DESIGNERS
LENA BERGSTRÖM
Lena Bergström ( b . 1961 ) is a successful designer of both textiles and glass . She has received numerous public commissions and has won Excellent Swedish Design awards for six of her glass collections . Lena received her artistic education at the College of Arts , Crafts and Design in Stockholm . She became captivated by glass and has been affiliated to Orrefors since 1994 . She has an unerring sense of design ; her work , soft of line yet graphically eloquent , represents a new generation of expression .
LARS HELLSTEN
Lars Hellsten ( b . 1933 ) studied sculpture at the College of Arts , Crafts and Design in Stockholm before coming to Orrefors in 1972 . Besides Eden , a service inspired by nature , he is also the designer behind such collections as Corona , Odyssey , Neptunus and the heartshaped Amour and My Heart .
Nature clearly inspires his art glass , too , including many grand pieces well suited to public spaces . His glass is characteristically massive and forceful , whether it be cast , mould-blown or free-blown .
BJÖRN DAHLSTRÖM
Björn Dahlström ( b . 1957 ) is a leading Swedish designer . The graphic quality of his unique style is distinctive through its approach to expressing soft , fundamental shapes . Björn ’ s work is currently represented at museums worldwide , including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London , Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the Centre national des arts plastiques in Paris .
LISA HILLAND
It is a universal truth that opposites attract and create harmony . Hot and cold , hard and soft , black and white . You can ´ t have one without the other . When designer Lisa Hilland was asked to create a vase for Orrefors that was just as beautiful with or without flowers , she chose to contrast the exclusive crystal with metal . BLOOM is inspired by the organic shapes in nature , such as flowers and leaves . It is as perfect holding an exquisite bouquet as it is with a simple branch of ivy , but is also stunning in its own glory when the clear Orrefors crystal catches the light just right .
Emma Ekberg ( b . 1977 ) grew up in Gothenburg and has a Master of Fine Arts from the University College of Arts , Crafts and Design in Stockholm . As an industrial designer , Emma regularly confronts new worlds and new challenges , both through the various products she is asked to create and in her travels . Each design has its own story – and new stories are continuously born in the interaction between the user and the object .
Jan Johansson ( 1942-2018 ) came to Orrefors in 1969 after training as a silversmith in Stockholm at the College of Arts , Crafts and Design . As an artist , he was interested in refining the optical effects of pure , sculptural crystal , as in his cut-glass barware series Street . “ I want to shape the crystal by controlling the light . If the light dies , so does the glass .”
EMMA EKBERG JAN JOHANSSON
GUNNAR CYRÉN
Gunnar Cyrén ( 1931-2013 ) was a Swedish glass artist , silversmith and industrial designer . He started at Orrefors glassworks in 1959 . Highlights of his design career include ” Popglaset ” or ” Pokaler med färgade ben ” ( 1966-1968 ) and ” Nobel stemware ” ( 1991 ). Over the years Gunnar Cyrén has participated in numerous exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and received the Swedish royal scholarship in 1962 , the Lunning Prize in 1966 and the Prince Eugen Medal in 1988 .
ERIKA LAGERBIELKE
Erika Lagerbielke ( b . 1960 ) is a professor of glass design and has collaborated over thirty years with Orrefors . Erika have a sensual and stylish design with a clear sense of material understanding . – I design for the senses , says Erika . The glass should highlight the drink , have a good balance and also be a delight to the eye . The range Intermezzo is one of her very first products and one of Orrefors bestselling stemware .
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