A & E Design
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A & E Design is a Swedish design company, founded in 1968 by the duo Tom Ahlström (born 1943) and Hans Ehrich (born 1942), after graduating from Konstfack
, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Since the beginning, A & E Design focused on developing useful every day products, and are known for their practical dishwashing brushes (for Norwegian Jordan, sold in more than sixty million items), queue-ticket dispensers (for Turn-O-Matic), and a folding chair for museums - Vitemölla. Following the political correctness of the 60s and 70s; A&E Design has made many designs for disabled people, and they also designed an electric car in the sixties.
A&E Design has received a considerable number of design awards and honours, including 14 Excellent Swedish Design
Awards and 5 Red Dot Design Award
s, of which three for Highest Design Quality.
Among their clients are Alessi, C&B Italia, Colgate
, Design House Stockholm
, Lammhults, Scandinavian Airlines System
, Siemens
, and Zanotta.
Konstfack
Konstfack or University College of Arts, Crafts and Design is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.- History :...
, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. Since the beginning, A & E Design focused on developing useful every day products, and are known for their practical dishwashing brushes (for Norwegian Jordan, sold in more than sixty million items), queue-ticket dispensers (for Turn-O-Matic), and a folding chair for museums - Vitemölla. Following the political correctness of the 60s and 70s; A&E Design has made many designs for disabled people, and they also designed an electric car in the sixties.
A&E Design has received a considerable number of design awards and honours, including 14 Excellent Swedish Design
Excellent Swedish Design
Excellent Swedish Design was a design award handed out by the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design 1983-2002...
Awards and 5 Red Dot Design Award
Red dot design award
The Red Dot Design Award is an international product design prize awarded by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. There are prize categories for product design, design agencies, and design concepts. Since 1955, designers and producers can apply for the prizes with the winners...
s, of which three for Highest Design Quality.
Among their clients are Alessi, C&B Italia, Colgate
Colgate-Palmolive
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production, distribution and provision of household, health care and personal products, such as soaps, detergents, and oral hygiene products . Under its "Hill's" brand, it is also a manufacturer of...
, Design House Stockholm
Design House Stockholm
-History:Design House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig, who had previous owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. Originally, Design House Stockholm worked only with product development for other brands. In 1997 the company founded its own product collection, based on the ideas of...
, Lammhults, Scandinavian Airlines System
Scandinavian Airlines System
Scandinavian Airlines or SAS, previously Scandinavian Airlines System, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the largest airline in Scandinavia....
, Siemens
Siemens
Siemens may refer toSiemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists, including:* Werner von Siemens , inventor, founder of Siemens AG...
, and Zanotta.