Sven Ivar Dysthe

Sven Ivar Dysthe (born August 25, 1931 in Oslo ; † March 1, 2020 ) was a Norwegian furniture and industrial designer .

life and work

Sven Ivar Dysthe was the son of Sven Rachlew Dysthe (1901–1988) and Ingrid Mathilde Whist (1907–1996). As a child he was determined to become a cabinet maker. After his training with master carpenter Edv. Eriksen in Trondheim in 1950 he received his craft certificate as a cabinet maker. Dysthe then studied industrial design at the Royal College of Art in London until 1954 , where he completed his master's degree .

Dysthe got his first professional practice in Denmark , where he worked in Copenhagen from 1954 in the drawing office of the Copenhagen architecture and design office Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen . In 1955 Dysthe moved back to Oslo and worked there briefly for the furniture dealer Einar Mortensen. Through professional contacts, he met the interior designer and journalist Trinelise Hauan (* 1933), whom he married in 1957. Dysthe worked from 1956 to 1957 as a furniture designer for the Norwegian master carpenters Hiorth & Østlyngen , then from 1957 to 1958 he worked for the architect Reidar Lund, until in 1958 he founded a drawing office called Dysthe Industridesign with his wife Trinelise Dysthe . As a freelance furniture designer, he turned to modern Scandinavian design in the mid-century .

Norwegian furniture designers had designed mainly for the hand-made series production of smaller companies in the 1950s, but Dysthe oriented itself more towards modern industrial mass production and soon designed for Møre Lenestolfabrikk (later Møremøbler / ForaForm ) and Dokka Møbler . His armchair for Dokka Møbler with the title 1001 from 1960 was the first in a series of exclusive office furniture in an international design language. Made of steel, rosewood and black leather, the collection became a best seller in Denmark, Great Britain, Germany and the United States. From 1961 to 1963 he continued his studies at Arkitekthøgskole in Oslo.

Dysthe was a pioneer in the field of laminated wood structures. His seating furniture, titled Laminette , from 1964 for Møre Lenestolfabrikk is considered a trendsetter, which achieved wide distribution and popularity in Norway. Dysthe developed a wide range of other furniture in a similar style that were used in public spaces such as schools or official buildings. The furniture he developed for the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Museum in Høvikodden near Sandvika then had more avant-garde features in 1968 and fitted into the space age with materials such as steel and plastic as well as their design of circles and columns as supporting elements . At that time, Dysthe also developed furniture for household use, kitchen decor and office furniture, all of which were based on simple constructions, often with new technical solutions that made them suitable for industrial production.

As an industrial designer, Dysthe also designed ski bindings, car trailers, dumpsters and a number of other products. Together with the architect Niels Torp, Dysthe won first prize in 1994 with the concept Sakron in the design competition of the Swedish civil aviation authority for seating furniture in waiting and departure halls. His Gardist design won the 1996 competition for furniture in the waiting areas of the then new Oslo-Gardermoen airport .

Dysthe's work had titles such as (selection): Rock Royal , deck chair, 1950s, for Arnestad Bruk 1001 , armchair, 1960, for Dokka-Møbler 5001 , armchair, 1962, for Dokka-Møbler Laminate , armchair, 1964, for Møre Lenestolfabrikk Laminette , stacking chair, 1964, for Møre Lenestolfabrikk Butterfly , wall lamp, 1964, for Arnold Wiigs fabrikker Konglependel , hanging lamp , 1966, for Sønnico Popcorn , chair, 1967, for Møre Lenestolfabrikk Prism , chair Planet , armchair, 1963, for Møre Lenestolfabrikk Waterchair , 1984, for Fora Form Parable , 1986, for Møre Lenestolfabrikk Akkurat , stacking chair, 1993, for Kroghsæter Sakron , 1994, for Fora Form Guard , 1996, for Fora Form

His work has been shown in collective exhibitions such as: Foreningen Brukskunsts høstmønstring , Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1959 12th Triennale di Milano , 1960 International Design Biennale , Ljubljana 1964 Norsk Brukskunst , Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen 1966 Nordisk Industridesign , Australia 1968–1969 Nordisk Industridesign , Oslo National Gallery, 1976 International Industrial Design Biennial , Ljubljana 1977 His works can be found in public collections such as: Oslo National Museum , Oslo Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustri Museum, Trondheim Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseum, Gothenburg Swedish National Museum , Stockholm Victoria and Albert Museum , London

Dysthe received prizes and awards such as:

• Norsk Designsentrums merke for god norsk design 1965 (Medal from the Norwegian Design Center for good design)
• 1st premie Bransjerådets møbelkonkurranse (1st prize in the furniture competition of the industrial association)
• 1st premie De Forenede Ullvarefabrikker (1st Prize of the United Wool Mills)
• Award American Institute of Design (Award from the American Institute of Design )
• Gold medal at the Ljubljana Biennale in 1964 for the Laminette stacking chair
• Gold medal at the Ljubljana Biennale 1977 for his ski binding
• Norsk Forms Jakob Award , 1986
• Innovation Award for Universal Design , 1988
• Knight 1st class of the Order of Saint Olav , 2010
• Together with his wife Trinelise Dysthe, honorary member of Norske interiørarkitekters og møbeldesigneres landsforening (NIL), the Norwegian association of interior architects and furniture designers, 2015.

literature

• Solveig Lønne Christiansen: Sven Ivar Dysthe. In: Norsk biografisk leksikon , Oslo 2009.
• Trinelise Dysthe, Thomas Flor, Widar Halén, National Museum Oslo : Dysthe Design: Swinging 60. Illustrated by Sven Ivar Dysthe, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-89790-390-6 , 200 pp.
• Mats Linder: Sven Ivar Dysthe. In: Store norske leksikon , Oslo 2020, with a portrait of Dysthes.
• Anne-Berit Skaug: Sven Ivar Dysthe, from møbelsnekker til industrial designer . In: Byggekunst Nr. 4, Norske Arkitekters Landsforbund, Bergen 1985, pp. 215–220.
• Albert Steen: industrial designer Sven Ivar Dysthe. Store norske kunstnerleksikon, Oslo National Museum, Oslo 2013.

Trivia

In the US TV series Mad Men , Duck is the man for the job (S02E13) was used in a conference room scene by Dysthe office chairs.

Web links

• Dysthe design. In: dysthedesign.no
• Sven Ivar Dysthe has passed away. In: foraform.no of March 2, 2020.
• Collection of Sven Ivar Dysthe. In: National Museum Oslo , with pictures of Dysthe's work.
• Sven Ivar Dysthe (Norwegian). In: artnet , with images of Dysthe's work.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Utnemning til St. Olav's Order. In: kongehuset.no from January 20, 2010.
2. ↑ Mona Lise Lien: Æresmedlem i NIL, Sven Ivar Dysthe har gått ut av tiden. In: Norske interiørarkitekters og møbeldesigneres landsforening from March 2020.
3. ↑ Sven Ivar Dysthe (1931-2020). In: arkitekturnytt.no of March 3, 2020.
   Mad Men S02E13, Duck is the man for the job. on YouTube (conference room scene).