privately held industry design retail founded january 29 1992 1 founder anders f rdig headquarters stadsg rden 6 10th floor 116 45 stockholm sweden products furniture lighting fashion tableware revenue 102 million sek 2013 1 number of employees 45 2013 1 website www.designhousestockholm.com design house stockholm is a publishing house for scandinavian design . 2 contents 1 history 2 designers 3 the elsa beskow collection 4 stores 5 external links 6 references history edit design house stockholm was founded in 1992 by anders f rdig 3 who had previous owned the brands h gan s and boda nova . 4 using his vast knowledge in design management from prior experience managing boda nova and h gan s 5 f rdig created a network of independent designers that remains the platform from which design house stockholm operates today . 2 in 1997 the design house stockholm product collection was launched starting with harri koskinen s block lamp that immediately became a worldwide success harri koskinen s block lamp designed in 1996 which still remains among design house stockholm s best selling products 2 and have won several awards . 6 design house stockholm has distinguished itself as a publisher of design rather than an average producer in the same way publishing houses work with authors rather than selecting designers to design a specific product . design house stockholm let designers present their personal ideas of which some are selected for production . 5 the company s ceo anders f rdig says design house stockholm s ambition is to be a mirror of the very best scandinavian design today the term scandinavian referring to a philosophic and aesthetic perspective rather than geography and nationality . 7 f rdig also points out that we are a product dropper not a name dropper . this is not a political statement ; it is a philosophy . 8 the company is represented in moma s permanent collection by harri koskinen s block lamp since 2000 . 9 designers edit over 60 independent designers are represented in the company s collection ; including internationally known names such as claesson koivisto rune form us with love 10 harri koskinen and timo sarpaneva . the company also has distinguished itself by often choosing young promising designers in addition to more established names 11 such as family chairs 12 by lina nordqvist toupie salt & pepper shakers by jessika k lleskog and not least block lamp by harri koskinen . the elsa beskow collection edit in 2013 design house stockholm launched a collection for the kitchen based on elsa beskow s illustrations . the collection was designed by catharina kippel and launched in collaboration with bonnier group 13 stores edit design house stockholm has eight concept stores nordiska kompaniet in stockholm and gothenburg selfridges oxford street in london frankfurt j nk ping b stad zinc details in san francisco urban home in bangkok . design house stockholm s products are also on sale at prominent design stores such as museum of modern art in new york and conran shop in london and paris . external links edit design house stockholm s official website references edit a b c http www.allabolag.se 5564424611 a b c http www.designhousestockholm.com http www.dwell.com interviews article anders f % c3 % a4rdig http www.tv4.se tv4 artiklar de % c3 % a4r expertjuryn i uppfinnarna 4fc33c7704bf72228b000bf0 a b http www.designhousestockholm.com ourstory index.html http www.amazon.com harri koskinen large block lamp dp b0018kkh0o http www.designhousestockholm.com about our story http www.dwell.com interviews article anders f rdig http www.moma.org collection object.php object id 1673 http www.formuswithlove.se http www.dn.se kultur noje konstrecensioner ung young swedish design pa stockholmsmassan 1.794527 http www.designhousestockholm.com collection furniture family chairs.html http www.bonniercarlsen.se nyheter 2013 5 14 design house stockholm retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title design house stockholm & oldid 667727802 categories design companiescompanies based in stockholmcompanies established in 1992privately held companies of swedenhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 june 2015 at 05 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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