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.

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘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.

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘vanishing’ a close-up. it makes all the things you put in disappear. image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘falling vase’ – a vase with a built in fall, where the motion is one with the object image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘animal thing’ for moooi image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘morphed’ this is a panton chair morphed image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘morphed’ image © designboomfront: designer of the year 2010 ‘morphed’ image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘changing cupboard’ image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘changing cupboard’ image © designboomfront: designer of the year 2010 close-up image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘svarva’ adjustable freestanding lamp and ‘selma’ reading chair, both for IKEA

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘soft wood’ sofa for moroso

front: designer of the year 2010 front combined the characteristics of textile and wood and explored the expectations of the material

front: designer of the year 2010 sofia explains the project ‘divided’ image © designboom

front: designer of the year 2010 ‘divided’ – a chest of drawers that seem to divide and balance on its edge image © designboom