Name: Karin Eriksson

Educated at the University of Uppsala and Stockholm in Sweden and at Central Saint Martins University of Art and Design in London, UK. Worked at Tullbergs advertising agency in Stockholm, set up as Karin Eriksson in London December 2000. Has since done design work for habitat, several collections for Karin Eriksson, private commissions and participated in exhibitions and trade fairs in the UK, US and Sweden.

Fashion and nature are major sources of inspiration to me. I am also very inspired by and interested in our craft heritage, in Sweden called “slöjd”: the colours, techniques and the feeling of beauty and functionality in one.

I usually start designing by making collages from collected pictures, drawings and text. The sketchbook of collages visualizes relationships in shapes and colours and influences the design, it is a source to return to through the whole process to finished product.