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History

Design House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig, [3] who had previously owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. [4] Using his vast knowledge in design management from prior experience managing Boda Nova and Höganäs, [5] Färdig created a network of independent designers that remains the platform from which Design House Stockholm operates today. [2] In 1997 the Design House Stockholm product collection was launched, starting with Harri Koskinen's Block Lamp that immediately became a worldwide success Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp designed in 1996 - which still remains among Design House Stockholm's best-selling products, [2] and have won several awards. [6]

Design House Stockholm has distinguished itself as a publisher of design, similar to the way publishing houses work with authors, rather than an average producer that selects a designer to design a specific product. The company lets designers present their personal ideas, of which some are selected for production. [5] The company’s CEO Anders Färdig says Design House Stockholm’s ambition is to be a mirror of notable Scandinavian design today the term ‘Scandinavian’ referring to a philosophic and aesthetic perspective, rather than geography and nationality. [7] Färdig also points out that: "We are a product dropper, not a name-dropper". This is not a political statement; it is a philosophy. [8]

The company has been represented in MoMA’s permanent collection by Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp since 2000. [9]

Designers

Over 60 independent designers are represented in the company’s collection; including internationally known names such as Claesson Koivisto Rune, Form Us With Love, [10] Harri Koskinen and Timo Sarpaneva. The company also has distinguished itself by often choosing young, promising designers in addition to more established names, [11] such as Family Chairs [12] by Lina Nordqvist, "Toupie" salt & pepper shakers by Jessika Källeskog and not least "Block Lamp" by Harri Koskinen.

The Elsa Beskow Collection

In 2013, Design House Stockholm launched a collection for the kitchen based on Elsa Beskow’s illustrations. The collection was designed by Catharina Kippel and launched in collaboration with Bonnier Group. [13]

Retail shops

Design House Stockholm currently has eight concept shops within retail stores: Nordiska Kompaniet in Stockholm and Gothenburg; Selfridges, Oxford Street in London, Frankfurt, Jönköping, and Båstad; Zinc Details in San Francisco; and Urban Home in Bangkok.[ citation needed ]

Design House Stockholm's products are also on sale at prominent design stores such as Museum of Modern Art in New York and Conran Shop in London and Paris.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Home". designhousestockholm.com.
  3. ↑ http://www.dwell.com/interviews/article/anders-f%C3%A4rdig
  4. ↑ "De är expertjuryn i Uppfinnarna". 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Design House Stockholm".
  6. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Harri-Koskinen-Large-Block-Lamp/dp/B0018KKH0O
  7. ↑ "Design House Stockholm".
  8. ↑ http://www.dwell.com/interviews/article/anders-färdig" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Moma.org collections: "Block Lamp" by Harri Koskinen
  10. ↑ "Home". formuswithlove.se.
  11. ↑ ""Ung - Young Swedish design" på Stockholmsmässan - DN.se". Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Design House Stockholm".
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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