ERIKA LAGERBIELKE’S DESIGN CLASSICS

We celebrate 40 years with Erika Lagerbielke and we pay tribute to Scandinavian heritage stemware that gives beauty, simplicity and durability to the dining experience.

Erika Lagerbielke (born 1960) studied industrial design at Konstfack in Stockholm. She is a professor of design at Linnaeus University, where she works with education and research in areas such as ”Meal artefacts and culture”, ”Meal environments as value creators” and ”Sustainable development of glass”.

Lagerbielke began her collaboration with Orrefors in 1982 and had her big breakthrough with the Intermezzo series as early as

1984. Some of her most notable special projects are the wedding gift for Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel Westling from the Swedish Parliament and Government in 2010, the Linnaeus University’s rector’s chain in 2010, the Sigfridskräklan for Växjö Diocese in 2011, a specially designed set of wine glasses for the Michelin restaurant Operakällaren in Stockholm in 2020 and a baptismal bowl for Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford in 2021.

Lagerbielke has received the Excellent Swedish Form award three times: for Orrefors Intermezzo in 1985, Orrefors Merlot in 1995 and Orrefors Difference in 2002 (honorary award), as well as several international awards.

The dinner table is a central place in our lives. Here we gather to eat, socialize and celebrate.

Erika Lagerbielke strives with her design to enhance the meal experience through beauty, function and visions. She wants the glasses to reflect the people who use them and their needs and lives.