Design Story: Bergen

As a student silversmith Robert Welch became inspired by the work of contemporary Scandinavian designers: “Scandinavia loomed large as an influence in the mid-1950s; the philosophy (…) so popular at that time, designing simple, everyday objects that were functional and beautiful and which most people could afford, greatly appealed to me.” Welch, R. (1986.) Hand & Machine, p.16

Nearly 70 years on the Scandinavian aesthetic and ethos are as much of an inspiration to today's design team as they ever were to Robert, and the material we specialise in owes its origins to the education he got whilst visiting during the 1950s.