Johanna Agerman Ross design, architecture and fashion writer
Design
The Valentine Typewriter
Glossy, sexy and desirable. The Valentine was the it-bag of its day.
Icon, February 2009
Profile: 5.5 Designers
The French design studio 5.5 welcomed me to their Paris office on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Icon, December 2008
Photo: Kourtney Roy
Profile: TAF Arkitekter
Gabriella and Mattias showed me around their bare Stockholm studio.
Icon, June 2009
Photo: Marcus Palmqvist
Atelierdorp
In the Netherlands designers can get free studio space by squatting legally. I visited a collective that was about to get chucked out.
Icon, January 2010
Photo: Raoul Kramer/Collective Exposure
Profile: Mathieu Lehanneur
I met Mathieu at Maison & Objet in January 2010. A fair that we were both equally underwhelmed by, but it was nice to hear Lehanneur’s unique viewpoint on design and designing.
Icon, April 2010
Photo: Ola Rindal
Profile: Gam Fratesi
It was a cold and wintery day that I went to visit GamFratesi in their Copenhagen studio. We drank hot chocolate and chatted about perfection.
Icon, March 2010
Photo: Martin Magntorn
Profile: Inga Sempé
I went to Paris on a cold day in March to eat a delicious lunch with Inga Sempé and to talk about her work.
Icon, May 2010
Photo: Ola Rindal
Master and apprentice
The relationship of master and apprentice is a dying one within design education, but French designer Philippe Nigro and Italian maestro Michele de Lucchi are still practicing these traditional roles.
Icon, June 2010
Photo: Mario Ermoli