Strand + Hvass
Christina Strand and Niels Hvass experiment with new shapes and materials to create simple, functional products that express a unique idea. They create furniture with identity and simplicity, in which the character of the materials find full expression. The furniture pieces have a youthful, dynamic and experimental design that simultaneously signals classic Danish design and style.
With this new product series made for HWAM, Strand + Hvass have created an untraditional wood-burning stove design that takes the nature of fire and the pyramid forms of the flames as its starting point. The wood-burning stoves are not just functional pieces of heating furniture, as they appear as beautiful sculptures in the room. The three new products have a large glass window that slides easily up and down along the stove, and no handles or levers interrupt the pure lines of the design.
Both designers were educated at the Danish School of Design and now manage the practice Strand + Hvass. Since 1998, they have first and foremost designed high-quality furniture.
Strand + Hvass have won several design prizes, such as the Design Foundation Prize in 1996. In 2002, they won the design competition to make a chair for Denmark's crown prince with their “Rex” design. And in 2003, they received ”Le prix de l’esthétique” (The Aesthetics Prize) in Paris for their “Menuet” design. Most recently, Strand + Hvass and HWAM Heat Design won the “Red Dot” Design Award in 2006 for the HWAM 3320 wood-burning stove.
