- Jonas Lindvall
Jonas Lindvall MFA, MSA-SIR is a Swedish architect and designer.
Biography
Early life and education
Originally educated as an interior architect at HDK in
Gothenburg , Sweden from 1989-93, he then went on to study furniture design, firstly atRoyal College of Art in London (1992) and then at theRoyal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1993). After finishing his studies he returned to his hometownMalmö were he started his own architecture and design office, Lindvall A&D.Career
As an architect Lindvall came to prominence after his award winning design for the Izakaya Koi restaurant in Sweden earned him the "Golden Chair", a prestigious national award given by the Swedish Association of Architects. As a furniture designer he has made several prize winning pieces including the Oak chair which was awarded with the “Furniture of The Year” in 2001. He has also been awarded the “Excellent Swedish Design award” on 4 separate occasions.
In 2004, in an article entitle "Wise Buys" the influential magazine Wallpaper listed Lindvall as one of 3 designers that investors should look to as producing tomorrow’s most collectible furniture.
In 2008 Jonas Lindvall released the Bernard chair, a handcrafted design that was 4 years in development.
Awards
References
External links
* [http://www.jonaslindvall.com/ Jonas Lindvall A&D]
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