Nils Strinning

Background

Strinning was born in Kramfors, and came from a Swedish family with origins in the 18th Century in Ångermanland.

Education

In the 1940s, he studied architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).

Career

The name was taken at the beginning of the 20th Century by the family farm "Strinningen" north of Härnösand. Already as a student, he designed a dish rack which consisted of plastic coated metal wires. In 1952 he founded the two companies String Design Bachelor of Arts and Swedish Design Bachelor of Arts. Nisse Strinning is rightly seen as a contemporary design classic (see other article).

Diversity of executions of the bookshelf may be seen in the catalogues.

1954: awarded gold medal, triennale, milan. 1954: exhibition “design in scandinavia”, usa.

1955: exhibition “h55”, helsingborg. 1993 & 1999: awarded excellent Swedish design by svensk form.

1999: nils strinning honored the classic award by svensk form.

2004–2006: exhibition “scandinavian design beyond the myth”. Berlin, milano, gent, prag, budapest, riga, glasgow, copenhagen, gothenburg, oslo. 2005: exhibition ”h05/allrum”, helsingborg.

2006: exhibition ”h05/allrum” paris city hall.

2006: exhibition ”stars & stripes mixed with yellow & blue”, the Swedish embassy, Washington District of Columbia

Achievements

• 1949: winner of bonniers bookshelf competition. 1954: awarded gold medal, triennale, milan. 1954: exhibition “design in scandinavia”, usa. 1955: exhibition “h55”, helsingborg. 1993 & 1999: awarded excellent Swedish design by svensk form. 1999: nils strinning honored the classic award by svensk form. 2004–2006: exhibition “scandinavian design beyond the myth”. Berlin, milano, gent, prag, budapest, riga, glasgow, copenhagen, gothenburg, oslo. 2005: exhibition ”h05/allrum”, helsingborg. 2006: exhibition ”h05/allrum” paris city hall. 2006: exhibition ”stars & stripes mixed with yellow & blue”, the Swedish embassy, Washington District of Columbia United States of America.