New OFFECCT Designer: Louise Hederström

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We have initiated a new collaboration with Swedish designer Louise Hederström for 2012 year’s product launch. Louise Hederström is based in Malmö in southern Sweden. She has a degree from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, where she was tutored by renowned Swedish designer Björn Dahlström. She has also studied at the University of [...]

New OFFECCT Designers: LÄUFER + KEICHEL - "Designing Sustainable Things"

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This year some of our products are the fruits of new collaborations with innovative designers. LÄUFER + KEICHEL is a creative partnership between Julia Läufer and Marcus Keichel. The pair has been working together since 2003. Their studio is located in the heart of Berlin. Focusing on sustainable design solutions, their disciplines range from [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #7: Christophe Pillet

The work of Christophe Pillet, owes part of its success to the clarity of his expression. Pillet is not interested in trends, instead he curiously looks around and creates designs to improve what already exists and add what is missing. Christiophe’s design can be described as a combination of curiosity, simplicity, economy, and – albeit [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #6: Carlos Tíscar

Carlos Tíscar, born in 1964, graduated in Industrial Design on 1982 at the the School of Applied Arts and Artistic Crafts in Valencia. Two years later he continued his studies in Italy at the polytechnic School of Design in Milan. In 1987 Carlos started to work professionally as a designer and was part of the [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #5: Broberg & Ridderstråle

Johan Ridderstråle and Mats Broberg describe themselves as creative collaborators mixing architecture and design. This collaboration has been going since they studied together at Konstfack, the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. They have their own studio, Broberg & Ridderstråle Design & Architecture, in Stockholm. They have received the Wallpaper Design Award [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #4: Björn Dahlström

Björn Dahlström is one of Sweden’s premier industrial and furniture designers, and his background as cartoonist is evident in parts of his design, most notably in the many excellent toys that Björn has designed over the years.

Björn Dahlström

Besides the cartoons, Björn started out as an industrial designer with bicycles as well as kitchen pots [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #3: Beat Karrer

Beat Karrer was born in Zurich and this is where he has his studio and lab today. Beat is an active guest critic at ETH Zurich, lectures all over Europe, participates in juries and holds summer workshops for the Vitra Design Museum. Beat Karrer’s ideas have appeared in many publications and various books, such as [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #2: Andrea Ruggiero

”We seek the beauty and intelligence in every project and tailor our approach to our clients’ needs, while never compromising on quality”, says Andrea Ruggiero about his design philosophy. 

Andrea Ruggiero

Beauty, intelligence and superior quality also describes the result of OFFECCT’s collaboration with Andrea, namely the chair / writing plate / work surface Tempo. Tempo is [...]

OFFECCT Designer Profile #1: Alfredo Häberli

We will publish a number of profiles of the designers that OFFECCT collaborates with in the coming months. First out is Alfredo Häberli.

Alfredo Häberli was born in 1964, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He moved to Switzerland in 1977, where in 1991, he graduated in Industrial design at the Höhere Schule für Gestaltung in Zurich. He [...]