Alf Wallander was originally a painter but made his greatest contribution as a pioneer of the Art Nouveau style in Swedish crafts, alongside Gunnar Wennerberg. Together they ushered in a new, artistically conscious era in the art industry. Wallander was versatile, resourceful and productive. He beca…

Sörmland painter Bengt Sigvard Borg, born in Stockholm in 1931, chose to leave the big city to settle in the Södermanland countryside at Molstaberg’s estate in Vårdinge in 1959. Despite his genuine background in the big city of Stockholm, the urban environment was rarely expressed in his art. Instea…

Bohdan Załęski (Poland, 1930–2015) was an avant-garde visual artist, participant of, among others, Biennial of Spatial Forms in Elbląg or the “Golden Grape” exhibition in Zielona Góra. He was also known as Bo Zalesius. “Presently I am interested in how movement can be captured by a plastic sign. I a…

Pilchuck Glass School is an international center for glass art education. The school was founded in 1971 by Dale Chihuly, Ruth Tamura, Anne Gould Hauberg (1917–2016), and John H. Hauberg (1916–2002). The campus is located on a former tree farm in Stanwood, Washington in the United States. The admini…

Ergonomi Design Gruppen [Ergonomic Design Group], later named Veryday, was founded in 1969 by Maria Benktzon, and Sven-Eric Juhlin. Ergonomi Design Gruppen was a Swedish industrial design consultancy, headquartered in the Bromma area of Stockholm, with additional studios in New York City, Singapore,…

Barnförbjudet is a film from 1979 by Marie-Louise Ekman, scenographed by Carl Johan de Geer (her husband, 1966–1971). “On paper, Barnförbjudet might seem like a fairly simple story about a girl's everyday life, at home and in kindergarten, with her parents and her grandmother. But the film is told e…

Karl Johan (Kalle) Andersson (Sweden, 1853–1942) was a Swedish xylographer and painter. After completing schooling at the School of Crafts and the Art Academy's principle school, Andersson was employed as a xylographer at Ny illustrared tidning. After he was awarded a scholarship from the College of…

Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (Finland, 1873–1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero Saarinen. Eliel Saarinen established an architecture office together with fellow architec…

A&E Design was founded by Tom Ahlström and Hans Ehrich in 1968, since when it has designed a large number of ergonomic everyday items for clients in Sweden and abroad. For instance, 67 million examples of the Jordan 1230 dishwashing brush have been sold. The red Turn-O-Matic M80 queue ticket dispens…