WORK
Owner of Ydring Works AB
Product development projects. Industrial design consultancy.
2011-present, Stockholm.
Design consultant at Innovation Plant
Innovation workshops and lectures.
2007-present, Stockholm.
Partner at Mindtwister AB
Board game design and development, production and distribution.
2009-2011, Värmdö.
Employed as designer / developer at Mindtwister AB
Board game design and development, production and distribution.
2008-2009, Värmdö.
Member of the ALMI Sörmland Innovation Council
Council allocating financial support to innovation projects within the region.
2007-2009, Flen.
Design consultant at Struktur Design
Working in various design projects. Investigating possibilities for a satellite office in Stockholm.
2007-2008, Umeå / Stockholm.
Owner of Ydring Produktion AB
Industrial design consultancy.
2006-2010, Stockholm.
Project initiator and designer at Latropa
Product development project targeting Swedish wood industry.
2003-2004, Stockholm.
Design consultant at Sentera Sensor Systems
ABB spin-off making air pollution detectors for the semi-conductor industry.
2002, Västerås.
Project employment at ABB Corporate Research
Research project regarding air pollution detectors for the semi-conductor industry.
2002, Västerås.
Project employment at Ericsson
Home Communication research lab projects.
Summer 2000 and 2001, Stockholm.
Internship at Smart Design LLC
Various industrial design projects. Gardening tools for OXO.
Summer 2000, New York.
Project employment at Ergonomidesign AB
Development of a seat belt warning system for SAAB.
Summer 1999, Stockholm.
Internship at No Picnic
Assisting in various industrial design projects.
1998, Stockholm.
Internship at Idesign
Assisting in various industrial design projects.
1997, Stockholm.
Employed as smith at Mässingmäster
Fabrication and renovation of goods in brass, cupper, tin, iron.
1994, Stockholm.
EDUCATION
Industrial Design, masters degree
2001-2002 and 2005, Umeå Institute of Design.
Industrial Design, bachelors degree
1998-2001, Umeå Institute of Design.
Psychology, 20p
Spring semester 1996, Stockholm University.
Practical Philosophy, 20p
Spring semester 1995, Stockholm University.
Smith apprenticeship training
1993-1994, Mässingmäster, Stockholm.
Natural Science Gymnasium
1990-1993, Gymnasium of Södra Latin, Stockholm
ACHIEVEMENTS
Competitions and awards
- Repello was awarded Game of the Year in Sweden 2010.
- Isidor was the winning entry in a design competition arranged by Fastighetsägarna Stockholm 2008.
- The entry Multi-functional panel wall won Kaoseum, a design competition arranged by the Swedish wood industry 2003.
Patents
- Avstängningsanordning, SE 533575.
- Sällskapsspel och tillhörande spelbräde, SE 533317.
Selection of products on the market
- Isidor, warning system at risk of falling ice and snow.
- OXO gardening hand tools.
- Garamond Corpvs, first out in a poster series produced by Ydring Works.
- Board games: Repello, Pentago Multiplayer, Apagos, QBQ.