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<person menuid="2_16" personid="16" id="37" name="Boje Estermann">
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Boje Estermann is educated within marketing management. After working several years in the private sector he spent 8 years as CEO for a French company, so it was quite a career change, when he decided to enter the school of Design ”ENSCI- Les Ateliers” in Paris. But he did it and graduated in 1999. In 2000 he founded the design studio "request", which later became "Boje Estermann Design Studio". </textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“I usually design products by analyzing my own desires. My ambition is to create designs which are both practical and discreet and still offers you that little extra. I try to give them a personal touch without loosing the functionality. It very well reflects my Scandinavian origins with a design tradition based on functionality, combined with a Latin influence from living 20 years in France, which touches my senses. I would love create a home where all functional things only appear when needed. The rest should be calm and pleasure. But as long as I can make products and interiors that lead in that direction I'll be happy”. </textblock>
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<award link="">Strainer - L’observeur de Design 2006</award>
<award link="">Strainer - Good Design Award 2005</award>
<award link="">Funnel – Good Design Award 2005</award>
<award link="">Funnel - red dot design award 2005</award>
<award link="">Funnel - Formland Prisen 2005</award>
<award link="">Funnel - DesignPlus 2005</award>
<award link="">Funnel - Formexpriset 2004</award>
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<statement statementalignment="Bottom">I give my designs a personal touch! </statement>
<substatement>- without losing the functionality</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_21" personid="21" id="38" name="Britt Bonnesen">
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<headline>Britt’s inspiration comes from the fashion world. </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">She had worked in the fashion industry for 10 years before she started her own home interiors shop. Britt Bonnesen has been an important part of Normann Copenhagen since the very beginning. Amongst other things Britt has designed the Swing vase and the Rocking glass. </textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“My grandfather, uncle and my father have all worked their entire lives as glass blowers for Holmegaard, so I have always had a passion for glass design. I swear to my little black notebook, which I carry around with me everywhere. There are many good ideas and thoughts in this book and maybe they will become a reality one day. <br><br>I am fascinated by the many hip design hotels around the world. I have an eye for detail and the way details are well thought through, right from atmosphere, food, interior and the staff uniforms down to the hand soap in toilets. I also get my inspiration from the fashion trade since these two industries have many similarities”.</textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Bottom">I am inspired by the little things </statement>
<substatement>– the well thought details </substatement>
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<person menuid="2_43" personid="43" id="39" name="Britt Kornum">
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<headline>Experience </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Britt Kornum is an architect from School of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark, Furniture and Space Art.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“I get my inspiration from organic shapes. A mix of a feminine touch and minimalism complete my designs. <br>It is every day life as well as life in general that inspires me in my work. <br><br>In my opinion the best design is created from a spontaneous idea. During the design process I start collecting information about the subject, material and the technical aspects. <br>The different information makes it possible to develop a perfect shape and to create a connection between the intuitive thinking and the technical aspects. This is a working process that gives me much inspiration. <br><br>I hope the new designers of Danish furniture will soon reach the same level as the “old ones” - They deserve it!”</textblock>
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<person menuid="2_10" personid="10" id="40" name="Charles O. Job">
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<headline>There is only fantasy, fantasy and more fantasy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Charles Job was born in Lagos, Nigeria. He has a diploma in architecture from the Oxford Polytechnic School of Architecture, followed by work experience in Paris, London and eventually Zürich, Switzerland where Charles teaches architecture and runs his design studio.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Does form really follow function? Does the chicken come before the egg? Do pigs fly, does anybody really care about such questions? There is only fantasy, fantasy and more fantasy, the most important impulse for my work.”</textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Middle">Fantasy! </statement>
<substatement>There is only fantasy, fantasy and more fantasy.</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_17" personid="17" id="41" name="Claydies">
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<headline>Claydies</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">- aka. Karen Kjældgård-Larsen and Tine Broksø</textblock>
