At Tuesday the 8th of February the Chinese Girls and Favourite Things check in for a one week stay at Stockholm’s most elegant and friendly hotel: Lydmar. With the good company of beautifully deigned objects by seven other designers at the “treat me like an object” exhibition we are proud to spend the Stockholm design week in good company.

The whole set up is yet another initiative by our dear friends att Meet My Project. The grand opening is at 8.30pm on tuesday , Södra Blasieholmshamnen 2 . The venue goes on throughout the Stockholm design week, but we would high recommend to make a visit on Tuesday evening to set off the design week the best bar and the most renown hotel in the city.

Varmt välkomna!

We are happy to announce that the pleasant people at ENO Studio in Paris are pushing our lamps across

the European continent. Their distribution network is far superior to ours and many more people will get a chance to put their favorite things in a hanging vitrine with perfect illumination.

We salute the deal and hope for a great future together with Mathieu and his friends.

If you want to know more, visit their website at

http://www.enostudio.net/

We will still be handling Scandinavia and the rest of the world
ourselves – for now.

A long summer of IT-realated idleness is now over. Our hard work of overseeing and coordinating manufacturing has resulted in a new batch being ready at the factory. A lot of lamps (of which a large percentage is going to France) are inspected and cleared, ready for end customers.

Europeans will have to wait for ocean shipping – but we have good supply of white and decent of black.

Pacifics can start ordering yellow, black and white now. We look forward to the autumn.

Platevase

Our favourite holiday is at the door. We will enjoy the long and bright summer nights together with the ever recurring variations of sill (raw herring) we have for almost any holiday up here. Even though we might not be pioneers in the culinary arts, we do know how to dance around the maypole. Wish you were here to celebrate with us! And for those of you who can’t, we will be back in office on monday.

Glad Midsommar

Chen Karlsson team

Our pendant lamp “Favourite Things” has recieved the 2011 European Consumers Award. We are glad to see that our dear lamp is also very dear to so many of you. And as designers we can not be proud enough to note that it was the first product ever to recieve a 10 out of 10 score in the design category. These are the scores  - and the very kind words – from the jury. Voila!

Design : 10.0 (first time ever!)
Innovation : 9.8
Ease of use : 9.9

“Designers need to devote as much thinking to lamps as they do to chairs. All new products often adopt old codes and structures or run the risk that their innovation proves utterly non-functional. This object has never been seen before, is easy to install and showcases your very own favourite treasures. Possibly one of the most innovative and interesting creations of 2011″.

“Must be seen to get a sense of the impact. In fact you see the object displayed under many different angles. You rediscover day to day objects and can easily change your decor regularly”.

“Good ideas are where you immediately think « that should already have been created ». The « Favourite Things » should have been invented a long time ago and is therefore a superb idea. This product is not only beautiful and amusing, it brings theatre in the home where you can direct your own lighting and expand the work of the designer”.

About the European Consumers Award

European Consumers Choice is an organisation created to reward European companies who have taken the challenge to produce innovative, intelligent designs and provide added value and ease of use of their products.

Go check it out at and se the other short listed designs at: http://www.europeanconsumerschoice.org/

We at CHEN KARLSSON are very glad to announce that we are going to Paris in June.

Location: l’Observatoire du BHV, 14 Rue du Temple, Paris

20 design studios – including the Campana Brothers, Jean Louis Fréchin, and Chen Karlsson – present a selection of innovative objects in the field of textile, furniture and new technologies. A global perspective on the design process delivered through models, videos and 3D media. The exhibition will run from June 7th to July 16th, 9:30 to 19:30 (free entry).

More info at: www.meetmyproject.com

Meet us there: we’re exhibiting the Dinner Stories tablecloth, and the stories behind it. Add to this a magnificent view of Paris from the exhibition room, and you have absolutely no excuse not to go there. Welcome!

Chen Karlsson Diningware for Indiska

Together with Indiska we have shaped the mini collection ”Karneval” – a set of dining-ware with a decisive footprint in Indian ornament crafts.

Inspiration

The collaboration with Indiska is the first opportunity for Chen Karlsson to work with Indian crafts, art and culture. The collection captures the modern and traditional India – with design inspiration from 18th century Rajastan paintings  to Kangha embroidery – and the production techniques mastered by skilled craftsmen in Indiskas factories today .

a cow surprise a sun bather on the beach

For the Karneval collection we wanted to capture the swarming crowds, the contrasts and the link between man and animal. Only in India can a cow surprise a sun bather on the beach with a morning kiss on the neck – and get away with it!

color scheme for Indiska

Beyond the linkage to Asia, Indiska is also a role model to Chen Karlsson when it comes to integrating business with ethics. More than strict and well worked out codes of conduct, Indiska partners with the India Peace trust to build genuine development. Over the years Indiska have supported schools, vocational schools, women’s groups and student hostels for girls. We are glad to watch and learn how to improve our own business and social model.

The collection consists of four pieces which all apply the colorful pattern designed by Chen Karlsson. The pattern displays green and pink flowers, elephants, lions and people living together.

For price, availability and high resolution press picture: please see Indiska website: www.indiska.com