Design is a concept which is greatly involved in the entirety of our lives. I believe that designers influence everyday life in ways that are innumerable, from the clothes that individuals wear to the houses in which they dwell.
One such pioneer is Filippa Kumlin Dorey, a well-established Swede who came and left quite a powerful imprint in the fashion business with her creativity and the timeless designs she has come up with.
Introduction
She is a seasoned personality in the realm of designing which extends up-to five and half decades of her career. Coming for Portugal, D’Orey is renowned for her clean lines, simplicity, and very detail-oriented designer, specializing in furniture, home accessories, as well as product design.
The story of Filippa Kumlin Dorey from an arts student to a world-famous designer shows that passion, the willingness to wait and believing in one’s ideas can turn a dream into reality. Despite the bureaucrats and gender inequality that the local chapter presented, D’Orey did not back down and was keen on moving forward. She is living example of all those people who aim at the stars.
Early Life
Filippa Kumlin was born in 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden and there was sign that she was very creative person since childhood. She grew up with an architect father and a musician mother and was encouraged to develop her creativity through visits to museums, and learning how to sketch, sew and build things.
Finally, on completing her school level education, Kumlin went on to get professional training in design in Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. There she refined her ideas of sketching, model making, and developing the concept as well feeling inspired by shapes in the nature and the geometrical constructs.
Career
Kumlin completed her studies in 1966 and started her professional career as a designer of kitchen utensils and home domestic organizers. In these early years Kumlin got her inspiration from the nature, arts, and she has Scandinavian background.
Personal Life
Although career-oriented all of her life, Kumlin understood life’s roles of mother, grandmother and friend. She also had two daughters Clara and Sophia, they grew up in a rural house near Stockholm, where it was possible to see the ideas that were developed as designs, at the same time when for example a dinner was taking place.
Conclusion
Over a long and exemplary career of more than fifty years Filippa Kumlin Dorey has brought identity and depth to the design universe with her sculptural touch and a BIG heart. Here, it is noteworthy that she has remained loyal to the cause of functional aesthetics and ethical intent and can rightly be established as representing the very best of design.
More importantly, in a broader perspective, she brings to the ND’s table such a broad vision of society and the world that she may reshape the very culture of the design industry for the better: for it to become more socially responsible and environmentally friendly.