Camilla Diedrich

Biography

Picture: Camilla Diedrich Camilla Diedrich, designer, born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden.

Education: Konstfack (University College of Arts Crafts and Design), Master of Fine Arts 2000, and before that she attended various paintschools.

Camilla has got a lot of attention for her innovative textile design as, for example, the fabrics A.S.A.P, H.I.T and A.H.I.T for KvadratSanden.

She has received several awards for her BPL lamp with the threedimensional bubbly textile; "Excellent Swedish Design", "Young Swedish Form" and "Light Idea of the Year" by the Swedish design magazine Sköna Hem, where the comment of the jury were "Extraordinary poetic brightness!". The Italian company Rotaliana soon took over the production of the BPL lamp.

Awards:
2006 Two year Working Grant, The Arts Grants Committee
2003 Project Grants, The Arts Grants Committee
2002 Excellent Swedish Design
2001 Working Grants, The Arts Grants Committee
2000 University College of Arts Crafts and Design, final scholarship
2000 Light Idea of the Year, annual award by the Swedish magazine Sköna Hem
2000 Young Swedish Design
2000 Gustav and Ida Unmans Foundation
1999 Estrid Ericsson Foundation
1997 Estrid Ericsson Foundation

Exhibitions:
2006 Design4Elements, Essen, Germany
2006 Ddesign4Elements, Ambiente, Germany
2005 Gallery Pascal Cottard Olsson, Sweden
2005 Elementos Suecos, Brazil
2005 100% Design, Japan
2005 Seductive Surfaces, The Cooper Gallery, UK
2005 Designed in Sweden, The Cooper Gallery, UK
2005 ICFF, N.Y, USA
2005 Designed in Sweden, N.Y, USA
2005 Home Swedish Home, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Euroluce, Milan, Italy
2005 Designed in Sweden, L.A, USA
2004 Svensk Form, solo exhibition, Sweden
2004 NMWA, Washington DC, USA
2004 Designed in Sweden, Museum of London and Museum of Docklands, UK
2003 Svezia Light, Milan, Italy
2002 Centre Culturel Suedoise, Paris, France
2002 Krapperups Konsthall, Sweden
2002 Biennale Internationale Design, S:t Etienne, France
2002-2004 Excellent Swedish Design, Sweden
2001 Konst-ig, an Art Book Store, Sweden
2001 Enlightened, Svensk Form, Sweden
2001 Designers Block, London, UK
2001-2003, 2005 Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 SL´s Arts Committee, Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden