Herman Studio

Herman Studio was founded in 2012 by the two architects, Helle Herman Mortensen and Jonas Herman Pedersen. Their work spans from textile, ceramics, lighting and furniture design to interior design. A characterstic feature of their design is their focus on the objects’ contours. By working with a distinctive outline for each object, the craftsmanship allows the design to stand out whilst remaining simple and readily recognizable. Their great passion for design and their appreciation of aesthetic principles are complimentary to their use of traditional materials and methods. They work in an iterative process between sketches, models and prototypes. Their design process begins with the detailed study of construction methods, an approach which plays a central role throughout the design process. The workshop is therefore an essential part of their studio.

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Jonas Lutz

Finnish-born designer Jonas Lutz began studying design in Turku, Finland, and continued at the renowned Malmstens Linköping University in the outskirts of Stockholm in Sweden. He finished his studies with an exchange to Eindhoven, Netherlands. Despite travelling further from home, Nordic design traditions remain embedded within his work. In 2016, Jonas began focusing on his own work from a light-filled studio in one of the oldest harbors in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Lutz creates objects of bold and ingenious simplicity which are inviting to touch. The foundation of his form language lies in a deep understanding of the inherent qualities of materials and the production process. Elegant solutions are visible in the way parts intersect to form a unity, projecting both subtlety and strength. Jonas finds inspiration in Nordic furniture traditions as well as in the lively design culture of his adopted city of Rotterdam. “It’s never been a question of whether or not to make something, it’s just a natural thing for me”.

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Rasmus Palmgren

Rasmus Palmgren (b. 1989*) is a Finnish designer, dedicated to his responsibility to design long-lasting and responsible products.

He seeks to always find innovative solutions and a thought-out balance between material, aesthetics, usability, and production.
Being a hands-on designer, Rasmus works by developing scale models as well as full-size, usable prototypes. Through this work, he aims to create relevant designs that are easy to understand.

After his studies at Malmstens Linköping University (bachelor/cabinetmaking) and The Royal Danish Academy (master/design), Rasmus opened his studio in Helsinki in 2019.  

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Linnea Ek Blæhr

Linnea Ek Blæhr is a Danish designer working within the fields of artistic product design and interior design. With an acute sense of detail and a passion for conceptual approaches, Linnea creates objects and spaces at the intersection of functional and sculptural expressions. As a designer, Linnea is attracted to the type of imperfect shapes that arise in handmade objects – the shapes that emerge when a melted substance solidifies, when a tool affects a material or when the action of skilled hands is expressed in the finished surface.

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Werner

The design of the Shoemaker Chair dates back to 1936 in Odense, Denmark. In the 1970s, the design was affiliated and assimilated by the Werner family who come from a long line of fine wood turners; a profession almost non-existent today. Over three generations the family have renewed and finetuned the Shoemaker Chair and reestablished the design and production to where it is today - a true archetypal classic. They have tirelessly optimized the chair over the years, adjusting minor aspects of the production flow and the finished product. For example, the T legs were added for extra stability and the seat re-shaped and rounded to offer greater protection to the topline in case the chair falls. On the island of Funen, The Werner Family worked from the woodturning joinery Gislev Drejerforretning, founded in 1913. The third Generation of the Werner Family is still part of the joinery. So, the designer and the woodturner are still one and the same.

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Hallgeir Homstvedt

Hallgeir Homstvedt is a Norwegian product designer. After studying industrial design at the University of Newcastle, Australia, Homstvedt returned to Norway in 2006 to join the design collective Norway Says. In 2009 he founded Homstvedt Design which now operates out of a 19th-century factory building in the center of Oslo. He designs everything from door handles to upholstered furniture. In 2017, he was awarded as Designer of the Year in Norway. Homstvedt believes that one of the advantages of being a multidisciplinary designer is that you are not fully emerged in any specific design category. Meaning he can approach a design task with “fresh” eyes and question the status quo. Homstvedt’s work is known to offer a new perspective through the use of new materials, production techniques and its playful character.

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Kristian Vedel

Kristian Vedel was a Danish industrial designer and part of the early Scandinavian Design movement. Educated as a cabinet maker in 1942, he studied at the Department of Furniture at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1946 from the School of Arts, Craft and Design in Copenhagen. He was acting chairman of the Danish Furniture Designers and founding member and acting chairman of the first Society of Industrial Designers in Denmark. Between 1968 and 1971, Kristian started the first Department for Industrial Design at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Heavily influenced by Kaare Klint and the Bauhaus School, the Kristian Vedel Style was the “Classic Modern” with a creative use of materials and a strong sense of functionality and ergonomic demands. Kristian Vedel was also a pioneer in using an early form of plastic known as melamine in the 1970's. He died at the age of 80 in March 2003.

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