Svenskt Tenn's trivets are available in several prints by Josef Frank, suitable for everyday use as well as for special occasions. 

Josef Frank’s Stockholm Map was initially shown as a cushion in the studio of Svenskt Tenn at the 1939 New York World's Fair. At this time, the print was also used for handkerchiefs.

Designer

Josef Frank/Svenskt Tenn

Svenskt Tenn developed this design using Josef Frank's print.

Josef Frank grew up in Vienna in an assimilated Jewish family and studied architecture at Konstgewerbeschule. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925 he started the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleagues Oskar Wlach and Walther Sobotka. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read More