Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg
Sigvard Oscar Fredrik Bernadotte af Wisborg ( born June 7, 1907 on Drottningholm Palace; † 4 February 2002 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish Count, designer, illustrator and former Prince, Duke of Uppland, son of the Swedish king Gustav VI. Adolf and Crown Princess Margareta ( Margaret of Connaught ).
Life and education
Sigvard took after his grandfather, his father and his older brother Gustav Adolf (1906-1947) 4th place in the Swedish throne a. When his great-grandfather King Oscar II died on December 8, 1907, he moved up to 3rd place.
After studying in Uppsala Sigvard Bernadotte was adopted in 1930 at the art school Konstfack in Stockholm and took the main subject decoration. He studied, among others Professor Olle Hjortzberg, which has been awarded a sustainable impact on Bernadotte's tight and focused design. Bernadotte was a strong interest in film and theater, he studied at the State School of Applied Arts in Munich ( forerunner of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich ) and worked as an assistant director in Berlin.
Marriages and descendants
Since the Swedish king, neither the first nor agreed to the following marriages had lost Sigvard Bernadotte in 1934 his royal title and his place in the Swedish throne. Sigvard Bernadotte tried several times in vain to regain his title Prince by the King. From 1951 he was allowed to carry a Luxembourg title of Count. In 1983 he was still " Prince Sigvard " call.
Work
From 1930 Bernadotte worked alongside his studies as a silver designer for the Danish company Georg Jensen Sølvsmedie A / S in Copenhagen. Its silver creamer from 1938 was brought by Georg Jensen in 2002, back on the market, now larger than chrome thermos, and the cutlery series model 9 Bernadotte from 1939 is still in production today. On a trip to New York City in 1937, he met the design sizes Raymond Loewy, Donald Deskey and Henry Dreyfuss. This meeting certainly had significance for the later specialization in industrial design. After the Second World War, he was Artistic Director at Georg Jensen. There he designed many silver products in a modern Scandinavian style. All his silver works bore the stamp Sigvard - a matter of course for a prince.
In 1950 he started together with the Dane Acton Bjørn the Copenhagen design company Bernadotte & Bjørn Industri Design A / S with branches in New York and Stockholm. There, many of the design classics such as the stainless steel kitchen series for Modernum 1954 and the stackable non-slip bowl Margrethe series from 1950 Melamine for Rosti Bakelitfabrik emerged. The clients included, among other things Husqvarna, Bang & Olufsen, Facit, AGA, General Electric, Danfoss and electric Helios. 1953 to 1954 he participated in the large traveling exhibition Scandinavian Design in the USA and Canada and the Triennale in Milan in 1951 and 1954, he was awarded a gold or silver medal for his work.
1964 Bernadotte and Bjørn parted ways and Bernadotte Design AB launched in Stockholm. The Office designed numerous industrial products, including an aircraft service for SAS Scandinavian Airlines, outboard motors for Volvo Penta, forklifts for ASEA, company logos for Alfa Laval and the chocolate company Marabou and 1971 Videophone for Ericsson. He always tried to ergonomics, function and beauty to reconcile. One of the last orders in 1972 was the design of a new subway car for the Stockholm subway.
In 1972, the office closed due to lack of orders. Bernadotte, however, never ceased to work as a designer: 1997, at the age of 90, he presented a glass service for the company Fyrklövern. Sigvard Bernadotte was the first European designer who was elected to the American designer Institute ( ADI).
Swell
- Sigvard Bernadotte style. National Museum Stockholm, Utställningskatalog, 1997
- Svensk Industri style. Nordstedts Förlag, 1997
- Industrial Design A- Z. Bags, Cologne 2000
- Charlotte and Peter Fiell: Scandinavian Design, Bags, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-8228-5716-5