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<headline>Claydies was founded in 2000</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Both Karen and Tine graduated from the Danish Design School in 2000. In 1999 Karen made Blue fluted Mega for Royal Copenhagen.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“Tine throws a lump of clay and Karen catches it. Karen throws it back to Tine but it falls to the ground. We try with a new lump. This time Tine catches it and starts shaping it. It is a ping pong process, in which we are always hunting good ideas. Sometimes we wear our bowls on a catwalk. <br><br>Sometimes we are inspired by horrors and murder our pots. And sometimes we set up dogma-rules and work blindfolded. We strive always to renew ourselves and make ceramic design that matters. That is to have fun and give fun...”</textblock>
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<headline>Claydies on the blog</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">You can follow Claydies on our blog; .<a href="http://spottedbynormanncopenhagen.com/category/designer-claydies/" target="_blank" >Spotted by Normann Copenhagen</a> you will be surprised to see just how creative Claydies are.</textblock>
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<award link="">Grass - FORM 2008</award>
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<statement statementalignment="Middle">We throw clay lumps... </statement>
<substatement>- to each other and never at each other!</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_18" personid="18" id="42" name="Francis Cayouette">
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<headline>Experience </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Francis is member of the Danish Designers Society and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design at University of Montreal (1994). Francis also pursued studies at L´'École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle (Ensci) in Paris.<br> <br>Based in Copenhagen since 1999, he works as an independent designer in collaboration with scandinavian and international firms developing products for large-scale and small series production.<br></textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">It's a lot about finding the right balance between the concept, the technique and the purpose in a good solution. Go to the essence, to the need, remove all the unnecessary and then play with the basic elements. <br><br>Explore the possibilities and pick up the ideas that provoke a certain impression of genuine and relevant. It is a very intuitive process but in a way it's a search for the unexpected and the familiar at the same time. It can be a small detail or a more radical interpretation but it has to be recognizable and feel very natural.</textblock>
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<headline>Links</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1"><a href="http://www.franciscayouette.com" target="_blank" ><u>Visit Francis own homepage</u></a><br><a href="http://spottedbynormanncopenhagen.com/" target="_blank" ><u>Read his articles on our blog</u></a></textblock>
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<awards>
<award link="">Normann knives – reddot design award 2007</award>
<award link="">GOOD DESIGN award 2007</award>
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<statement statementalignment="Top">Clarity is the quality...</statement>
<substatement>- of being easily seen through.</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_24" personid="24" id="43" name="Gabriel Nigro">
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<headline>Gabriel explains:</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“I grew up in a very artistic family and was surrounded by creative people since I was very young. As a child I spent hours underneath my father’s drawing board, a great deal of time watching my mother create her ceramics and often spent entire weekends at my uncle’s atelier. <br><br>These experiences have influenced me throughout my life, but are even more apparent to me today with the debut of Woofy. The process of making this piece has caused me to reflect on my family legacy and has served as a great inspiration to my work. I love surprises. I’m like a little kid in that way. <br><br>I have so many wild ideas all the time and I’m constantly inventing new ways to make life easier, more pleasurable, less complicated. I see an opportunity in every situation, and I like to use my creativity to solve problems. <br><br>I spend hours thinking about solutions before I start taking things apart and putting them back together. I enjoy recreating the things that surrounds me in order to make them more functional and more meaningful for me in the way I live.” </textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Middle">I want to create solutions... </statement>
<substatement>- that are smart, inventive and always a bit playful</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_13" personid="13" id="44" name="Herbert Krenchel">
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<headline>Background</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Herbert Krenchel graduated with a Master of Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. Herbert Krenchel’s research focused on materials and fibre reinforcement. Since the 1950’s, simultaneously with his research, Herbert Krenchel has worked with design. The enameled Krenit bowl won the gold medal at the 1954 Milan Triennale. </textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">I am exited about shapes and structures. The surface on a design object is important because it makes people want to reach out for it. I also believe that there has to be a balance between function and aesthetics. A good design must therefore contain more than one aspect to make the perfect overall impression. My inspiration comes from several things surrounding me – it can’t be explained. For me design is a way to express yourself – it’s a way to create things just the way you want it. </textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Bottom">Design is a way to express yourself</statement>
