2022 glass scholarship winner appointed by Svenskt Tenn

Honorary mentions went to Sigrid Mårtensson for her Krona carafe and Max Svensson Palmdahl for his Bremer spirit carafe.

About the course The assignment in collaboration with Svenskt Tenn

In the second year of Product design , students explore glass design in collaboration with Svenskt Tenn. In the course, Svenskt Tenn is the potential client. The students' assignment: to create a product or product series on the theme "the set table". During a number of weeks, the students work with research, sketches and sketch models and then finish by having their design inflated in Gunilla Kihlgren's glass studio in Stockholm.

The course ends with an exhibition at Beckmans where the scholarship winner is announced by Svenskt Tenn. The scholarship gives the student 4 hours at the Stockholm Glass Foundry in Gustavsberg, where the student, together with a professional glassblower, continues developing their product.

Jury's motivation for the scholarship Chatrine Schumacher

“1940 arrangerade Svenskt Tenns grundare, Estrid Ericson, en höstutställning i butiken som hette 100 vaser med blommor i.

In the invitation she wrote:

You can never have too many vases, for the vase must be chosen for the flowers: otherwise they will not come into their own. One should therefore have almost as many vases as there are species of flowers.

Being able to arrange a group of low flowers on a table, just as Estrid Ericson advocated, can be done in different ways. A vase that can be built into a border over the table or into a circle as a centerpiece feels like a vase that there is room and need for. Ally is a well-executed project where we have been able to follow an interesting design process and where Chatrine has put a lot of time and energy into creating a product design and a production solution, where the result is a unique and beautiful product."

Honorary mention Sigrid Mårtensson

“Sigrid Mårtensson har verkligen fokuserat på att lösa ett behov och tagit utmaningen i att se till att isen i karaffen Krona inte ramlar ner i dricksglaset. Lösningen är en vacker och estetiskt tilltalande mässingsdetalj som verkligen har en funktion. Detta ser vi som värt att uppmärksamma.”

Honorary mention Max Svensson Palmdahl

“Max Svensson Palmdahl har inte bara skapat en vacker flaska för sprit, där man kan se örterna som man skall krydda spriten med, han har också byggt upp en spännande historia som både kopplar till honom personligen men också till flaskans form. Detta ger oss som hört historien om Ernst Bremer ytterligare en dimension och förståelse för hans design, Bremer.”

Participating teachers and guest teachers

Peter Nylander, designer and lecturer responsible for the course Product design
Karoon Khosravi, artist/glassblower, Stockholm Glass
Rasmus Nossbring, artist/glassblower, Stockholm Glass
Simon Klenell, artist/glassblower