Lena Landin Lorentzen
General Information
Occupation: Industrial Designer
Date of Birth: January 01, 1962
Birth Country: Sweden
Resident Country: Sweden
Notes: Lorentzen's work as a nursing assistant on a rheumatic ward inspired a design career in health care products for staff and patients
Sources: http://www.unicum.se/ ; Doering, Erika, Rachel Sivitzky, and Rebecca Welz. Goddess in the Details: Product Design by Women: an Exhibition Organized by the Association of Women Industrial Designers and the Department of Exhibitions At Pratt Institute. New York City: Association of Women Industrial Designers, 1994.
Specialties
Subject: Health Care Products
Jobs
Employer: Unicum, Nordic Design for All Centre
Title: Founder and Development Manager
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Apprenticeships
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Awards
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Exhibitions
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Notable Projects
Title: The Shell
Description: a basin designed to disnify the process of washing the hair of the bedridden
Title: The Full Core Biopsy Gun
Description: operates more efficiently than its predecessor, one handed operation, noise-reducing
Education
Institution: National College of Art, Craft, and Design in Sweden
Department: Industrial Design
Start Date: January 01, 1984
Licensing
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Publications About
Title: New design for health care
Author: Kerstin Wickman
Publication: Form [Sweden]
Volume: 88
Issue: 683 suppl.
Page: 60-61&104
Notes: Discusses the work of Lena Lorentzen, a designer who specialises in healthcare design.
Title: Goddess in the Details: product design by women
Author: Erika Doering, Rachel Sivitzky, Rebecca Welz
Publisher: Association of Women Industrial Designers (AWID)
City: New York City
Date Published: January 01, 1994
Notes: published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Association of Women Industrial Designers and the Department of Exhibitions at Pratt Institute