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 is a toy designer above all else. His toys are anything but short-lived and many of them are beloved classics that can be found all over the world. In Alskog's work, color, form and function become a whole. Those who have commissioned work from Alskog include , Haags, Brio, Viking Toys and Aqua Play. Through the years, he has participated in numerous international design exhibitions and has earned both national and international distictions.
Ο Björn Dahlström είναι από τους καλλίτερους σχεδιαστές επίπλων και βιoμηχανικού design της Σουηδίας. Τα έργα του είναι αισθητικά όμορφα και λειτουργικά και συχνά διακρίνονται από μαλακές και πρωταρχικές γραμμές. Έχει συνεργαστεί με εταιρίες όπως οι Dahlström include Playsam, Kasthall, Hackman/Iittala, Skeppshult, Fjällräven, Pukeburg και Atlas Copco. Έχει κερδίσει σειρά βραβείων και διακρίσεων σε εθνικό και διεθνές επίπεδο, όπως τα Excellent Swedish Form (8 φορές), Furniture of the Year, Pleasant Home, Design Plus Prize, Frankfurt. Έργα του εκτίθενται επίσης στο Röhsska Museum στο Gothenburg και στο Victoria and Albert Museum στο Λονδίνο. Ο Dahlström έχει διδάξει στο Konstfack καθώς και στο 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.
Ο HC Ericson είναι καθηγητής γραφικών τεχνών και ένας από τους σπουδεότερους σχεδιαστές της Σουηδίας. Πολύ γνωστό έγινε το Βιβλίο Τέχνης του. Κατά τη διάρκεια της καριέρας του συνεργάστηκε με πολλές εταιρίες όπως οι Lammhults, Kosta Boda, Vin & Sprit και η Ikea. Έκανε επίσης πολλές εκθέσεις στο Röhsska Museum στο Gothenburg, The Royal Library στη Στοκχόλμη και στηThe Royal Library στην Κοπενγχάγη. Κέρδιε επίσης αρκετές διακρίσεις και βραβεία περιλαμβάνομένων των Excellent Swedish Form, The Gold Egg and Swedish Book Art, The Platinum Egg and Söderbergs Nordic Design Award.
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.
Η Ola Wihlborg σπούδασε στο Beckmans School of Design και κέρδισε σειρά βραβείων και διακρίσεων, όπως τα Red Dot Design Award καθώς και υποστροφία από το Ikea. Επίσης, η Wihlborg συμμετείχε σε πληθώρα εθνικών και διεθνών εκθέσεων όπως οι "Stars" Galerie Pascale, Design Bienalen St. Etiene, Swedish Design in Tokyo, 100% Design London and Möbelmässan Stockholm. Έχει συνεργαστεί με το Ikea, Asplund, Playsam και την Collection Pascale.
Ο Patrik Pettersson είναι δικηγόρος ο οποίος επιλέχθηκε ως σχεδιαστής προϊόντων στο Beckmans School of Design. Το τελικό του έργο – η έκθεση, "Experiment as a Foundation in the Design Process" – κέρδισε τα Elle Interiors special honor of grant και εκτέθηκε στο Future Design Days Fair, καθώς και στοThe Home and House Fair στη Στοκχόλμη. Έχει λάβει μέρος σε πολλές εκθέσεις περιλαμβανομένων των London Design Week, Paris Maison & Object και The International Furniture Fair Milan. Σήμερα ο Pettersson συνεργάζεται με διάφορες εταιρίες ανά την Ευρώπη όπως οι Habitat, The Cullberg Ballet, Playsam και 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.
Ο Ulf Hanses διακρίνεται από χαρούμενα και λειτουργικά έργα που έχουν βάθος και χαρακτήρα. Συνεργάζεται με την Playsam από την αρχή της καριέρας του και μεταξύ άλλων έχει σχεδιάσει το γνωστό αυτοκίνητο Streamliner της Playsam. Αυτό που αναζητά στο σχεδιασμό παιχνιδιών είναι η φόρμα, ο όγκος και η αναλογία. Έχει επίσης συνεργαστεί με εταιρίες όπως οι Boda Nova, Ikea, Playsam και Handitech. Ο Hanses συμμετείχε σε πολλές εκθέσεις design σε εθνικό και διεθνές επίπεδο και έργα του εκτίθενται μεταξύ άλλων στο Tokyo Toy Museum και στο Japan Toy Museum. Σε πολλές ευκαιρίες έχει κερδίσει το βραβείο Excellent Swedish Design Form.
