Svenskt Tenn's coasters are available in several colourful prints by Josef Frank, suitable for everyday use as well as for special occasions.
The Tulpaner (Tulips) print is distinct without any small softening details. A feature of the print is the petal-thin contours in different colours that give the flowers their depth and vitality. Josef Frank designed the print in 1943-1945.
Designer
Josef Frank/Svenskt Tenn
Svenskt Tenn developed this design using Josef Frank's print.
Josef Frank grew up in Vienna in an assimilated Jewish family and studied architecture at Konstgewerbeschule. In the 1920s he designed housing estates and large residential blocks built around common courtyards in a Vienna with severe housing shortages. In 1925 he started the Haus & Garten interior firm together with architect colleagues Oskar Wlach and Walther Sobotka. Svenskt Tenn hired Josef Frank in 1934 and just a few years later he and Estrid Ericson made their international breakthrough. Although he was already 50 when he left the burgeoning Nazism in Vienna for Sweden, Frank is considered one of Sweden’s most important designers. Read More