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\| Swedish design company OFFECCT has received one of the design world&rsquos top awards, the Red Dot Design Award, for no less than two of its new products. The lounge chair Fly, designed by Patrick Norguet, and the acoustic panel Soundwave Geo designed by Ineke Hans, are the two OFFECCT products to receive the Red Dot Design Award for 2010. http://www.offecct.se \| The Swedish design group Front recieved the Swedish Elle Deco Award designer of the year...	Helsinki Design Week, 26 August - 05 September 2010, invites design professionals and the general public to a week of events centred around the theme of storytelling. Now in its sixth year, Helsinki Design Week tells all the best stories behind the creations and proces...	"Scandinavian Furniture" by Judith Gura ...
Lire la suite \| Swedish design company OFFECCT has received one of the design world&rsquos top awards, the Red Dot Design Award, for no less than two of its new products. The lounge chair Fly, designed by Patrick Norguet, and the acoustic panel Soundwave Geo designed by Ineke Hans, are the two OFFECCT products to receive the Red Dot Design Award for 2010. http://www.offecct.se \| \| The Swedish design group Front recieved the Swedish Elle Deco Award designer of the year 2010. http://www.designfront.org \| \| The Finnish company Woodnotes was honoured at the IMM Cologne furnishing fair. The Horizon paper yarn carpets by Ritva Puotila were awarded with the Interior Innovation Award in the Best Item category. http://www.woodnotes.fi \| Exhibition at Design Museum of Helsinki "OIVA TOIKKA - Moments of Ingenuity" celebrating his career of 50 years as a designer for Iittala, 30 May - 19 Sept. 2010 http://www.designmuseo.fi \| "Nordic Delight" is the next exhibition at the Institut suédois de Paris from sept. 9 to Oct. 24, 2010. \| Habitare, Finland´s largest Furniture, Interior Decoration and Design Fair at the Helsinki Fair Centre from 1 to 5 Sept. 2010. \|	Lire la suite Helsinki Design Week, 26 August - 05 September 2010 Helsinki Design Week 2010 invites design professionals and the general public to a week of events centred around the theme of storytelling. Now in its sixth year, Helsinki Design Week tells all the best stories behind the creations and processes involved in design. The week-long series of events, exhibitions and publications is already a story unto itself ? a tale that communicates the message of design. > Visit Helsinki Design Week's Website.	Lire la suite "Scandinavian Furniture" by Judith Gura, Thames & Hudon Pub., 2007, 304 p. Scandinavia was the source of some of the most important furniture designs of the twentieth century. Today, a new generation of designers continues the &lsquoScandinavian modern&rsquo tradition. This book comprehensively surveys the history of Scandinavian design, and illustrates in full colour more than five hundred of the best current designs from over seventy producers. It also includes detailed product specifications and sources, biographies of important Nordic designers and a helpful bibliography. www.thamesandhudson.com

	Playsam

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Playsam

Classic and contemporary. Fanciful and functional. Simple and sophisticated. At first glance, these characteristics may seem slightly contradictory. But Playsam firmly believe that opposites attact. After all, a small company with a big name. As the leading Scandinavian design company in its class, Playsam creates innovative and timeless wooden toys for the young and young at heart. With each and every toy, we not only strive for physical functionality, but also for an art form that challenges pre-existing artistic concepts and conventions. Take your pick of our exclusive products - from the miniature Saab Keychain Car to the Streamliner series to Playsam's wonderful Rocking Rabbit - and give the best of Swedish design as a baby, birthday or business gift.

Rocking Rabbit

Yoyo

Oldtimer

www.playsam.com

	Arabia Finland

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Arabia Finland

Arabia is a trailblazer in modern Finnish design. Its product selection consists of popular ranges of dishes and design gift products. The highly valued Arabia products are characterized by a timeless beauty as well as high quality and functionality. Arabia dishes, made to be used and displayed, hold a central position in Finnish lives: thanks to their innovative and distinctive design, they are equally at home on the kitchen table and at festive occasions. These are items designed for Finns who value the concept of Finnish design and recognize the aesthetic value of the products. For over 130 years, Arabia has provided an expression of the era not just distinctive design but a genuinely consumer-led approach have been its strengths.Arabia is consistently at the top of the list of the most esteemed brands in Finland.

www.arabia.fi

	Akva Waterbeds

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Akva Waterbeds

Akva Waterbeds, founded in 1981, offers unique, high-quality waterbeds. Especially manufactured in Denmark to meet the needs of individual customers, the beds are both designer and extremely comfortable. Water is a source of harmony and well-being for the body and mind. Sleeping on water is a unique experience. The waterbed shapes itself to the contours of your body without putting pressure on your shoulders, neck or back, regardless of your sleeping position. Akva waterbeds are plasticised with a biological product called Mesamoll II which guarantees that the mattress is long lasting and keeps its shape.

www.akva.com

	Claesson Koivisto Rune

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Claesson Koivisto Rune

Based in Stockholm Claesson Koivisto Rune was founded in 1995 by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune as an architectural office but soon became multi-disciplinary practicing both architecture and design.Claesson Koivisto and Rune were the first Swedish architects to be exhibited in the International section of the Venice Architectural Biennale (2004). Claesson Koivisto Rune have won a number of awards for architectural and product design both in Sweden and abroad.

Their architectural projects: the recently opened Sfera Buildning culture house in Kyoto, the Swedish Ambassador&rsquos residence in Berlin, Ingegerd Råman house and studio, Kjell A Nordströms residence, Sony Music headquarter in Stockholm, One Happy Cloud restaurant, Gucci Stockholm, Louis Vuitton Stockholm, Scandinavian Airlines Euroshop, Asplund shop. Current projects include several private houses in Sweden.

Their Furniture designs are produced by Almedahls (Fabrics namned Leaves, Snow and Pool), Ateljé Lyktan (Floor- and table lamp Berlin), Asplund, Boffi, Cappellini, David design, Dune, E&Y, Franc franc, Iren Uffici, Living Divani, Nola, Offect, Sfera Products, Skandiform, Swedese among others.

Cinova, 2010

Tacchini, 2010

Living Divani, 2010

Visit Claesson Koivisto Rune's Website

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