A&E Design

For other uses, see Ahlstrom (disambiguation).

A&E Design is a Swedish design company.^[1]

A&E Design

Hans Ehrich and Tom Ahlström
Founded	1968
Founder	Tom Ahlström and Hans Ehrich (A&E)

History

Sinage for A&E Design exhibition, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm (2018)

Gallery view, A&E Design exhibition

A & E Design focuses on daily products, It is known for practical dishwashing brushes (for Norwegian Jordan, selling more than sixty million units), queue-ticket dispensers (for Turn-O-Matic), and a folding stool for museums – Stockholm II.^[2]

Following the disability rights movement in the 1970s, A&E Design made many designs for disabled people.^[3] Hans Ehrich also designed an electric car in the 1960s.^[4]

A & E Design received design awards, including 14 Excellent Swedish Design Awards and 5 Red Dot Design Awards, of which three were for Highest Design Quality.^{[citation needed]} Among their clients are Alessi, C&B Italia, Colgate, Design House Stockholm, Lammhults, Scandinavian Airlines System, Siemens, and Zanotta.

Gallery

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  Turn-O-Matic 1974
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  Turn-O-Matic
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  Dishwashing brush 1974
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  Dishwashing brush at Nationalmuseum
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  Hans Ehrich 2008
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  Turn o matic M90
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  Folding stool for museums 1995
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  Window squeegee
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  Plastic chair "Bam Bam"

Bibliography

• A&E Design – The Book, Business History Publishing, Stockholm (2018), ISBN 978-91-984266-4-9