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<person menuid="2_49" personid="49" id="45" name="Jakob Heiberg">
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Jakob Heiberg graduated from The School of Architecture in Copenhagen 1983, Denmark. Jakob has worked as an industrial designer with a focus on kitchen accessories. Today, Jakob Heiberg has his own design studio in Copenhagen. </textblock>
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<headline>Design Philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">I believe design is about adding extra value to a product. That’s when true creation is made, and I feel that my designs make a difference. Function is very important, however, design and function are inseparable. Design is when it all comes together and that is what fascinates me. </textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Bottom">It is the creation itself that facinates me</statement>
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<person menuid="2_23" personid="23" id="46" name="Julie Storm">
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<headline>My ideas originate from existing objects that don’t function optimally </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Julie Storm graduated from Denmark Design School’s Institute for Product Design – Ceramics and Glass, 2000.<br><br></textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“I like to approach life here and now. I will continue working with design as long as I have something to say and ideas that make a difference. My goal is to provide users with a positive experience when they either see or use my designs. <br><br>I believe that things are best when you work with something where you cannot touch the bottom - where you begin by making something that, rationally speaking, is ridiculous. I have to work with things in both 3D and 2D. I switch between 3D and 2D until the object emerges clearly for me and there is no longer anything to add or subtract. My inspiration comes from many difference sources. <br><br>I never know exactly where the inspiration comes from, but it often comes when I feel liberated from everyday trivialities. The form can lie and rumble in the back of my head, much like a photo that must be developed. When the ideas arise I simply have to go to the studio and work with plaster, clay or whatever other material may be necessary. <br><br>It can take a long time before reality and the idea meet, but I always know when “it’s there” – and then I feel at peace.”</textblock>
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<award link="">red dot design award 2007</award>
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<person menuid="2_42" personid="42" id="47" name="Karim Rashid">
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Born in Cairo, half Egyptian, half English, and raised in Canada, Karim now practices in New York. Designing for an impressive array of clients from Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of product design and the very nature of the consumer culture.</textblock>
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<headline>Design Philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">I am interested in rethinking the banal, changing our commodity landscape and proposing new objects for new behaviors for diverse markets. I hate the word “Taste”. I believe that design is extremely consequential to our daily lives. Where we impact physical, physiological and sociological behavior, by setting up conditions of human experience. I give birth to a multitude of things, both material and immaterial. These things can shape our lives.<br><br>I think the most important element is that I attempt to design objects and products that create a sense of well being, the energy of our time informs a heightened experience, increases pleasure, and that has some nuance of originality or innovation.<br></textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Middle">I am an ‘artist of real issues’</statement>
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<person menuid="2_11" personid="11" id="48" name="Marcel Wanders">
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<headline>Experience </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Marcel Wanders has worked as an independent industrial designer since graduating with distinction from the School of Arts Arnhem, The Netherlands, 1988. He runs his own company, Marcel Wanders Studio, in Amsterdam.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“I like to play around. I like it to be a little bit strange. For instance: the carafe in glass matching cups of plastic; the hidden area in the tea box; the rocking of the biscuit box; the unexpected weight of the bowl; the unusual format of the server; and that little creative thought that surprises you.<br>I like the celebrating stuff. I think celebration brings out the beauty in people.”<br><br>Photo credit: Izarin-vanderline.com<br></textblock>
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<award link="">Cristal – Formidable award Formex 2005</award>
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<statement statementalignment="Bottom">I like the celebrating stuff!</statement>
<substatement>- I think celebration brings out the beauty in people</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_46" personid="46" id="49" name="Marianne Britt & Rikke">
