Eric Ericson
Hans Eric Ericson is a designer and author. His breakthrough as a writer came in 2003 with the book Letters to society. As a designer, Ericson has distinguished himself for the same type of artfulness that characterises his writing.
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Author, designer, publisher, artist, and satirist.
Eric Ericson does not allow himself to be pigeonholed. He is as much an author as a designer, publisher, artist, and satirist. But he could also be presented as a fan of Svenskt Tenn’s founder Estrid Ericson. Eric Ericson has among other things, produced an exhibition about Svenskt Tenn’s founder in her hometown of Hjo and published a book about her.
— Estrid Ericson was an incredible artistic leader. As early as in the 1920s, she successfully engaged some of the best designers of the time such as Nils Fougstedt, Anna Petrus and Uno Åhrén. But at the same time, she was open to abandoning functionalism when she met Josef Frank. I am extremely fascinated by Estrid Ericson and everything she accomplished.
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The many faced pewter pot.
Swedish design of the 1920s and 30s is a recurring source of inspiration for Eric Ericson; this is reflected not least in the products he has designed for Svenskt Tenn. Take, for example, the theatrical faces engraved on the back of the hand mirrors in the “Självbild” (Self-image) collection, crafted in pewter and leather. Or his pewter pots, which the designer himself says are greatly influenced by the style epoch which he calls Sweden’s most distinct: both in terms of their shape; being square at the base and curving outwards at the top, as well their theatrical face motifs.
Eric Ericsson’s breakthrough as an author came in 2003 with the book “Brev till samhället” (Letters to society), in which he writes zany letters to companies and organisations and receives equally zany replies. He has a never ending fascination with social planning and development, which also finds expression in, for example, the parlour game “Välkommen till samhället” (Welcome to society), which is a collaboration with the artist Lars Arrhenius.
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The pewter pot with four different facial motifs was designed by Eric Ericson for Svenskt Tenn in 2013.
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Eric Ericson's hand mirrors feature various facial motifs, self-portraits, engraved on the back.
Deck of cards and pewter case by Eric Ericson.