He studied ornamental arts and stage design and at first did theater work in Berlin. However, he was impressed with U.S. industrial designers Henry Dreyfuss, Raymond Loewy and Walter Dorwin Teague, whom he met in the early 1930s, so he redirected his talents into design.
Before starting his own design office in Stockholm, he worked with Acton Bjorn in Copenhagen. Their partnership resulted in the first professional industrial design office in Denmark. He and Bjorn designed for Odhner and Rosti, as well as Facit, Nils Johan, AB Husqvarna Borstfabrik, Bang & Olufsen and Pressalit. Bernadotte also designed for Rosenthal and for Georg Jensen, with whom he had a lifelong contract.
He became one of the first important industrial designers in Sweden, creating many of the country's early iconic designs. Moreover, his office trained and launched the careers of many later Swedish designers.
From hammersby.com
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| Armchairs 1stdibs.com |
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| Armchairs fajka.net.pl |
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| Rocking chair 1stdibs.com |
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| Sideboard lauritz.com |
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| Bowls svenksdam.se |
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| Picnic set auktionsprisbanken.se |
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| Can opener kcomposite.com |
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| Vacuum pitcher royaldesign.se |
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| Flatware liveauctioneers.com |
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| Facit TP1 typewriter oztypewriter.blogspot.com |
Oh, he used a typewriter, this guy's cool. (:
ReplyDeleteA correction, the typewriter name is "Facit."
The one thing that stands out for me: can-opener.
Oh, he did more than use that typewriter. He designed it. :) When I was growing up, we had wall can openers like that, but never one that looked as good.
DeleteI included that image just for you and Bill and a few more typospherians who stop by from time to time, and then I messed up the caption! Thanks for finding that typo. It's corrected now.
Duh, of course he designed it!
Deletehaha!
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