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<headline>Marianne Britt & Rikke</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Both Rikke and Marianne Britt have graduated from the Danish School of Design. Today Rikke runs the workshop Hagenglas in North Sealand and Marianne has her own design lab in Copenhagen. <br><br><b>Design philosophy</b> <br>“It is often the constellation of the well-known, which creates new things. When we had to construct a can opener we wanted to create a user-friendly design with an ergonomic grip. In the field between the function of a can opener and the grip of a mountain climber we have made a design with weight and in a shape and colors so that it no longer gets lost among knives, forks and spoons. <br><br>With the launch of the Move series we designed a series of accessories for the intense pace of modern life. Move is designed as a product series with a clear, distinct and unique identity. The small design details all have particular functions - and this is the feature, along with the essential shapes, that make Move interesting. <br><br>Move has been inspired by urban life, in which everyday objects such as key rings, card holders, money clips and pill boxes are part of what defines personal style”.<br></textblock>
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<person menuid="2_48" personid="48" id="50" name="Matthias Demacker">
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<headline>Experience </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Matthias Demacker studied design at FH Niederrhein in Krefeld. During this time, he worked with a number of different architects’ studios, on trade fair exhibition stands and interior shops. After graduating, he moved to Munich and worked for a number of interior design studios. <br><br>In 2003, he created his own design studio. Matthias Demacker designs for clients in the field of furniture, light and accessories and has received many acknowledgements at international level.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">My main approach to design is to keep an open eye. My inspiration can be found anywhere - it is about discovering things, for example in your daily life, where you find a certain need for a product or the inspiration can come from other influences like an exhibition, a new material or having a closer look at the moon, which inspired me to play around with random hole structures and led me to create the moon plate for Normann Copenhagen. <br><br>In the actual process of letting the idea become a real product I study all types of materials and production methods to make the product special, but yet as simple as possible.</textblock>
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<statement statementalignment="Middle">Make it special </statement>
<substatement>- and keep it simple</substatement>
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<person menuid="2_19" personid="19" id="51" name="Mette Kargo Hvid">
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<headline>My idiom can best be described as simple, ascetic and feminine</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“My initial inspiration often springs from a story, an object, an expression, an action, or a detail – things that spark my spontaneity, passion and curiosity.<br> <br>I try to never think rationally; preferring to create a process founded on intuition, experimentation and personal development. For me, outlining the design involves a multiplicity of visual registration, notes, quotes and objects – things that help me define the framework for my concept. <br><br>My idea only begins to take shape when I start working with the actual material – because this is where you always encounter the unexpected things that can be of significance in further developing the idea. <br><br>My vision is to always ask questions and challenge my professional competencies.</textblock>
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<person menuid="2_50" personid="50" id="52" name="Odoardo Fioravanti">
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Odoardo Fioravanti was born in Rome and studied Industrial Design at the Design Department of the Milan Polytechnic. Since 1998, Odoardo has worked as an industrial designer, experimenting graphic and exhibition designs as well. In 2003, he founded Odoardo Fioravanti Design Studio in Milan. Besides designing, Odoardo Fioravanti teaches as a visiting professor at Italian design universities and schools and work as a freelance critic for design magazines. </textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">I’m fascinated by beauty but I can’t describe what it really is. I don't know beauty, I receive beauty all the time and as I receive it I recognize it. Beauty always takes my breath away. It doesn’t matter if I’m looking at a beautiful woman or a well shaped nutcracker; both of them cause me dizziness.</textblock>
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<headline>Experience </headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Ole Jensen graduated from The School of Art - Kolding, The Danish Academy of Architecture and has been associated with Royal Scandinavia since 1985. <br>Ole has taught at several design schools, exhibited his works in most of Europe, and co-founded and served as a member of several design associations and councils. <br>He has won several famous design awards and been featured in several publications.</textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">“Ideas and materials are closely related. The idea takes its form only when working with the material. I only trust a particular form when I have touched it with my fingers. I am able to communicate with the producer as well as the end user through the particular object and I see myself as a fertile minimalist. Everything counts. Neither more nor less!” <br><br>I aim at finding the uniqueness in the simple design and vice versa. I would like to design an entire public kitchen from one end to the other ... But apart from that every single day brings new design challenges which I would like to take up...”<br></textblock>
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<headline>More about Ole Jensen</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Learn much more about Ole <a href="http://spottedbynormanncopenhagen.com/?s=ole+jensen" target="_blank" ><u>on our blog (new window)</u></a></textblock>
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<award link="">Familia – iF product design award 2007</award>
