Anderssen & Voll
Anderssen & Voll is an Oslo based
designstudio run by Torbjørn
Anderssen (1976) and Espen Voll
(1965). Torbjørn is graduated from The
Bergen Academy of Art and Design
and Espen is graduated from Oslo
National Academy of the Arts. As
cofounders of Norway Says in 2000,
they were forerunners in a emerging
international movement amongst
young Norwegian designers. Since the
startup of Anderssen & Voll in 2009,
their work has spanned from textile
design through tableware, lighting and
furniture to electronics for some of
Europe’s most renowned international
design Brands. Their colaborations
include work for companies like
Lapalma, Muuto, Wrong for Hay,
Foscarini, Kvadrat, Erik Jørgensen
and Filip Technologies. They also
take great pride in working with some
of the finest Norwegian traditional
industry like Jøtul, Gudbrandsdalens
Uldvarefabrik, Fjord Fiesta, Røros
Tweed and LK Hjelle. Working with
the very different industrial cultures
spanning from the mountains of
Norway to the plains of Veneto is a
continous source of inspiration. Their
work has received numerous awards
like Honorary Award for Design
Excellence in Norway, Wallpaper
Award, IF Award and the Torsten and
Wanja Söderberg Prize.
Antti Kotilainen
Design Office Antti Kotilainen was
founded 1997 in Helsinki. Specializing
in furniture design his studio also
provides product design as well as
complete visual concepts ranging
from graphic to spatial design.
Characteristic for Kotilainen’s design
work is organic functionalism set to
meet contemporary qualifi cations.
Behind his work is a drive to refi
ne technical issues and details – of
the manufacturing process and the
applicability alike – into aesthetics
of the fi nal product. His aim is
to compose designs that look as
effortless as they look essential. In the
best Scandinavian tradition Kotilainen
has explored new ways to work with
wood in numerous of his furniture
designs. Since the year 1993 he has
collaborated with several Scandinavian
furniture manufacturers for example
Martela, Piiroinen and also with Knoll
from United States and Arper from
Italy. Kotilainen’s furniture has been
widely recognized and his work has
been displayed in several Finnish
and international expositions. His
furniture has been utilized in furnishing
public spaces in various companies,
universities and cultural sites in
numerous European countries, US,
Australia and Japan.
Francesco Rota
Francesco Rota, interior and product
designer, was born in 1966 in Milan,
where he lives and works. After
graduating in industrial design at the
Art Center College of Design in La
Tour de Peilz (Switzerland), he opened
his own studio in 1998 specialised
in different fields of design. Over the
years Francesco has collaborated with
a number of widely recognised brands
such as Bals Tokyo, Barilla, Driade,
Fiat, Frag, John Richmond, Knoll
International, Lapalma, Lema, Living
Divani, L’Oreal Paris, Malo, Martini
& Rossi, Mercedes Benz, Moroso,
Paola Lenti, Oluce, Versus. Francesco
was awarded three honourable
mentions for the Compasso d’Oro
with Linea, Island and ADD. ADD
System was among the nominees in
2017.The products Kanji and Move
were awarded The Good Design
Awards in 2016, and Uptown in 2017.
Same year Screen was awarded
WallPaper* Design Award and Agio
won the Archiproducts Design Award.
Francesco is a winner of the German
Design Award with the products Move,
ADD, Kanji while with Daydream he
received a special mention in 2014; a
winner of The Red Dot Design Award
with ADD, Move and Kanji in 2016 and
Red Dot Best of the Best with Uptown
in 2017; winner of Interior Design
Best of the Year 2014 Award with the
product Cloud. In 2013 Francesco
was a finalist for the Wallpaper Judges’
Award in the section Designer of the
Year and in 2015 he was selected
among the Top 200 designers of the
year by Architonic. From 2013 he is art
director of Lapalma.
Hee Welling
Hee Welling (born 1974) is educated
from the University of Art and Design
Helsinki (Finland) and the Royal
Danish Academy of Fine Arts –
department of furniture design, from
where he graduated, with a master
degree in furniture design in 2003.
He established his own studio in
Copenhagen in 2003 and works within
the fields if furniture-, interior- and
industrial design. Among his clients
is HAY, Erik Jørgensen, Fredericia,
Lammhults, Laufen and Lapalma.
His work has been awarded several
awards, including - the BoBedre
design award (Denmark), the Good
Design award (USA), the Danish Art
foundation (Denmark), he has been
nominated as Danish designer of
the year in 2013 and 2014, and is
listed on the Architonic Top 200 of
popular designers and architects. Hee
Welling’s design has be exhibited at
different fairs and museums around
the world – e.g. Danish export
exhibition – Tokyo, ICFF – New York,
100% design – London, Stockholm
Furniture fair, IMM – Cologne,
Maison&Objet - Paris and Salone
del mobile – Milan. His work has
been used for different international
interior projects, such as the Oslo
opera house (Norway), the Australian
parliament, Google head office, Beats
by Dre head office, Amazon head
office, Danish national television and
the Danish parliament. Besides his
studio he had teached at the Royal
Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the
Danish Institute for Study abroad –
DIS.
Karri Monni
Karri Monni, born 1969 in Varkaus,
Finland. Furniture carpenter studies
1985-1987. Studies in Lahti Institute
of Design, in Department of Interior
Architecture and Furniture Design
1994-1998, BA. Interior Architect
and Designer, SIO. Practiced in
Studio Simo Heikkilä 1997, Industrial
Design Ltd, Sistem 1998-1999, Keiski
Architects 2000, Pekka Salminen
Architects 2000. Started own Studio
Karri Monni 1999. Started own
company Koon Design Oy 2006.
Furniture designs for Lapalma from
2001. As a member of Interior
Architects Monni & Koskivaara,
furniture design /interior design work
for Amer Sports, Nordea Bank Finland,
Vacon, Sampo Group, Metso, Leiras
Takeda Pharmaceutical, WinWinD,
EFG, City of Helsinki, Roche,
YLE, Valio, Walki, Aventis Pharma,
McKinsey & Company. Karri Monni
lives and works in Helsinki.
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