Merry-Go-Round

See you in Milano!

Jenny Stefansdotter — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:13:22 +0000

Right now we are so happy because we’ve gotten the opportunity to exhibit in Milan, together with other Gothenburg-based designers, Haruka Furuyama, Charlotte Arvidsson and YÅIN. Big thanks to Svensk Form Väst for supporting us! For more info have a look at the blog we have set up together click here

Welcome to visit us at Designersblock 9th to 14th April, 11.00-21.00 daily!

Designersblock

Officine Creative Ansaldo

Via Tortona 54

Milano

All the colours

Kerstin Sylwan — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:21:25 +0000

So far we have focused on showing the Drawstring Lamp with nice photos taken by Hendrik Zeitler, plus our own sketch photos. But the collection consists of quite a lot of colourful textiles, it’s a shame not to show them all! We took some photos on Formex and since we’ve been asked to show them to people who weren’t there we’ve decided to post them here.

These are the colours: Orange, spring green, purple grey, pink, white grey, sky blue and brown grey. If you want to see a proper schedule over the colour combinations with cable, textile and wood, please go to the shop!

Kerstin Sylwan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:32:52 +0000

Webshop for Merry-Go-Round selling our own interior design products, made locally in Göteborg, Sweden from wonderful local materials saved from the dump. Designers: Design Stories, makers: Returhuset. Please click on the image to come to the shop! If you are interested in reselling our products or if you are interior designer or similar please contact us at kerstin@designstories.se.

Formex report!

Jenny Stefansdotter — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:20:08 +0000

Formex is on its last day and we are looking back at some exciting days. We have made lots of contacts, are looking forward to see our products in the shops and read about them in magazines. There are already quite a few blogs with nice pictures and flattering praise, please have a look!

diyordie.elleinterior.se

sofiahedvigpr.blogspot.se

http://www.formex.se

husligheter.se/formex-spring-2013-if-i-could-i-would/

www.utvecklingnordost.se/naringsliv/frn-skrp-till-designlampa.html

design.fanpage.it/drawstring-lamp-la-lampada-realizzata-con-i-tendaggi-da-sole/

roomservice.blogg.se/

www.plazainterior.se/new/post/Finast-fran-Formex

We are also represented in the Trend exhibition here at the fair, curated by Moderådet and Lotta Ahlvar. The images below are taken there.

Show time!

Kerstin Sylwan — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:20:24 +0000

As we’ve mentioned in an earlier post, we will exhibit during Formex 17-20 January. We have also been selected to exhibit our products in the Trend exhibition at the fair. During Stockholm Design Week, 5-9 February, we will exhibit at Check In. We are looking forward to see you!

Kerstin and Jenny

Photo Ann Eringstam

Our textile cords

Jenny Stefansdotter — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:45:55 +0000

We have been working at Göteborg’s Remfabrik during the fall, creating textile cables from scratch. It’s been both challenging and fun, and we’re really proud of the result! Here are some pictures of our very own pattern:

Formex January 2013!

Kerstin Sylwan — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:15:53 +0000

We will exhibit the first products from Merry-Go-Round at the Formex Fair in January 2013. Do feel welcome to our booth B16:41 to have a look, talk to us and place orders! Below is a model of our booth to be.

Drawstring Lamp

Kerstin Sylwan — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:15:40 +0000

Drawstring lamp is a textile lamp made from a sunshielding waste material. The lamp is produced locally in Göteborg, Sweden at Returhuset in a small scale line production. At the moment we make them in two sizes, small, 30 cm diameter and medium, 45 cm diameter. The medium size comes as a pendant and the small size comes both as a pendant and as a standing table lamp. The table lamp is 50 cm high.

All the materials in the lamps are reused or recycled. The fabric in Drawstring Lamp is made by Svensson Markspelle, originally used as a sun screen which filters the light beautifully and therefore is well suited for lighting products. Additionally the textile has a structure that allows it to be self-supporting in an organic yet symmetrical way. The legs in the table lamp comes from bicycle spokes and the wood is scraps from a carpenters workshop.

This has been a starting point in our design process and a very inspiring way to work. We also work closely with the makers of the products, Returhuset; they are craft teachers and people who have been long term unemployed and are training to work. It has therefore been important to create products that fit varying skills and levels of expertise.

As we wanted to make an outstanding design with crafted and unique details we sought ourselves to Göteborg’s Belt Factory, to design fabric cords that complement the lamp shade. The textile cables have a three coluored dotted pattern reminiscent of the classic textile cable but more three dimensional in its look. The wooden parts that hold the lamp together both work as a constructional component, decoration and as a practical feature if you want to shorten the cable.

Photographer Hendrik Zeitler

Odd Table

Kerstin Sylwan — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:41:57 +0000

Odd Table is made from pieces of old furniture. We took good parts from broken chairs and tables and put them together in this new constellation. Thanks to the variation in material the size and height will differ and each table is unique, making an interesting piece of furniture whose legs are all different and tell a story of its previous existence.

The table and Drawstring Lamps will be exhibited for the first time at Formex January 17-20 2013 and during Stockholm Design Week at Check In Curated by Designgalleriet.

Photo Anja Sjöberg

Photo Hendrik Zeitler

Sketch for Drawstring Lamp – table version

Jenny Stefansdotter — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:45:45 +0000

The table version of Drawstring Lamp in progress! We’re curently working on the stand made of wood and bicycle spokes…

Drawstring Lamp is made from a semi transparent textile by Svensson Markspelle. Originally used as a curtain for solar control, the beautiful glow given by the light filtering through the layers of fabric makes it excellent lamp shade material.