Motivated by the possibility to discover and collaborate with trailblazing creatives, Hem Founder and CEO Petrus Palmér was inspired to create a platform that would allow the brand a freer form of exploration, in juxtaposition to the traditional product development process. On Wednesday, the design firm launched Hem X, a new platform that allows Hem to work directly with selected curators, artists, and designers from around the world on limited editions of 100 pieces or less.
“There is a strong yearning for the authentic and tactile, perhaps as a contrast to the screens we have in front of us every day!” says Palmér. “We like to think of the mass-produced and the artisanal as complementary, and we love the idea of having both avenues under the Hem umbrella.”
Hem began issuing limited edition design objects in 2019 working with London-based gallery and magazine, Modern Design Review, who worked with Hem to conceive and commission decorative accessories by designers including Martino Gamper, Bertjan Pot, and Jenny Nordberg, among others. With demand soaring, Hem X offers a more robust offering of ongoing collections that will be developed in collaboration with different curators including Modern Design Review and the Swedish interior decoration collective, Arranging Things. Together with these expert curators, they’re able to tap into a vast network of independent makers to realize an eclectic range of collectible, decorative objects.
In Hem X’s upcoming collaboration with Arranging Things, we see the firm’s quirky and warm take on interiors translated into objects from hand-picked up-and-coming Swedish artists and makers who are used to producing one-off pieces in their own workshops.
“We jumped at the chance to work on Hem X because we knew it’d be both fun and a great opportunity to work with some of our favorite designers on an exclusive series of objects,” share Lisa Milberg and Leo Forssell, Co-Founders at Arranging Things. “In selecting our makers, we look for nice people with great skills who have a forward-thinking and personal expression which is shaped by curiosity, attention to detail, and is slightly weird.”
Immediate collaborations on the platform include glassmaker Rasmus Nossbring, Lisa Reiser who produces small-scale glass, ceramics, and metal objects in Småland, and designer Jonatan Nilsson.
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