Yngve Ekström, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish architect and designer
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Place of Birth: Hagafors, Jönköping County, Sweden
About Yngve Ekström
- Yngve Ekström, born June 16, 1913 in Hagafors, Småland, died March 13, 1988 was a Swedish furniture designer, wood carver, sculptor and architect and an important figure in the evolution of the Scandinavian Modernism movement.
- Yngve Ekström is best known for the "Lamino" armchair, an ergonomic and minimalist easy chair that he designed in 1956 and which has been in continuous production ever since.
- In 1999, the "Lamino" was named by the influential Swedish magazine "Sköna Hems" as the Swedish furniture design of the twentieth century.
- Ekström was the co-founder of the furniture manufacturer ESE-möbler (later renamed Swedese) with his brother Jerker and business partner Sven Bertil Sjöqvist.
- Ekström worked at Swedese for over 40 years until his death in 1988.
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