Beckmans x Designtorget 2018
February 01, 2018

Industry-related production during the study period

Fourteen second-year students at the Form program have been challenged in teams of two to create their first product, which at the end of the course will also be produced in ten copies. The course, which is conducted for the fourth year in a row together with Designtorget, gives students the opportunity to work with industry-related production already during their studies.

"Previous years' collaborations have resulted in several design students further developing their products on their own after completing the course and already before graduation taking their first steps as designers and own producers," says Margot Barolo, course coordinator and program manager for Product design at Beckman College of Design.  

Products developed in previous editions of this course and now sold at Designtorget are the tray Elvira by Malin Berglund (2015) and the pedestal Unit by Lisa Lindh and Celine Strömbäck (2017). 

Exhibition and sales start

This year's products will be presented in an exhibition in Designtorget's flagship store in Kulturhuset with opening on Thursday 1 February at 17.00. After the opening, the products are available for sale in limited edition for one month.

Seven products of the year: 

Tullia CandleStick
Tullia by Asta Florestedt and Jone Skarbøvik is created to brighten up the home in several ways. By turning the candlestick and moving the light pipe to the other side, you can easily vary the appearance by environment and occasion.  

The Mirror Norna
Norna is a steel mirror with two magnetic shelves and an opportunity to hang it in four different ways. It creates different functions, which means that the customer will be able to use Norma for a longer period of time. By Ellinor Sixtensdotter and Anders Obel. 

Io Morfar
A new product design wheat cushion designed by Isabel Wagner and Olivia Tognelli Brontén based on the need for closeness and security. With its weight and warmth, the Io Morfar cushion can reflect the feeling of having a cat on your chest, an arm around your shoulder or an embrace around your stomach. It can also be folded round and be a cozy pillow on the sofa.  

LIMBIK
LIMBIK is a vase that controls the flower. The name LIMBIK stands for the emotional relationship we get to certain objects; grandma's wedding ring that has been inherited or an item of clothing that you do not want to get rid of. Why do products get souls? With its sculptural expression, LIMBIK can be used both with and without flowers. Designers Matilda Ström Ellow and Sizar Alexis hope that limbik the vase creates a relationship with their user and makes them use the vase in their own way.  

The 21° vase
The21°vasechallengesthe conventional vase with a different way of arranging flowers. Behind the design are Kaori Agematsu and Josefin Zachrisson who, through the project, founded Studio Noll, which questions notions of product design and starts from scratch.

Sambo Room Divider
After moving around Stockholm's secondary market, designers Ekdahl/Jondell wanted to develop a product that defines the room and makes it feel familiar – no matter where you are.  The hand-made room divider and sambo clothing rack has a parting function, is easy to take with you for those who move around, but above all it makes you feel at home no matter where you are.  

Lamp BÅB
Lamp BÅB designed by Mira Bergh Edenborg and Mattias Rothman is a mood enhancer and a conversation piece that lights up its surroundings with both product design and function. The lamp has two parts that can be put together in different ways and can therefore be adapted as needed.