Interview with Troels Grum-Schwensen

A passion for giving shape. Interest in improving functionality by innovation. Minimize use of materials.

I chosed to be an architect and designer

Design for spaces and humans: Room, smaller buildings, furniture.

Im not a legend - just a designer/Architect trying to do my best. Designers should be humble and steady working for the sake of their philosophy.

Coherence and inner logic in the object. Substantial innovation.

Coherence and inner logic in the object. Substantial innovation.

Better solutions, longliveability aesthetcally and physically

Im open to many kinds of new challenges in the area of design related to spaces.

A building inc. all detailing and furnishing

Im not having that much success I have had to be very steady and hard-working.

Eames, Kjærholm, J. Gammelgård

Many. E.g: Eames fiber-shell-chairs

ATTACH tablesystem. Its combínation of industrial production and extreme costomizeability and adaptability to any architectural space

Work - in some periods "day and night"

hmm - maybe a marine-biologist

Planning and creation af better solutions - always with human and space in mind.

I had good teachers during my time at the Rpoyal Academy: Dan Svarth, Erik Krogh among others.

Steadyness. Around 30years of hard work despite limited success.

Around 30years of hard work with limited success.

their own way

We´ll see.

having done something useable for people

Ask them (Im not really esteemed)

by taking care of people, spaces, environments, the planet

Cant tell you before publizing

some of my innovative table-systems

more suistainable approaches

sustainability and adaptivity

4 weeks - 5years

thinking and sketching with pencil

integriity

Trends are friend of sales of lesser products. Trends are one of the worst enemies of good and substantial design - and something a good designer should not adapt to.

Great importance

Important - not at least materials

Their choice

Inner integrity

I do believe in co-design, but have always practised as a solo-designer myself.

Some teachers from my time of studies

Monographies about Mies, Aalto and others

by practice

A Aalto, J Lennon, K Marx

Im not at all famous, despite the awards

I try to be open mindede and avoid sticking to favorites

It was fun to see the Lammhults-developers in their secret cellar, exalted by the supringsingly stability of first prototype of my ATTACH-table.

Having done something, I feel is good. I also think everybody likes to get some rekognition for their work. Me too.

No - but I l,iked to draw and study birds and their evolution

Nobody knows. Hope the humanity will survive that long ...

See my website: www.grumdesign.com