She is a Swedish designer, living in London and designing furniture and interiors for our five senses. It may soundmore obvious than it is – to work for the end-user. And not just to think of the visualand function¬ality, but also the tactile.
For Sofia Dahlén it’s important that the materials are attractive both for the body and the hand. The armchair Solino, made for Swedese when she was a student, is a fine example of her humanitarian design. It has a cosy interior, soft and comfortable, like an embracing pair of arms to creep inside. The exterior is more austere and hard, like a shell that protects you from the outside world.
Sofia Dahlén was born in 1969 in Stockholm and received her Master of Fine Arts at HDK/University of Gothenburg. Since then, she has been employed at an architect office in Stockholm – on projects concerning everything from offices, theatres to private homes – and design¬ing furniture, textiles and porcelain under her own name in London.