<award link="">Familia kitchen series – reddot design award 2007</award>
<award link="">Jensen Bowl – DesignPlus 2005</award>
<award link="">Washing-up bowl – DesignPlus 2002</award>
<award link="">Dustpan and broom – Formland Prisen 2002</award>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Ole has both been a student and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Copenhagen.<br><br>Ole has designed visual identity programs for banks, offices and public buildings all over the world. He has also designed logos, corporate identity systems, annual reports, packaging and magazines. He has won numerous prizes for his work and is a member of the Danish Design Council.<br><br>If you are interested in font design, please take a close look at Ole´s beautiful font <a href="http://www.identifont.com/show?3TM" target="_blank" >FF Signa. </a> </textblock>
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<headline>Design philosophy</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">"Today almost anything can be done using a computer. Previously craftsmanship was the key. I like returning to craftsmanship. I want to create things that are contemporary and timeless at the same time". </textblock>
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<headline>Toys</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Ole recently started to make wooden toys, the first - a big yellow seaplane for his grandchild – later several different airplanes, cars and a few boats. Ole has once again showed that he is a true master of simplicity – transforming his simple pictogram design skills unto the physical world of wooden toys.</textblock>
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<headline>More about Ole Søndergaard</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">See Ole Søndergaards first sketches for Plane <a href="http://spottedbynormanncopenhagen.com/2008/10/08/ready-for-takeoff/" target="_blank" ><u>on our blog (new window)</u></a><br></textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Rikke Hagen graduated from the Danish School of Design; Glass ware and Ceramics in 1998. She runs her own workshop, the Hagenglas workshop, in North Sealand.</textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">“I like to feel a pulse around me when I work, and I need to be able to see the time limit - then I work the best. <br><br>I normally start with sketches by drawing simple lines or abstract scribbles which later results in the final design throughout selection and simplification. <br>By developing the design I take inspiration in my sketches, as the actual technique and material often limits my creative process. My vision is to create design for every day life - preferably through a glance of simplicity and play. <br><br>Good design is when a product is delivered and done. It must be in a way that you would not want it any different. It’s the detail that makes the difference.”</textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">Architect</textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">“Everything is an inspiration to me; I could be inspired by a book, a film, or a person. I have a principle when I work - that is to always conceptualize new functions for well-known objects and habits; re-designing an object that has been designed a thousand times is only interesting if there is a new function added, or a new industrial process, etc. For me design is everything and everything is design, we find it everywhere and it is part of our life. I like simplicity and see simplicity as a guarantee for time lasting design.”</textblock>
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<headline>I am constantly inspired by nature</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1">Simon Karkov graduated in architecture from The Danish Academy of Architecture. Since the sixties he has been working for several architecture offices in Denmark. The past 10 years he mainly worked for the Municipality of Frederiksberg. <br><br>During this period he left his mark on several projects, for example Frederiksberg Hospital and Frederiksberg Gymnasium. Today Simon is enjoying his retirement in Turkey working on different projects.</textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">“Whenever I get an idea I draw a sketch which is then transformed into a model. The model is then adjusted over a period of time until the final prototype can be done. I dream of developing new ways of designing furniture and larger objects through the self-assembly concept. This concept must be able to work on a larger scale and that thought fascinates me”</textblock>
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<award link="">Norm 69 - IMM Cologne Best item 2003</award>
<award link="http://www.formland.com">Norm 69 - Formland Prisen 2002</award>
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<headline>One Customer</headline>
<textblock row="1" col="1"><b>I always imagine that I have only one customer and that is myself.</b><br>Tom Stepp is an architectural technician and architect. He graduated in architecture from The Danish Academy of Architecture and founded the design company, Tom Stepp, in 1980.</textblock>
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<textblock row="1" col="1">“In general I want the products I have designed for myself. I often feel like kind of an inventor occupied with improvements. I feel satisfied when other people appreciate my effort and I get inspired by everyday life. I always imagine that I have only one customer and that is myself. I look at my own personal needs because if I need a particular product I believe that others do, too. Right after getting the idea I start sketching. I am usually able to do the conception in my head so the drawing process is simply a clear visualisation which has to be done. Afterwards I resolve the technical aspects about materials, dimensions and so on”. </textblock>
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