Björn Dahlström

Björn Dahlström

Awards

Exellent Swedish Design 1991, 1992, 1993(2), 1994(2), 1995, 1996, 1997(2), 1998(2), 1999(2), 2000(2)

Furniture of the year. Sköna hem Design Magazine 1995

Plus design. Germany 1996

Design prize. Excellent Swedish Design 1996

Design prize. Exellent Swedish Design 1997

Honorable mention. Exellent Swedish Design 1998

Plus Design. Germany 1999

Design award. Finland 1999

Special prixe. Exellent Swedish Design 2000

Torsten and Wanja Södebergs price, 2001

IF design award 2002

Chair of the year. Residence Magazine 2005

Swedish Designer of the year. Elle Interiör 2003

+1 Design. Forum AID prize for best in show on Stockholm Furniture 2006 The Arts Grants Committee Design Award 2006

Represented

Rööhska Museet Gothenburg

Victoria and Albert Museum .London

National museum of fine arts .Stockholm

Stedelik museum. Amsterdam

Kunstidustrimuseet. Kopenhagen.

Museum of Science and Technology. Stockholm

The museum of Decorative arts and Design. Oslo

Separate exhibitions

Contrastes 1999. Centre Cuturel Suédois. Paris

Plain and playfull 2000. Faelleshuset. Nordiska ambassaderna. Berlin

Formgivare Björn Dahlström. 2001.Form- designcenter Malmö.

Säljande former, 2001. Museum of science and technology. Stockholm

Björn Dahlström- grafiker och indutriformgivare 2001. Röhsska Museet Gotenburg

Working with grafic and product design in the industrial and furniture sector. Began in mid 1970s with animation and grafic designer in a advertising agency working mainly with printed design.

Started his own comapny 1982 concentrating on grafic design for clients like Eriksson, Scania, Atlas Copco etc. Today 80 percent of the work consists of industrial design. Among the clients are Atlas Copco (products for the building industry), Krups (coffee machines and electrial appliances), Playsam (woodentoys), Skeppshult (bicycels), Littala (cookware), Magis (plastic products), Plank (furniture), Pamar (fitting for furniture and kitchens), Lammhults and David design (furniture), Marimekko (printed textiles) and Swedish Museum of Architecture (exhibition design).

2001, 2005 and 2006 he was a member of the jury for Role Punkt.

1999-2001 he was a professor at the University of Arts, Crafts and design in Stockholm. He has also been teaching at Beckmans School of design in Stockholm.

Chairman of the jury for Swedish Design Award 2006.