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Jakob Wagner is one of Scandinavia’s foremost designers at present, and he is one of only a handful to have exhibited at some of the biggest museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York with the Propeller Trivet from Menu.
Jakob is motivated by his love of meaningful shapes. He works at the balancing point between contrasting visual expressions: Masculine/feminine, organic/geometric, symmetric/asymmetric etc. “It brings the object to life, challenges our senses and appeals to our feelings,” he says – and it is this very approach that makes him so enjoyable to work with [... mehr]
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Tripp Trapp designer receives high ranking prize
Peter Opsvik received the Anders Jahres Cultural Prize on September 4th 2008 for his achievements through almost five decades.
The prize is the highest regarded cultural prize in Norway. In the weeks after it was public that Opsvik was going to receive the diploma, honour and money, the news have been everywhere, including in-depth interviews in the major national newspapers in Norway.
In all statements about Opsvik, the Tripp Trapp highchair and the Stokke name have claimed its fair share of the fame. When handing the prize to Opsvik[... mehr]
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