Bjørn Engø
1920 - 1981Awards:
- 1957 – Gold medal, Triennale di Milano
Shortly after graduating from Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole, Bjørn Engø began designing furniture for, among others, Gjøvik Møbelindustri and Alfred Enge. Around 1950 he started a fruitful collaboration with the furniture manufacturer Gustav Bahus Eftf., which produced several of his experimental chairs in laminated wood. These were characterised by an international style that turned out to be too radical for contemporary Norwegian sensibilities. In 1953 Eng. ventured into working with enamel and copper in his own workshop, and around 1956 he began designing for Emalox, a company that mass-produced everyday appliances in anodized aluminum. For Sandvika Veveri he designed decorative fabrics, and for Arnold Wiigs Fabrikker lighting fixtures.
国立工芸美術学校を卒業してすぐ、ビョルン・エンゴ は、Gjøvik MøbelindustriやAlfred Engeなどで家 具デザインを担当します。50年頃には、家具メーカーGustav Bahus Eftfとともに、積層合板による実験的な 椅子プロジェクトをはじめ、充実したコレクションを発表 しました。彼のデザインは革新的なスタイルは国際的には 評価を得たものの、斬新すぎたためノルウェー国内では あまり受け入れられませんでした。53年にはエナメルと銅 製品のための工房を設立し、56年頃に、Emalox社のた めにアルマイト製品の大量生産システムを開発します。そ のほかに、Sandvika Veveri社のファブリックやArnold Wiigs Fabrikker社の照明器具なども手がけています。
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