Kajsa Strinning, 1952 (photo)

The designers of the Swedish String shelf. Nisse Strinning (1917-2006) pictured at home 1952. Together with his wife Kajsa Strinning (1922-2017) they debuted as designers with a humble plate rack using steel wire, a technique that would be refined over the years. In 1949, they created a Scandinavian design classic when the String shelf won the Bonnier Folk Library competition. A few years later, in 1954, String earned them their first international design prize, a gold medal at the Milan Triennial. As recently as 2020, String® was awarded the Long Life Design award in Japan. Picture shows a home and a room with the String shelf mounted on the wall. Together with other details like the radio/gramophone unit, the safari chair and more, the picture captures the spririt of the 1960s.