Erik Stefan Lindfors, known as Stefan Lindfors (born 3 May 1962,

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) is a Finnish

industrial designer Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advance of the manufactu ...

, interior designer, film-maker and

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. He attended high school at the Åbo Cathedral School in

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in 1982, and then went on to study design at the

University of Art and Design Helsinki Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture; ; ), was formed of two separate schools: the faculty of architecture (previously part of the Helsinki University of Technology) and the University of Art and Design Helsinki (UIAH, known in ...

, completing his studies in 1988. Lindfors first achieved public and critical attention with his lamp “Scaragoo”, first unveiled at the

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in 1988, and then manufactured by the company Ingo Maurer in

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. He has also designed objects for the Finnish design manufacturers

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, Iittala,

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and Martela. In addition to design, Lindfors has also made short films, TV programmes, commercials (including:

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, and DNA Oy) and pop videos (including HIM's ”Funeral of Hearts” - which received music magazine

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’s award for " Best Music Video 2004"). Lindfors has also been a teacher and guest professor in a number of design schools, including

. In 1993 Lindfors took on the commission to create a new design education programme at the

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(KCAI),

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, USA. Among the many awards Lindfors has received are the Väinö Tanner Trailblazer Award (1992), the Milan Triennale Medal of Honour (1986), The

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Prize (1992), Association of Finnish Interior Architects: Best Interior (1993), The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award (1996 and 2010), Design Plus Frankfurt (1999), and the Tokyo Design Award (2001).

References

External links

Lindfors web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindfors, Stefan 1962 births Living people People from Mariehamn Swedish-speaking Finns Chartered designers Finnish designers Kansas City Art Institute alumni Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture alumni