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The season’s most striking design news comes from Georg Jensen. It was unveiled Thursday morning at the opening of Formland Autumn 2011 in the MCH Exhibition Centre Herning. Here ,the Danish design company, was handed Formland Design Award for ALFREDO collection, with different products for the kitchen and dining table, created by Argentine Alfredo Häberli. The Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek was in charge of the ceremony.

- It’s a convincing winner of the Formland Design Award. Alfredo Häberli has managed to capture the Scandinavian design style and also added new. Georg Jensen is known for steel, and ALFREDO collection will be adding new materials such as porcelain, glass, wood and rubber. The collection’s various parts are beautiful together through form, the functionality is good and it is design to the table you can afford, says the jury in their justification of the winner.

ALFREDO collection is named after the designer and was launched in spring 2011 with a salt and pepper set, a towel rack, a decanter, a pitcher and salad bowls. This autumn’s collection has expanded with oil & vinegar in glass, an oak holder for salt and pepper or oil / vinegar – and a series of containers in glass, oak and stainless steel.

Besides ALFREDO collection was RIG-TIG decanter cleaner from Stelton and the multi functional kitchen tool “Funnel Friends” from Element+ nominated for Formland Design Award.

-       The city of Höganäs in Sweden used to be synonymous with pottery but today all the local brands have been purchased by internationals with production in the Far East and ”Made in Sweden” has become a thing of the past. With Höganäsgruppen we hope to gather the local vast manufacturing knowledge and experience of working with stoneware and once again offer beautifully designed and locally produced ceramic objects, said Catherine Djurklou, Head Designer at Höganäsgruppen.

Höganäsgruppen is a group consisting of nine artists and potters that have designed objects and series under the brand HÖGANÄSGRUPPEN. These exclusive and high-quality products have all been made by hand in local Swedish workshops in limited editions.

-       The artists and potters that have contributed to our first collection all have their own unique expressions which is precisely the way we want it to be. Höganäsgruppen is all about offering things of beauty that cater to individual tastes, the common denominators being highest possible quality and local manufacture, said Catherine Djurklou.

Dragon Table

Designer Søren Rose says, “The furniture collection we have created for De La Espada evolved out of our Park Avenue project in New York that began in 2008. All of the pieces are designed for real people and the result is a very dramatic collection that combines the best of the Scandinavian tradition with a New York contemporary touch.” The collection exhibits the true craftsmanship while exploring new material combinations including cork, marble, aluminum, brass, fabric and natural wood. Using solid, beautiful materials, the collection is simple in nature yet obsessive in detail, resulting in long-lasting timeless pieces that offer a fresh take on modern living.

Søren Rose Studio sp

Dragon Chair

ecializes in furniture design and interior projects with a firm belief in merging Scandinavian simplicity, craftsmanship and tradition with design that reflects the way we live today. Based in Copenhagen, the design studio prides itself on its ability to redefine function and reinvent tradition.

De La Espada is a groundbreaking firm dedicated to developing powerful high-end home furnishing brands with its head office in London, factory in Portugal & flagship store in New York, building, manufacturing, marketing and selling such notable brands as Autoban, Matthew Hilton and StudioIlse.

iF product design awardThe press coffee maker has been awarded the iF productdesign award 2011. More than 2.700 products from43 different countries was presented to the expert juryand once again we are very happy about recveiving thisaward for one of our products.

The evaluation criteria for the iF product design awardconsist of design quality, workmanship, choice of materials,degree of innovation, environmental friendliness,functionality,ergonomics, visualization of use, safety,brand value, branding and universal design.

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Valdemar is designed by the two industrial designers Martin Kechayas and Christian Nørgaard.

They have had focus on designing a piece of furniture with a beautiful graphic expression and great sitting comfort. The chair’s inside has an organic round form in contrast to the sharp and edged outside of the chair. That makes the chair exciting both visual and in use.

Martin Kechayas and Christian Nørgaard explain:” Nowadays there is a huge need for intimacy, calm and contemplation. For that we need furniture that creates room and space – a place of our own. The point of departure was to design a piece of furniture that is a lounge chair and an easy chair in one. Furthermore, you should be seated great and the comfort should be superb. We believe that a chair should be beautiful from all angles. Valdemar almost embrace the user with its big open arms and welcome the user.”

The chair is ideal for the home to create time and room. It brings character to the living room either as a part of the couch area or as a freestanding chair.

Eva Solo® SweepUp boasts an innovative design that adds new functional and design qualities to the dustpan and brush. This simple product has been given a stylish make-over with an elegant twist, thus adding a new and decorative function to the modern home.

The designers behind the new broom and dustpan set, Henrik Holbæk and Claus Jensen from Tools Design, have focused on creating a new and contemporary version of a classical and invaluable piece of cleaning equipment which is normally always put away after use:

“It was an interesting challenge breathing new life into a product which everyone uses but which is always kept out of sight because it looks so clumsy. We therefore gave the Eva Solo SweepUp a high degree of design and functionality, so in future the set can become an integrated part of the kitchen interior,” says Henrik Holbæk.

Completely functional

In addition to its solid exterior, Eva Solo SweepUp elegantly combines shape, function and user-friendliness. The set is made of stainless steel and plastic and is available in a stylish black version.For the sake of user comfort, the broom and the dustpan have handles measuring 85 cm and 90 cm, respectively, which means you do not need to bend down to sweep dust off the floor into the dustpan.

The broom is designed with a rounded head with no sharp edges, and the long, strong plastic bristles effectively sweep everything off the floor without scratching skirting boards or floors. The handle of the brush is hollow, so after use it slides down over the dustpan handle. This means it takes up less space while also adding a touch of elegance to the kitchen.

Eva Solo SweepUp is a stylish and innovative version of a conventional piece of domestic cleaning equipment which is both practical and decorative.

The Eva Solo^® washing-up brush is an exciting redesign of an invaluable piece of kitchenware. The brush has been given a new aesthetic dimension in that the handle and the head constitute an elegant, beautiful and rounded entity. The choice of materials in both polished and brushed stainless steel lends a stylish and timeless appearance to the brush, beautifully supplemented by the brush head’s dark grey plastic hairs.

The brush head of the Eva Solo washing-up brush can easily be replaced by unscrewing a single screw. Another practical detail is that the brush can stand upright on its own beside the sink, so it’s always close at hand.

Exciting redesign

The reason for redesigning this simple kitchen implement is based on a strong desire to create a common design thread in all product groups for the modern kitchen:

“It was interesting for us to invent a washing-up brush which, in addition to being highly functional, also features a design ‘twist’ so it stands out from other washing-up brushes. We therefore decided to give it a unique shape so it can stand up by itself, and an attractive stainless steel finish that matches the rest of Eva Solo’s product range,” says Henrik Holbæk from the designer duo Tools, which is behind the many well-known Eva Solo products.

The washing-up brush matches other well-known kitchen products such as the Eva Solo^® dishcloth, the Eva Solo^® soap dispenser and the Eva Solo^® tea towel, which together add a stylish and harmonious touch to any kitchen.

The Eva Solo washing-up brush is supplied boxed with an extra brush head. Moreover, it is possible to purchase two extra brush heads.