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Love Hulten is a Swedish artist and craftsman fusing traditional artisan knowledge with modern technology. With delicate execution and mystique, he aims to breathe life into objects and create personal stories. By playing with preconceptions about the distinct realms of art and design, Hultén break given patterns of function and aesthetics. "I want my objects to create a state of curiosity – not just nostalgia. Nostalgia is involved to a certain extent, yes, but not by looking backwards. It's by taking steps in different directions simultaneously by using fragments from both the past and the present, creating unique and balanced objects." Hulten offers the buyer a genuine and personal experience, specializing in creating one-of-a-kind exclusive objects. Everything is produced, polished, and assembled by Hultén himself in Gothenburg, Sweden. 
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"A sleek handmade re-interpretation of the classic '80s" Alex Williams NY Times (2015) 
"Independent industrial designer Love Hultén has brought a carpenter’s eye to the detailing process of his gaming products and traded plastic and particleboard for refined hardwoods."
Matthew Kronsberg WSJ (2016) 
"Gothenburg-based Love Hultén is known for turning to the past for design inspiration. yet even still, he manages to infuse all he creates with a wonderful sense of timelessness and modernity."
Stephanie Smith-Strickland Selectism (2015) 
"Hultén's designs show us what it looks like when game machines are designed not for the efficiency by engineers, but for beauty by artisans."
JC Fletcher Engadget (2014) |
"Swedish designer Love Hultén believes in utility." Rachel Small Andy Warhole's Interview (2015) 
"It's just the most beautiful game object I've seen in years!"
Leon Hurley Kotaku (2014) 
"There have been a few sharply designed portable game systems in the recent years, but none quite so visually striking and idealistically retro"
Carl franzen The Verge (2015) 
"Hulténs design and handcrafts limited-run game machines out of walnut, and the results are stunning: fully functional retro-futuristic gadgets."
Tim Moynihan Wired (2015) |
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Education 2013-2014 Cabinet Making, Hdk, Steneby 2010-2013 Design, Hdk, Gothenburg 2008-2009 Idegestaltning - Fine Arts, Gk, Gothenburg 2006-2008 Printmaking, Gk, Gothenburg Exhibitions 2016 Design Solution – Swedish Design for 170 years, Taipei 2016 Save the date, Palazzo Litta, Milan 2016 Form/Design Center, Malmö 2016 ArkDes, Stockholm 2016 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Stockholm 2015 Iam8bit gallery, Los Angeles 2015 Le Bon March, Paris, France 2015 Twente Biennale, Enschede, Holland 2015 RSM, Gothenburg 2015 "Holy Circuit", Linnégatan 5, Gothenburg 2014 WIRED pop-up store, New York 2014 "Holy Circuit", Austere, Los Angeles 2014 Fjärlishuset, Trädgårdföreningen, Gothenburg 2014 Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla 2014 Greenhouse, Möbelmässan, Stockholm 2014 Konsthallen Trollhättan 2013 Varbergs konsthall, Varberg 2013 RSM, Gothenburg 2013 Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan 2013 Greenhouse, Möbelmässan, Stockholm 2012 RSM, Gothenburg 2012 Hjärta + Spel, Datamuseet, Linköping 2011 Young Artists, Galleri Majnabbe, Gothenburg 2010 Deck of Misery, Kulturhuset Fyren, Gothenburg 2010 Liten & Skev, Stadsbiblioteket, Gothenburg 2009 Exam exhibition, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg 2008 Night Vision, Grafik i Väst, Gothenburg 2008 Artist Books, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm |
