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Torsten And Wanja Söderberg Prize
The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize is awarded annually to "an active Nordic designer or craftsman". The prize is administered by the Röhsska Museum and is worth 1 million SEK. The money comes from the foundation established by the brothers Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg, founders of the Swedish iron and steel wholesale company Söderberg and Haak. Past winners *1994 Jane Reumert, Denmark *1995 Liv Blåvarp, Norway *1996 Brita Flander, Finland *1997 Mats Theselius, Sweden *1998 Louise Sass, Denmark *1999 Nordic design writers: Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, Iceland; Kaj Kalin, Finland; John Vedel-Rieper, Denmark; Jorunn Veiteberg, Norway; and Kerstin Wickman, Sweden *2000 Peter Opsvik, Norway *2001 Björn Dahlström, Sweden *2002 HC Ericson, Sweden *2003 Sigurdur Gústafsson, Iceland *2004 Janna Syvänoja, Finland *2005 Anna Rosén, Cynthia Charwick, Maria Uggla, Maria Widell Christiansen, Camilla Palmertz, Eva-Lisa Andersson, Elna Holmberg, Lena Ekelund and Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Röhsska Museum
The Röhsska Museum ( sv, Röhsska museet, earlier named ''Röhsska konstslöjdsmuseet'', also known as Design Museum), is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is a museum focused on design, fashion and applied arts. The museum collection consists of over 50,000 objects. The majority of the collection consists of handicraft and design products from Sweden and Europe and arts and crafts from Japan and China. The museum also holds a very fine collection of fashion from the 20th and 21st centuries, including many haute couture garments from Paris and other famous fashion designs from all over the world. Today, the Röhsska Museum mainly collects contemporaneous material and the museum seeks to achieve a dialogue with its users on contemporary phenomena and expression. History The Röhsska Museum was founded in 1904. The financial foundation was a donation from the estate of Wilhelm Röhss in 1901, and in the ensuing years, further donations were made by people including his brother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
