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.
Friso Kramer thinks in large numbers, in mass production. He was very curious, but he didn’t think of anything just because he liked it, there was always a good reason. he didn’t want to compromise. The more impossible the assignment, the better he liked it. “When someone comes up with a problem, it inspires me endlessly to come to a solution,” his own words.
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.
Jewelry designer Franck Ligtelijn (1933-1996) became part of the design team at renowned Dutch lighting manufacturer Raak in the early 1960s
He is well known for working with teak, rosewood and leathers and creating pieces with clean, sculptural lines
born December 4, 1927. The Italian designer of light and interior,
born in milan on 21/08/1939.
He graduated with a thesis in Industrial Design, architecture at the Milan Polytechnic in 1967.
Johannes Joseph Maria Hoogervorst born in Alkmaar The Netherlands on 14th of April.
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