Love Arbén is not only an architect, but also a professor at the university and a writer. Love is a man without freetime, fully involved in every dimension of his life, but rich in the complexities he brings together at one single point. The clarity of design in the modernist movement appeals to Love and he talks of the simplicity of expression in the designs of this period as being clean - free of decoration. Modern furniture is at its best when it becomes "invisible". The furniture recedes into its setting, serving not controlling its space.

EDUCATION

1978
Royal Institute of Technology University College of Arts, Crafts and Design concentrated on Interior Architecture/Furniture Design

1985
Established his own architect’s office

1988
Partnership in Arkimedes’ Architect Office

1994
Professor at The University College of Arts, Crafts and Design within Interior Architecture



AWARDS

1983
Excellent Swedish Form, graphic design

1984
Forum Närmiljö, The best interior

1988
Excellent Swedish Form

1989
Forum Närmiljö, The best piece of object furniture, Excellent Swedish Form

1991
Forsnäs’ Design Prize The Interior Architects, the Golden Chair for the best interior at the insurance company Skandia Excellent Swedish Form