CAMPAIGN Elsa Beskow 150 years -30% on the wole collection
until June 3, 2024
Swedish children's author, painter and illustrator Elsa Beskow has written and illustrated many children's books and stories in her lifetime. Based on these stories and drawings, designer Catharina Kippel created Elsa Beskow tableware. Elsa Beskow's mugs are as charming and humorous as the Swedish author's stories. They mainly depict people and nature, so that a feeling of closeness to nature is awakened. The individual illustrations are lovingly crafted down to the smallest detail, and come into their own on the white mug.
"Like many others, I grew up with Tante Lavande, the Little, Little Old Lady, the Troll Morel and all the other fantastic characters in Elsa Beskow's fairy tales. It was a wonderful feeling to dream about these worlds, and I still feel the same excitement when I think about them. One of my favorite books as a child was "Woody, Hazel & Little Pip". My dog, a playful boxer puppy, ate part of the book, but I kept reading it over and over again. It's still kept in my parents' house in Lund, southern Sweden." Catharina Kippel
Bowl & Mug Bone china
Tray Beech wood + melamine foil
Uncle Blue
Aunt Green
Aunt Lavender
Aunt Brown
Mrs. Aster
Mrs. Mariegold
Mrs. Dill
The Strawberry Familly
Little Willow
Children of the Forest
Poppy
Marguerite
Cornflower
Dandelions
Nasturtium
Uncle Blue
Aunt Green
Aunt Lavender
Aunt Brown
Mrs. Aster
Mrs. Mariegold
Mrs Dill
The Strawberry Familly
Little Willow
Children of the Forest
Poppy
Marguerite
Cornflower
Dandelions
Nasturtium
Uncle Blue
The Strawberry Familly
Poppy
Marguerite
Cornflower
Dandelions
Uncle Blue
The Strawberry Familly
Poppy
Marguerite
Cornflower
Elsa Beskow
Elsa Beskow was born in southern Stockholm in 1874. The family had five children. Her father died when she was 15, and her mother took the children to live with her unmarried siblings, who shared the same household. Elsa's aunts and uncle became the models for Aunt Green, Aunt Brown, Aunt Lavender and Uncle Blue. From 1892 to 1895, Elsa studied to become an art teacher, and it was at this time that she began illustrating children's stories.
She married Natanael Beskow, a clergyman and artist. They lived with their six sons in Djursholm, north of Stockholm, and the family often inspired the characters and places in her stories. Elsa Beskow's first book, "The Tale of the Little, Little Old Lady", is based on stories her grandmother used to tell her, and was published in 1897. To this day, it remains a classic story that most children have read.
Her stories and illustrations have exerted a dominant influence in the world of children's books for over 100 years. Her books have been translated into over 20 languages, and many of today's children's authors and illustrators have been inspired by her art. In 1952, she was awarded the Nils Holgersson Prize for her body of work, and today there is an award for children's authors in her name.
Catharina Kippel
Catharina has been working with Design House Stockholm since the beginning and is the designer behind much of the successful tableware. She studied pottery and glassblowing in Sweden, as well as ancient ceramic firing techniques in Japan, and holds a Master's degree from Konstfack, Stockholm's University of Arts, Crafts and Design. Since 1995, Catharina has run her own studio in Gustavsberg's former porcelain factory, and her work is represented at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum and Gustavsberg's Porcelain Museum.
