SWEDE SUCCESS

Press release September 2008

Award winning, Brighton-based lighting designer Ulrika Jarl is
showing her Interior Lighting & Homewares collection for the first
time at 100%Design. Her products are made predominantly from bone china.
Influences come largely from patterns in nature. The detailed work captures structural elements and richness of form. The work is as functional as it is artistic, as visual as it is tactile. Jarl creates domestic lighting, but also takes commissions for bespoke installations.

Jarl recently completed bespoke lighting for a newly renovated house in Oxfordshire, the project is being covered by House and Gardens, Homes and Renovations and Ideal Home.
Recent public commissions include Saf restaurant in Shoreditch as well as Haz restaurant in East London and ParVinu at Phelps in St. Margaret’s, London. She has exhibited around the world, been picked up by international furniture retailers and been extensively featured in a range of trade publications and UK press.

A grant from Arts Council England last year, allowed Swedish born Ulrika to start producing her latest collection of lighting and homewares. 100%Design will play host to further additions to that collection.

Ulrika’s work has already attracted attention in the design world – her Romanésco pendant light has been exhibited, with the help of the British Council, around the world, culminating at the Design Museum in 2005. Furniture retailer Habitat also took on this unusual and striking piece the following year. Fashion designer Alexander McQueen is another admirer and customer.
Designer and founder Ulrika Jarl said: “I aim to make high-quality products which are sustainable – they are not fashion items, but objects you would want to keep for a lifetime.”

Prior to last years 100%Design, Jarl was approached by Greenpeace and shortlisted for creating a lighting installation to demonstrate the plus-points of energy saving light bulbs. She was also shortlisted for the Stoke-on-Trent Ceramic Design Competition and the Homes and Gardens Young Designer of the Year 2007. She is currently shortlisted for the Homes and Gardens Ceramics and Glass Award 2008.

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