Just like Josef Frank, Estrid Ericson appreciated the ancient world of Rome and Greece. Etruscan bronze necklaces, Greek frescoes and Roman tear bottles were placed in unexpected contexts or used as models for products in new shapes and surprising materials. The designs for the heavy cast iron book ends comes from A and Ω, the first and the last letter of the classical Ionic Greek alphabet.

Designer

Estrid Ericson

Estrid Ericson began her career as a drawing teacher and pewter artist. But what really set her apart during her 56 years as managing director for Svenskt Tenn were her abilities as a producer and scenographer. Ericson never had an aesthetic programme mapped out, but she had an imaginative person’s perceptiveness for the many faces of beauty. Read more