Maria Benktzon

Maria Benktzon (born 1946) is a Swedish designer, she is known for industrial design with human factors. She is a co-founder of Ergonomi Design Gruppen which later became Veryday, an industrial design consultancy located in Stockholm.

Maria Benktzon
Born1946 (age 76–77)
Nyköping, Södermanland, Sweden
Occupationdesigner
SAS coffee pot (1988), designed with Sven-Eric Juhlin

Biography

Maria Benktzon was born in 1946 in Nyköping, Sweden.[1]

In 1968, Benktzon was at a conference and saw a talk given by Victor Papanek which inspired her work.[2] In 1972, Maria Benktzon and Sven-Eric Juhlin collaborated with in-depth ergonomic and physiological studies to investigate the grip of knives and bread saws, among other things.[3] Their efforts were able to raised the standards for accessibility and functionality.[2] They designed kitchenware, cutlery and personal hygiene tools; in order to allow people with limited hand strength or movement to continue their ability to use these items.[4]

Some of her most notable design objects include the Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) coffee pot, Tupperware knives, Doro phones, and Ejendals work gloves.[4] Her work is in various public museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[4][5] the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,[6] the Röhsska Museum,[7] and the Nationalmuseum.

References
  1. "Maria Benktzon, Industrial designer". Nasjonalmuseet. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. Marcus, George H. (2019-12-26). Introduction to Modern Design: Its History from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 226. ISBN 978-1-350-03200-2.
  3. Brunnström, Lasse (2018-10-18). Swedish Design: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-350-00014-8.
  4. "Maria Benktzon". International Association for Universal Design. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2021-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Maria Benktzon". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2021-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Maria Benktzon". Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 2021-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Bread knife, Ergonomi Design Gruppen (1973)". Röhsska museet. Retrieved 2021-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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