Björn Dahsltröm Industrial Deigner

A form is transformed and reduced to a symbol for something when its details reinforce the overall impression. Dahlström has an infallible sense of form, just like a musician can have an infallible sense of pitch. His feeling for design seems to be absolute. His creations become portraits of themselves and their role in the world. Their physical form is completely new, but at the same time his creations express
something natural and self evident. Some of his design products therefore seem like archetypes.
Depending on where he places an object’s centre of gravity, he also steers the observer’s experience of it. In the world of cartoons, the characters with a low centre of gravity are stupid and kind, like Obelix. Those who have a high centre of gravity are reserved and shy, like Professor Calculus. Björn Dahlström’s empathy for both these characters seems to be equally strong; there are traces of both of
them in his design.

FACTS
Title: Björn Dahlström
– Industrial Designer
Language: English
Graphic design: Matilda Plöjel
No. of pages: 200
Format: 165x215 mm
Binding: Hard cover
Published in 2009
ISBN 978-91-85213-20-7

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