Designer · Norway · 1931–2020
Sven Ivar Dysthe
Sven Ivar Dysthe (1931–2020) – Norwegian furniture designer, creator of model 1001 AF for Dokka Møbler (1959) and furniture series for Møre Lenestolfabrikk.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1931–2020
- Country
- Norway
Sven Ivar Dysthe was born in 1931 in Oslo. From 1947–1950 he apprenticed to Edvard Eriksen in Trondheim, from 1952 he studied at the Royal College of Art in London, and after graduating in 1954 he worked in Copenhagen with Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen.
He designed model 1001 AF in 1959 for Dokka Møbler; production began in 1960. Designs for Møre Lenestolfabrikk included Planet (1963, produced from 1964), Laminat (1963 competition), Laminette (1967), and Prisma and Popcorn (1967), designed for Henie Onstad. Dysthe also designed beyond furniture, including Symmetric ski bindings for Bergans.
He received the AID distinction (1961) for 1001 AF, a gold medal in Ljubljana (1964) for Laminat, the Merket for god design mark (1965 and 1968), Jacob-prisen (1989), and the Order of St. Olav (2010). The National Museum in Oslo holds, among other works, 1001 AF, 3001 Executive and Bergans Symmetric ski bindings, and presented his retrospective in 2013. He died on 1 March 2020, aged 88.
Key designs
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1001 AF
production from 1960, AID distinction 1961
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Planet
production from 1964
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Laminette
furniture piece
