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ront consists of four young industrial designers, all female. Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, Anna Lindgren and Katja Sävström met while studying industrial design at Stockholm’s School of Arts, Crafts and Design. They already made a real splash with their first joint project shown at the 2003 Furniture Fair in Stockholm.
Greatest interest was evoked by their “Design by animals”, where they had allowed animals such as rats and snakes to create patterns and shapes on carpets and furniture. By letting the animals produce the final result, the element of randomness was introduced as the decisive factor in the design process. The culturally conditioned question as to what constitutes good and useful form was quickly turned on its head, acquiring a new and unexpected perspective
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