Presentation of Savo's designers

Ralph C. Schmidt

• Bachelor degree in engineering
  at the Technical University of Berlin.

• Studies in film and media at
  the Academy of Art in Hamburg.

• Master degree from the National College
  of Art and Design, Oslo, Department of Furniture
  and Interior Design 1986.

• Worked as an interior architect at
  Arkitetto P. Paris in Rome in 1987

• Established Schmidt Industrial Design
  in 1988, later Schrei Design as.

• Worked with the following designers/architects:
  Beate Ellingsen, Svein Gusrud, Sven Ivar Dysthe, Grid Strategic Design, Snøhetta, Aviaplan

• Guest lecturer at the National College of Art and Design, Oslo.

• Design manager in Savo since 1996.

• Head of project and responsible for the design of Savo Ikon, Eos og XO.

Awards:

• 1st prize in the competition ”Young & Design” in 1988

• Received the Governmental Invention Scholarship in 1989 and in 1993.

• Received the Norwegian Design Award in 1996.

Fredrik Torsteinsen 

• Master degree from the National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Department of Furniture and Interior Design 1992

• Worked with product development at the Norwegian Institute of Technology for one year, and exhibition architect at the Oslo Museum of Applied Art for one year before working as a freelance furniture- and industiral designer and interior arichitect

• Established Torsteinsen Design AS in 1997

• Worked for Savo since 1993

• Designed Savo Ikon with Svein Gusrud

Awards:

• Received the Savo award in 1992

• Honoured “The stand of the year” for Savo at the Office- and computer fair in 1996 and 1998 

• Received the Norwegian Design Award 5 times; for Savo Visit in 1995

• Received 5 awards in the competition “Wood without limits” together with Solveig Torsteinsen

• Received the Nor-in award twice

• 2nd prize in the Hard Wood Design Competiton together with Solveig Torsteinsen in 1993

• 1st prize in Hov-Dokka’s Anniversary competition in 1993

• Norsk Form’s award to young designers in 1993

• Honourable mention for furniture designed for the Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer 1994

• Cultural scholarship from Oslo City

• Honourable mention in the Governments design competition in 1996

• Honourable mention in the competition "Plastics – new ways" in 1999
  
  
  

Johan Verde  
 

• 2006- Designed the base for Savo chairs.

• 1993- Individual studio with a prototype workshop

• 1990-93 Comissions from Emil Abry Industrial Design

• 1989-90 Major in industrial design

• 1987-89 Institute for Industrial Design, National School of Arts and Crafts

• 1985-87 Institute for Metal, National School of Arts and Crafts

• 1984-85 Einar Granum Art School

Awards/exhibitions:
 

Jurek Buchacz

• Master degree in industrial design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Crakow 1974

• Industrial designer for DEFA 1976-1978

• Industrial designer for Ring Mekanikk 1978-1983

• Established Creo Produktkonsult in
  1983, working mainly with office chairs
  and office furniture (tables).

• Worked for Savo since 1983

• Designer of the models Savo Euros 50, Eos, Apollo, Astarte, Augustus and XO.

Awards:

• Received the Norwegian Design Award for Savo Euros 50-series

• Received the Nor-in award for chair+table for home office in 1985

• Won competition organized by the Lillehammer Olympic Organizing Committee in 1992

• Designer of the official olympic chair for the Winter Olympic Games, Lillehammer 1994

Einar J. Hareide 

• Master in Industrial Design, HDK – Gothenburg 1985

• Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA, 1986

• Designer Saab Automobile 1985-1989

• Designer Mercedes Benz 1989-1991

• Chief Designer Exterior, Saab Automobile 1991-1995

• Design Director Saab Automobile 1995-1999

• Guest Professor at the Design Academy in Umeå, Sweden 1999

• Established Hareide Designmill in 1999

• Have made Savos Design strategy