Designer Interview – Monica Förster

March 1, 2019.Reading time 17 minutes.

Monica Förster by Camilla Lindqvist. V Söderqvist Blog interview.

Monica Förster is an industrial designer with an incredibly diverse portfolio. She has designed everything from the seat of a Volvo excavating machine and glow-in-the-dark toilet seat to some of the most recognizable interior objects and furniture in Sweden today. Förster is also one of our most international designers, collaborating with international companies from the […]

Creative Living – Astrid Sylwan and Gunnel Sahlin

August 7, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

It is always interesting to see how creative people live and work, and I will feature two very prominent Swedish artists in this blog post. The Artist Astrid Sylwan, whom I will be doing a blog interview on to be published next week, and Glass Designer Gunnel Sahlin whose interview I published in March. The article […]

The Lyceum, Stockholm

June 25, 2015.Reading time 1 minute.

Found this gem on Ems Designblogg, and had to share. A building that once belonged to the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm is converted into apartments by Oscar Properties. Styled differently, I am attracted to the use of warm colours, light and dark grey and the deep blue in the furniture and the Thonet […]