Therese Hillman
Therese Hillman, CEO of Network of Design (NOD) a group of Scandinavian design companies. NOD was formed in 2020 with the acquisitions of String Furniture and Photowall and the mission is to bring carefully selected Scandinavian design driven brands to every corner and pocket of the world.
Today, NOD consists of design icons such as String Furniture, Grythyttan Stålmöbler, Kasthall and Byarums Bruk to name a few. The design brands share expertise to strengthen each brand’s growth potential into new geographical and digital markets. The group serves more than 35 markets, has more than 90% of its products manufactured in Sweden and total sales of 90 MEUR (2023).
Hilda Rantanen
Hilda Rantanen is the founder and CEO of Materialisting Platform Service. Through Materialisting, she wants to contribute to the green transition of the built environment, and to develop innovative approaches that will ensure the continued meaningfulness of design work in the midst of the significant transformation happening in the industry. Her background in Interior Architecture (SIO) and UI/Graphic Design, coupled with her experience across a diverse spectrum of projects, has endowed her with a comprehensive understanding of the industry's evolution from both the perspectives of real estate owners, as well as that of the designers, construction professionals and manufacturers.
Hanna Neuvo
Hanna Neuvo is the CEO and one of the four co-founders of the internationally acclaimed design agency Fyra, a Helsinki based design agency focused on functionality, aesthetics, and branding through interior design. Mastered in hotel and restaurant spaces as well as working environments, real estate development, different concepts, and cross-sectional projects, Fyra has claimed its place as a responsible and proactive player in the industry.
Joseph Grima
Joseph Grima is an architect, writer and curator based in Milan, Italy. He is the Creative Director of Design Academy Eindhoven and cofounder of Space Caviar, an architecture and research practice operating at the intersection of design, technology, critical theory and the public realm. The studio produces built work, publications, exhibitions and films that have been presented internationally in Europe, Asia and the US.
Grima was previously the editor-in-chief of Domus magazine and director of Storefront for Art and Architecture, an independent gallery in New York City. In 2014 he was appointed co-curator of the first Chicago Architecture Biennial, and in 2012 co-directed the first Istanbul Design Biennial. He is also the artistic director of Matera European Capital of Culture 2019.
Love Berger-Vieweg
Love Berger-Vieweg is Sustainability specialist at Wingårdhs Architects. The focus of Berger-Vieweg’s work is on data-driven sustainability solutions and the development of easy-to-use architectural design tools, created when joining research with practice. Berger-Vieweg’s current research focus on determining quantifiable carbon emission targets for the Swedish building industry that correspond to the Paris agreement..
Talare: Hilda Rantanen, Therese Hillman, Love Berger-Vieweg och Hanna Neuvo
Moderator: Joseph Grima (space caviar/ Joseph Grima
Språk: engelska