Is it any wonder that you find Gunilla Allard´s face in every Scandinavian design journal? It´s not just her impressive designs, winning awards throughout Europe; one meeting with Gunilla and you feel that what she describes as the best aspect of her furniture - discreet character - also perfectly describes this charming ambassador of Lammhults. For Gunilla the Cinema armchair represented her breakthrough as a furniture designer. The careful detailed work first seen on Cinema appears in all her furniture designs.

EDUCATION

1978
Arts and crafts education. Comission for Nordic film production for the first time, on freelance basis

1981
Assistant stage designer for the film Ingeniör Andrées Luftfärd, by Jan Troell

1982
Property manager Fanny och Alexander by Ingmar Bergman

1983
Entered the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm Institute of Interior Architecture

1985
Guest student at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen, Institute for Visual Communication

1988
Graduation at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, Institute of Interior Architecture

1993
Stage designer of the film
Sort höst by Anders Refn

1994
Stage designer Alfred Nobel by Vilgot Sjöman

AWARDS
1983
First Prize Höganäs Keramik, China of the 90´

1988
Member of Lammhults Workshop

1990
Form choice of Dagens Nyheter for the product Piano

1991
Excellent Swedish Form for the Sofa Cirkus

1992
Excellent Swedish Form for the product Cabinet

1994
The Robert from the Danish Film Academy for the best stage designer (the film Sort höst)

1996
Excellent Swedish Form design prize for the easy chair Cinema

1996
The Georg Jensen Prize

1999
Excellent Swedish Form for Chicago easy chair, sofa and table

2000
Excellent Swedish Form Design prize for chair Cosmos

Bruno Mathsson Prize

Blueprint/100% Design Prize for chair Cosmos