Ifö Electric exhibits at Industrimuseet in Bromölla

Since the sixties, Ifö Electric has produced porcelain luminaires and already from the beginning the design was an important part of it all. Designers such as Sigvard Bernadotte, Gunnar Nylund, Stig Carlsson and Hans-Agne Jakobsson made many beautiful luminaires for Ifö Electric during the sixties and seventies, and it is these early designers who pay tribute in the exhibition that will be on display at Industrimuseet in Bromölla throughout the summer.

For a couple of years now, Anders Öringe, CEO of Ifö Electric, together with employees have bought older luminaires and collected the previous works that were created in the sixties and seventies in the factory. The collection is now up in the considerable sum of over 400 luminaires and spans all models. The luminaires were then available in many colors. Today, our luminaires are available in the timeless glazes white, grey, brown and black. In the early years, the glazes on the luminaires followed the colors in fashion. Everything from the pastels of the sixties in blue, pink, yellow and mint green to the darker tones of the seventies in orange, brown and moss green are at display in the exhibition. 

At that time, we worked not only with press porcelain as we do today but also with casting technology. This is reflected in the shapes of the design as casting provides greater opportunities when it comes to angles and organic shapes. The luminaires from the STIL and LYX series, which are designed by Stig Carlsson, Gunnar Nylund and Hans-Agne Jakobsson, are all casted. 

Of course we continue with design and qualitative materials and our luminaires have recently won several awards for form and function. Our wish and goal are that they also will be design classics someday and that they will continue to be in use in sixty to seventy years from now. Long before that, a larger museum will also be available in our own premises as well as smaller exhibitions that can be shown to the public. 

Designers participating in the exhibition are Sigvard Bernadotte, Gunnar Nylund, Stig Carlsson and Hans-Agne Jakobsson. The Industrial Museum is open as usual and in addition to Ifö Electric’s exhibition, the history of Iföverken is also shown along with ceramic art. Come have a look at a piece of the industrial history. 

Click here to see the opening hours and information about Iföverken’s industrial museum in Bromölla.