Design Charlotte Falck
The award winning designer Charlotte Falck have been collaborating with Star Trading since 2007. A collaboration that has led to many interesting and creative products. Something that we on Star Trading are very proud of.
Charlotte are originally from a town called Alingsås and she has since an early age wanted to be a designer. Today Charlotte has an masters degree in interior architecture and design from the renowned school HDK Valand – Academy of art and design in Gothenburg and runs her own firm Charlotte Falck Design in Hong Kong. She has worked with companys such as IKEA, Europa Möbler, Debenhams and John Lewis.
Before the collaboration with Star Trading started, Charlotte worked as Head of design for a ceramics company in Hong Kong, and also as freelance designer during a couple of years. A fantastic and very educational period, according to herself. It was also in Hong Kong that she met her husband and started a family.
It was during her stay in Hong Kong that she through recommendations ran into Christer Johansson, and there and then the seed to a long cooperation was planted. Charlottes products got great exposure and success from start, especially at different fair. Christer often highlighted her products and was very keen on showing them visitors.
If you ask Charlotte what her greatest inspiration is concerning design, she mentions design fairs such as Formex and Christmas World. Its great and creative to see how other designers and companies relates and thinks about their product design. To get a to see what is trending in the design world is something that creates creativity.
Charlottes own design process often starts with sketching with pen on paper, often as a simple design to get all thoughts and ideas on paper. Star Tradings team is also responsible for a big part of the design process. Together with them the creative work and ideas are being tested and back and forth to get a good product out of it.
Since the start of the collaboration with Star Trading Charlotte have been able to create a number of products. Some of the products have won awards and prizes. Birdy is a product that won the design award, Decoration Star at the Christmas World fair in 2014. Created with elegant and stylistic features.
Except from Birdy, there is a lot of other products that are close to Charlotte. The Candlesticks Arrow and House are creations that follows the same elegance and stylish features as Birdy. The candlesticks Arrow and House are two creations that has the same stylistic and elegant design as Birdy, products that are on Charlottes top 5 list of favourite creations. House and Arrow are two series of products that are on Charlottes own top 5 list. Another favourite product is the candlestick Rosetta with its almost gothic features that creates harmony and balance. Rosetta breaks away from the other products with its rose bushes with leaves. In conclusion Charlotte meantions Elias as a favourite. It has a smooth and flexible design that works in every home with its focus on details and material.
Below you will find a selection of Charlotte Falcks products she designed for Star Trading.
Trassel
Trassel is a decorative silver or black ball, a decoration for both indoor and outdoor use. Inside is an LED light string that emits a warm white glow. Trassel is a decoration that gives your home a stylish look and creates a cosy and pleasant glow wherever you choose to place it.
Trassel is available in four different sizes, making it a perfect fit and easy to place in different rooms in your home, whether you choose to use it indoors or outdoors.
Arrow
The Arrow wooden candle holder is available in two different versions, one tall and one short. Both versions are available in three different colours: white, graphite grey and beige. Arrow has a modern style with bevelled shapes and creates a wonderful Christmas atmosphere in both private and public environments.
Birdy - Elegant award winner
A beautiful wooden candlestick with fine brass decorations. Birdy is a five-armed candlestick in white and also features a beautiful bird that shares the spotlight with the brass decorations. Birdy was a big seller for us for a long time but has been discontinued from our range for a while now.
Elias
The Elias candlestick comes in two different versions, one in a single colour and one with beautiful painted details, which we have named Elias Tradition. Our single-colour Elias is available in five different colours, with the candles decorated with a base in brushed metal, brass or silver. Elias Tradition is available in white and red.
Elias creates a warm and wonderful Advent atmosphere in your home, wherever you choose to place this beautiful 5-arm candlestick.
Pagod
Pagod is a series of Advent candle holders made of wood. The shape is intended to resemble a fir tree and is unique in its design. There are four different versions of Pagod, two with five arms and two with seven arms. All variants are available in grey, white, beige and graphite. Pagod provides atmospheric lighting and creates a lovely cosy atmosphere in the home or office.
Pagod's shape is unique and has a registered design, EU Design reg. 0081082299.
Grafico
Grafico features stylish silhouettes in graphic design with a black metal frame, approved for outdoor use.
The silhouettes spread a beautiful warm white glow with many points of light, creating a wonderful atmosphere both indoors and outdoors.
Rosetta Candlestick
Rosetta is one of Charlotte's top 5 products and a favourite among our customers. They are now sold out and the series has been discontinued. Rosetta is a beautiful candlestick that was available in gold, black and white with metal leaves and roses that created a shimmer of life in the candlestick. Decorative and elegant, but also functional and practical.