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Björn Dahlström, Formgivare
Born 1957 in Stockholm and working with graphic and product design in the industrial and furniture sector. Began in mid 1970s with animation and graphics for film and TV-productions. From 1978 employed as art director and graphic designer in an advertising agency working mainly with printed design.
Started his own company 1982 concentrating on graphic design for clients like Ericsson, Scania, Atlas Copco etc. Today 80 percent of of the work concists of industrial design. Among the clients are Primus (torch and soldering eqipment), Atlas Copco (products for the building industry), Aqua Play (toys and systems for waterplay), Playsam (woodentoys), Gewa (electronic handicap aid), Skeppshult (bicycles), Hackman (cookware), Magis Italy (plastic products), Plank Italy (wooden furniture) and Fjällräven (outdoor equipment). He has also produced graphic design and animated videos for several of the clients mentioned above.
During the 90s Björn Dahlström has successfully started several furniture projects. The main client in this sector is cbi interior (member of the Swecode-group). Among international prices, he has been awarded Excellent Swedish Design several times.
1999-2000 he was a professor at the University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. He has also been teaching at for example Beckmans School of Design.
Björn Dahlström is seated in Stockholm, Sweden and is a member of Swedish Industrial Designers, SID.
Awards
Excellent Swedish Design Award 1991,1992, 1993(2), 1994(2), 1995, 1996, 1997(2), 1998(2), 1999(2), 2000(2)
Furniture of the year (Sköna Hem. Design magazine) 1995
Plus Design. Germany 1996 (Primus blow-torch)
Design prize. Excellent Swedish Design 1996 (Bench, Zoltan Mobile Milano)
Design prize. Excellent Swedish Design 1997 (Motordriven breaker. Atlas Copco)
Honorable mention. Excellent Swedish Design 1998 (Hackman cookware)
Plus Design. Germany 1999 (Hackman cookware)
Design award. Finland 1999 (Hackman)
Special prize. Excellent Swedish Design 2000 (Magis)
Torsten and Wanja Södebergs price, 2001
Exhibitions
La Fabola Swedese 1991. Triennale Milano.
Basic and Beautiful 1992. Swedish architecture and design.
Swedish Design Exhibition 1992. Stockholm Furniture fair.
From Dreams to Reality 1993. Baltic Scandinavian Crafts and Design.
Swezia Luz de InspiratiÛn 1993. Stockholm.
Thema Domus 1993. Frankfurt.
Exhibition with glass-artist Carina Seth-Andersson. The Volvo Showroom Stockholm 1996.
Not so simple 1996. Köln, New York. 1997 London.
Design Nordic Way 1997. Kalmar Castle.
Design (2). Kalmar Art Museum.
Stolar Talar 1997. Art Academy Stockholm.
Puls Young Swedish Design 1997. Bauhaus Archive Berlin.
Puls 1998. St Petersburg, Moscov.
Forum för Form 1998. Temporary Design Museum. Stockholm.
Industridesign igår og idag. Henie Onsdad Kunstsenter. Oslo.
Swedish domestic – departures. Arlanda airport.
Nordic transparency. Stedelijk museum. Amsterdam.
5599. Helsingborg.
il mondo di Magis. Oderzo 1999.
Fjäder. Östersund 2000.
Hannasaari. Helsinki.
Stockholm NewYork. New York 2000.
Stolen av idag. Arkitekturmuseet. Stockholm.
Säljande Former. Tekniska Museet. Stockholm 1999.
Swedish Style Tokyo. 2001.
Strictly Swedish. Inter-American Development Bank, Cultural Center. Washington D.C. 2001.
Separate exhibitions
Contrastes 1999. Centre Culturel Suédois. Paris.
Plain and Playfull 2000. FÊlleshuset. Nordiska ambassaderna. Berlin.
Formgivare Björn Dahlström. 2001. Form-designcenter Malmö.
Säljande former. 2001. Museum of Science and Technology. Stockholm
Björn Dahlström – grafiker och industriformgivare. 2001. Röhsska Museet Gothenburg.
Represented
Rööhska Museet. Gothenburg.
Victoria and Albert Museum. London
National museum of fine arts. Stockholm
Stedelijk museum. Amsterdam
 Anpassa sidan för utskrift
Publicerat 2004-03-07 av Sebastian Löfvall
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