Matti Klenell
Matti Klenell (b. 1972) is a Swedish designer who has innovatively reformed the Nordic concept of unity of form and function. He graduated from Stockholm's Konstfack in 1999. Klenell approaches each design project as a unique task. Besides industrial design, he has held private exhibitions of unique pieces, most recently at Galleri IngerMolin in Stockholm in October 2011. Klenell also participated in an international glassblowing workshop and conference organised by Aalto University in Nuutajärvi in the autumn of 2011. The latest display of Klenell's glass design is the Lempi drinking glass he designed for Iittala, which received the red dot product prize in 2012. Matti Klenell has received numerous awards for his work. His design work also includes furniture and lighting fixtures; his customers include BRIO, Moooi, Muuto, Källemo and Bals Tokyo.