The seminar on 1980s Design History.

February 13, 2023

The seminar on 1980s Design History.

Following up the exhibition 1980s the Museum of Furniture Studies arranged a seminar on the topic. An evening where trend-breaking Swedish designers, journalists and design critics shared their views on the postmodern revolution and its impact on the development of furniture and interior design. The seminar was fully booked with 160 enthusiastic people.

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Yngve Ekström

Yngve Ekström founded the company ESE-möbler together with his brother Jerker Ekström and their friend Bertil Sjöqvist in 1945. The company later changed name to Swedese and is well known for producing the armchair Lamino designed by Ekström in 1956.

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