About Carl Design

Carl Design is a Scandinavian industrial design company with a core business in product design for mass production. The company also work with projects in transportation, graphic design, packaging, retail solutions as well as design of trade fair stands, etc.. Carl was original founded in 1995 by Carl Öjerstam in Stockholm, Sweden, and since then, Carl has had clients such as IKEA, Tupperware, Vodafone, Kinnarps Group, Selecta, Materia, Svenskt Tenn, BRIO, to name a few.

Over the years, Carl also received numerous design awards, including three times the RedDot design award, Residence Great form Prize in 2006.

Carl also holds lectures for companies, organizations and schools in different areas with a focus on product development, range development and environmentally focused design for mass production.

Carl has appeared in a variety of books and magazines over the years, such as Swedish Design History, The International Design Yearbook, Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth, Tools for Living, IKEA the book, FORM, MD, ELLE interior, Residence, Sköna hem, RUM, SCHÖNER WOHNEN, Perspective+, to name a few.

To the right you can download and read a few articles from the Swedish design magazine FORM.

Carl has also participated in a variety of exhibitions and events such as Elementos Sueco, (2005-06, Brazil and Germany), Pascal Gallery, 2005, Swedish FROM GLOBAL COOKING 2007, Red dot Design Award 2001-2008, The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China and a great number of IKEA PS launches / exhibitions.

Process, network and knowledge

Our design process are based on hundreds of development projects, where we have helped our clients to create profitable products and services with growing market shares as a result.

This is achieved by the ambition to always be a cutting-edge expertise in the field of product development, and this is accomplished through a broad network of contacts in various fields. The network consists of experts in fields such as materials and production technology, environmental and mechanical engineering, packaging and graphic design, logistics and a wide range of digital services.

Our greatest source of knowledge, however, is often from our clients in their daily lives at the factory or the sales floors and in their meeting with the end customer.

Result

Below we show some examples of different types of projects we have carried out during nearly two decades for some of our customers.

Contact

Call GSM +46 (0)70 979 76 09 or info@carldesign.se

FORM 2011 nr.1

FORM_2005_nr.5

TURBINELLA 2005, uniqe item

MUSSLA ceramic knife 2010, IKEA

ARRAY  coat stand 2011, Materia

POP wastebin 2011, Materia

CONE rotomoulded table 2011, Materia

OMNI armchair 2007, Materia

CARIEL VODKA 2004, Cariel Spirits AB

KALLT Christmas decoration 2010, IKEA

GRÅDA gaming chair 2001, IKEA

FLAMMA spotlight 2001, IKEA

STORVIK lounger 2001, IKEA

LAMPAN table lamp 2002, IKEA

URBAN chair 2002, Materia

RAB 600 firefighter boat 2010, Gästrike Räddningstjänst

SODA wine decanter 2004, IKEA

ENVIS spatulas 2008, IKEA

FRAMTID hood 2009, IKEA

FÖRVAR Candy jar 1996, IKEA

STIL tagine 2004, IKEA

SODA Juice containers 2004

THE FIFTH ELEMENT 2005, Materia

NEW RETAIL SOLUTION 2003, Vodafone/Telenor

VIRA brand and logo 2011, DEH

NEW RETAIL SOLUTION, 2010 Surpuppan

EXHIBITION Galleri Pascal 2005

GLOBAL COOKING 2007, Svensk form

REDSKAP cooking tools 2002, IKEA

EUROFIRE brand and PD 2011, Ekosystem

URBAN children chair 2011, IKEA

TIRUP armchair 2008, IKEA

TERMOSFÄR spotlightsystem 2001, IKEA

JONISK Lamp 2002, IKEA

ENERGI table lamp family 2002, IKEA

JAGARE spotlightsystem 2001, IKEA

Copyright© Carl Design AB 2010

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Internship and employment

We are currently not recruiting for any particular positions, but we are of course always open for meeting interesting people.

Send a cover letter and CV, describing why you want to work at Carl Design, and what you can contribute to our team, plus your portfolio (in PDF format) showing your skills and diversity, including samples of your entire work process.

Please send all applications to: info@carldesign.se

Are you a new client?

Send us an email info@carldesign.se or better still call us on +46 (0) 70 979 76 09 and tell us who you are and why you want to use design as a part of your product development process. We are always open to new clients with new challenges to tackle in.

TYLÖSAND sofa system 2004, IKEA

Om Carl

Carl Design är ett skandinavisk industridesign företag med sin kärnverksamhet inom produktutveckling samt industridesign för massproduktion. Företaget arbetar också med projekt inom transport, grafisk design, förpackning, detaljhandel lösningar samt design av mässmontrar mm. Carl Design AB grundades 1995 av Carl Öjerstam i Stockholm, Sverige, och har sedan dess har Carl haft kunder som IKEA, Tupperware, Vodafone, Kinnarps Gruppen, Selecta, Materia, Svenskt Tenn, BRIO, för att nämna några.

Under åren har Carl också mottagit många designpriser, bland annat tre gånger RedDot design award, Residence bra form Prize 2006.

Carl håller också föredrag för företag, organisationer och skolor i olika områden med fokus på produktutveckling, sortimentsutveckling och hållbar utveckling i skuggan av massproduktion.

Carl har medverkat i en mängd böcker och tidskrifter under åren, som Svensk Design Historia, The International Design Yearbook, Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth, Tools for living, Boken om IKEA, FORM, MD, Elle Interiör, Residence, Sköna Hem ,RUM, Schöner Wohnen, Perspektiv +, för att nämna några.

Du ladda ner och läsa några artiklar från den svenska designen tidskriften FORM.

Carl har även deltagit i olika utställningar och evenemang som Elementos Sueco, (2005-06, Brasilien och Tyskland), Pascal Galleri, 2005, svenska från GLOBAL MATLAGNING 2007, Red Dot Design Award 2001-2008, World Expo 2010 Shanghai Kina och ett stort antal IKEA PS lanserar / utställningar.

Är du en ny kund?

Skicka oss ett mail info@carldesign.se eller ännu bättre ring oss på +46 (0) 70 979 76 09 och berätta vem du är och varför du vill använda design som en del av din produktutvecklings process. Vi är alltid öppna för nya kunder med nya utmaningar att ta itu med.