Designer Antonio Citterio was born in Italy and currently lives and works in Milan. He founded Antonio Citterio and Partners, an architectural and design studio, and his products are part of the MOMA permanent collection and have won many prizes, including the reddot design award Chicago Museum of Architecture and Design Good Design award for the Shaker stove in 2006.
He attributes his success to: "I make things for myself, I don't work with marketing instructions. If I wouldn't surround myself with these things, I don't make them. If it doesn't work, don't do it."
Bent Falk
Designer Bent Falk was born in Denmark and currently lives and works on the coast in Kalundborg. He has an industrial design background and has developed a broad range of products. He created the first Rais stoves in the late 1960s. They are a classic style and the basis for all modern wood burning stoves in Europe.
Recently he has designed the Phoenix and Firebird grills for Wittus as well as the new outdoor gel Pillar products.
The award winning designer's philosophy is: "Good design is when form and function go hand-in-hand and at the end of the day is a result of a close teamwork between the producer and designer."
Eva Solo
The Barrel grill has won several awards including:
- Industrial Design
Excellence Award (IDEA)
Gold winner in 2005 -
Best New Product in 2005
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Baden-Württemberg
International Design Award 2004
Mads Miltersen
Feedback from architects and homeowners is evident in Jydepejsen's celebrated design acumen, which marries the elemental need for efficient home heating with the love of fine furnishings and graceful living.
Mads Miltersen heads the team with expertise in both industrial and decorative arts and is a champion for the "less is more" school of contemporary home fashion.
You'll see his influence in the spare lines and gentle curves, the "invisible" hinges on some units, the artfully sculpted soapstone on others, even the remote control unit was ergonomically designed by him to be aesthetically pleasing and comfortable to use.
Anders Nørgaard
Famed Danish Designer Anders Nørgaard is the architect behind the new Cubic series of stoves: "I did not just want to make a stove, I wanted it to be something more than that", says Anders, involved for about 2 years.
Among the seven models of varying sizes, some are floor models and others are directly attached on the wall. Anders Nørgaard designed shelves for firewood on a couple of the models. He explains that, "A stove can still be a large unit like the old cast-iron stoves."
Anders, who is building his own house, relates: "You have to have a stove - there's a special feeling about a fire."
Michael Wolf
Michael Wolf, a new, young, and exciting German designer from Wolf of Bavaria approaches fireplace design the same way European auto makers approach development of high-performance sports cars.
Using ergonomic intelligence and pace-setting style savvy, Wolf fast-forwards traditional ceramic hearths of yesteryear into the aesthetically demanding, push-button world of the 21st century.
