front: designer of the year 2010

front – A&W’s designer of the year 2010 image © designboom

swedish designers sofia lagerkvist, charlotte von der lancken and anna lindgrenhave of front have been given the designer of the year 2010 award by german magazine A&W (architektur & wohnen). in honour of the award an exhibition featuring the group’s work from their career is being held at the gerling-quartier / foyer, as part of the passagen program, during the imm cologne furniture fair 2010.

front selected london based julia lohmann for the A&W mentor prize for up-and-coming designers.

‘vanishing’ – a chest of drawers ‘falling vase’ image © designboom

in the magic collection, design pieces are made to make other objects disappear. a lamp that levitates and a chest of drawers that separates and floats away. front wanted to create pieces with seemingly impossible characteristics that seem to defy the laws of nature.

‘vanishing’ a close-up. it makes all the things you put in disappear. image © designboom

‘falling vase’ – a vase with a built in fall, where the motion is one with the object image © designboom

‘animal thing’ for moooi image © designboom

‘morphed’ this is a panton chair morphed image © designboom

‘morphed’ image © designboom ‘morphed’ image © designboom

‘changing cupboard’ image © designboom

‘changing cupboard’ image © designboom close-up image © designboom

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‘svarva’ adjustable freestanding lamp and ‘selma’ reading chair, both for IKEA

‘soft wood’ sofa for moroso

front combined the characteristics of textile and wood and explored the expectations of the material

sofia explains the project ‘divided’ image © designboom

‘divided’ – a chest of drawers that seem to divide and balance on its edge image © designboom