Swedish top designer. Unique story how his designs became known by his middle names.
Swedish top designer. Unique story how his designs became known by his middle names.
Unique story how his designs became known by his middle names. Sigurd “Carl Thore” Lindkvist was born in 1916 in Åmål, Sweden. Started his career at Luko then moved in 1961 to Granhaga Metallindustri AB. As head of the design and sales he designed and presented the lights to the clients. But he didn’t want the clients to know that, so he used his middel names. He remained for 20 years with the company and went with retirement.
Louis C. Kalff (1897-1976), art director and designer at Philips
Johannes Joseph Maria Hoogervorst born in Alkmaar The Netherlands on 14th of April.
Innovative architect, industrial designer, and urban planner Vico Magistretti was a driving force in Italian design from the 1960s onwards.
He is well known for working with teak, rosewood and leathers and creating pieces with clean, sculptural lines
Martine Le Forestier is a French designer born September 3th 1945.
She studied in Paris at the ENS AMAA, National School of Applied Arts and Crafts. In 1969 she won a price with her design of this lamp.
Jindřich Halabala created a mass-market approach to home design furnishing in Czechoslovakia.
Wim Rietveld Dutch industrial and furniture designer. Son of the well-known Gerrit Rietveld.
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