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Sven Ivar Dysthe (1931 – 2020) Active since the 1950s, this designer began working internationally from the beginning of his career. Dysthe trained as a cabinetmaker before leaving his native Oslo for London, where he earned a degree in industrial design from the Royal College of Art in 1953. Read the full biography

Sven Ivar Dysthe (1931 – 2020) Active since the 1950s, this designer began working internationally from the beginning of his career. Dysthe trained as a cabinetmaker before leaving his native Oslo for London, where he earned a degree in industrial design from the Royal College of Art in 1953. Returning to Oslo, he established his own design studio in 1958, and began exporting his furniture in the early 1960s. Since then, Dysthe's work has received numerous national and international awards, including a gold medal at the Ljubljana Biennial for his Laminette chair, a prestigious Japanese G-Mark for good design, and the Norwegian Classic Award for Design Excellence . Dysthe's works have been collected by national institutions, such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the National Museum in Stockholm and the National Museum in Oslo. Dysthe's Butterfly wall lamp, designed in 1964, continues to be produced and exported today. Like many of Dysthe's designs, Butterfly is as popular abroad as it is at home.