ADDI is a design studio based in Kalmar and since 2006 we have provided creative and award-winning design for Scandinavian and international clients. We love to solve problems and strive to do it with style, if we also manage to put a smile on your face it´s a big plus!
Born in 1975, Antonella Tolve is graphic designer and digital artist. She graduated at Academy of Arts where she attended a MASTER of MARKETING and COMMUNICATIONS too. Even if the great interest in advertising, she never put aside her passion for contemporary art. So, four years ago, she develops a graphic-artistic idea: a digital art project named PIT-POP. It mix up MINIMALISM and POP ART.As digital artist she has partecipated in group and solo exhibitions in various italian cities. She is just starting to collaborate with PLAYSAM.www.pitpop.it
Björn Alskog er en legetøjsdesigner over alle andre. Hans legetøj har alt andet end en kort levetid, og meget af det er elskede klassikere som kan findes overalt i verden. I Alskogs arbejde bliver farver, form og funktion ét. Dem som har haft Alskog’s arbejde inkluderer , Haags, Brio, Viking Toys og Aqua Play. Igennem årene, har han deltaget i flere internationale designerudstillinger, og har modtaget både nationale og internationale distinktioner.
Björn Dahlström er en af Sveriges primære møbel og industri designere. Hans produktdesigns er både æstetiske, tiltalende og funktionelle, og er ofte særlig kendetegnet ved deres bløde, fundamentale former. Dem som har haft Dahlströms arbejde inkluderer Playsam, Kasthall, Hackmann/lttala, Skeppehult, Fjällräven, Pukeburg og Atlas Copco. Han har modtaget et utal af priser, både nationale og internationale, inklusivt Excellent Swedish Form (8 gange), Furniture of the Year, Pleasant Home og Design Plus Prize, Frankfurt. Han er også repræsenteret på Röhsska Museum i Gothenburg og Victoria og Albert Museum i London. Dahlström har arbejdet som professor på Konstfack og har undervist på Beckmans School of Design.
Dennis Ingemansson is a renown luxury designer in the superyacht industry. He is holding a Master Degree in Automotive Design from Domus Academy in Milan. Dennis Ingemansson designs innovative and elegant objects with a touch of classicism. More information at www.dennisingemansson.com
Drop is an innovation & design company based in Barcelona. We help our customers to innovate by designing exceptional products focused on user experience and relevant for business. From our design lab we experiment, create and materialize concepts into unique design solutions.
Eva Schildt studied furniture and product design at Beckmans School of Design in Stockholm, Sweden where she graduated in 2001. The same year she started working as an independent designer. Her commercial work has covered a wide range of commissions including furniture, products, textile design, accessories, packaging and curating. She often draws inspiration from nature, adding a poetic or humorous twist and plays with the forms and objects of our daily life. As well as working as a designer she has been a visiting lecturer at Beckmans School of Design in Stockholm, Iceland Academy of the Arts and most recently at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
HC Ericson er en professor i grafisk design og er en af Sveriges førende grafiske designere. Han har tiltrukket sig stor opmærksomhed med sin bogkunst dannet af hans egne bøger - bøger, han har forfattet, illustreret og designet. Over årerne, har han samarbejdet med mange virksomheder, såsom Lammhults, Kosta Boda, Vin & Sprit og Ikea. Han har også haft adskillige udstillinger på Röhsska Museum i Gothenburg, Det Royale Bibliotek i Stockholm og Der Royale Bibliotek i København. Ericson har også vundet adskillige priser og distinktioner, inklusivt Exellent Swedish Form, the Gold Egg og Swedish Book Art, The Platinum Egg og Söderbergs Nordiske Design Pris.
Kurdish-born designer Jangir Maddadi established the Jangir Maddadi Design Bureau in 2008, with the vision to develop products that challenge the norm and emerge triumphant in their quest for impeccable form and brilliant function. He works tirelessly to deconstruct the complications in everyday life. To invoke the perfect balance of simplistic beauty and uniqueness in objects, large and small. "My goal has been, and always will be, to achieve perfection in everything I create."
Jonas Forsberg has studied product design for five years at the Linnaeus University School of Design located on the grounds of the old Pukeberg Glassworks in Småland, Sweden. During this time some of his work caught the eye of Playsam’s CEO Carl Zedig that would subsequently lead up to his inclusion among the company’s line-up of designers. His first ever product was an interpretation of the famous 1924 world land speed record holder Mefistofele and was a direct result from the collaboration between the Fiat Automotive Company and Playsam. With a firm interest in everything motorized his designs are characterized by simple yet strong lines heavily influenced by a bygone era but always sporting a modern twist.
Ola Wihlborg studerede på Beckmans School of design og han har modtaget en række af priser og bevillinger, inklussív the Red Dot Design Award og Ikeas Scholarship. Derudover, har Wihlborg deltaget i en række nationale og internationale udstillinger, såsom ”Stars” Galerrie Pascale, Design Bienalen St. Etiene, Swedish design in Tokio, 100% Design London og Möbelmässen Stockholm. Iblandt dem som har haft Wihlburg’s værker er Ikea, Asplund, Playsam og Collection Pascale.
Patrik Pettersen er en advokat som blev omskolet til produkt designer på Beckmans School of Design. Hans afsluttende projekt – udstillingen, ”Experiment as a Foundation in the design Process” – Har modtaget The Elle Interiors specielle ærespris og er blevet vist på Future Design Days Fair, og ligeså på The Home and House Fair i Stockholm. Han har allerede taget del i adskillige udstillinger, inklusivt London Design Week, Paris Maison & Object og The International Furniture Fair Milan. I dag arbejder Pettersson med forskellige virksomheder i hele Europa, inklusivt Habitat, The Cullberg, Ballet, Playsam og Artek.
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Robert Silesius is an interdisciplinary designer from Sweden. With roots in computer science, he began his transition by doing interface design. From there he got a full bachelor degree in product design in 2007 and then a master degree in vehicle design in 2011 at the prestigious Royal College of Art. This long journey has given him a problem solving, user centered focus. He has worked as an interaction designer and product designer, and exhibited at the Stockholm International Furniture Fair, Sustain RCA Show and the London Transport Museum.
Ulf Hanses er en munter funktionalist, med både dybde og karakter. Han har været en del af Playsam siden begyndelsen, og har blandt andet designet Playsam’s velkendte Streamliner. Det grundlæggende for Hanses design er legetøj med former, volumen og proportioner. I blandt dem som har haft hans værker er Boda Nova, Ikea, Playsam og Handitech. Hanses har taget del i adskillige udstillinger, både nationale som internationale, og er blandt andet repræsenteret på Tokyo Toy Museum og Japan Toy Museum. Ved adskillige anledninger, har han modtaget distinktionen af Excellent Swedish Design Form
