Lisa Bengtsson

Lisa Bengtsson's life began 1981 in a little town called Gnosjö in the south of Sweden. Since I was a child, I’ve always been found of creative work and painting. When I grew up I liked to communicate by the means of; visualization, colors, form, pattern and typography, which today has become my job. Design for me is about communicating a certain feeling to other people. The day I realized I could communicate that feeling through my own creative ability, I decided I want to become a designer. After I finished high school I worked at a newspaper for three years, creating advertisements. Later after going to Italy and spent several months working with an artist, I got promoted and started to work as an art director for an advertisement company in Sweden. After two years I felt I wanted to become a graphical designer and started my education at Berghs School of Communication (www.berghs.se) in Stockholm, Sweden. After my studies I opened up my own company working as a pattern Designer but also with graphical design and illustrations. My biggest inspiration comes from people, their behaviors and how we live and used to live our life. When I create my patterns I always try to find an idea where I can put in my own values and thoughts into the project. My recent project is the wallpaper collection “the family”. The first wallpaper that’s been produced from the collection is “familjen” which tells the story about how we live and frame our lives. I wanted to find a rough expression, as if you could almost touch the worn feeling of the frames with your fingertips. “familjen” reproduces images of frames to fill the wall with a blank canvas or you can use it to display your own photos of family and friends. My wallpaper collection is inspired from memories and nostalgia of ancient times. I sought after creating something with a modern touch of an ancient time. With the wallpaper project I work closely with my friend, personal adviser and manager Sara.