Kristine Meyer, b. 1970, Danish designer and Sabine Lavigne, b. 1974, Danish/French designer

Kristine Meyer and Sabine Lavigne both graduated from The Danish Design School (now the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Design), the line of ceramics and glass, in 2005. They met at the art school Holbæk Kunsthøjskole in 1998, as they were preparing to apply to The Danish Design School, and in 2005 they both graduated with a joint project with Royal Copenhagen called ’Krus, kande og skål til det moderne hjem – med rødder i fortiden – historiefortællende produkter’ (Mug, jug and bowl for the modern home – with roots in the past – story-telling products). Together, they have run the company Meyer-Lavigne since 2007, where they design products for the home. In addition to their own porcelain production they carry out design assignments for other design firms and styling assignments for product and interior design magazines. Meyer-Lavigne exhibited at LYNfabrikken in Århus in 2009 and took part in the ceramics exhibitions “Amongst Tigers and Rhubarbs” and “Table Manners” in 2005. In 2009, they were awarded grants from Danmarks Nationalbank’s Anniversary Foundation and from Grosserer L.-F. Foghts Fond, and in 2002 Sabine Lavigne won a RSA Student Design Award in London. Although the two designers graduated from the line of ceramics and glass, they often design products in other materials, including knitting and weaving. A characteristic of Meyer-Lavigne’s products is a decorative, unique and personal expression. ”We think that in an affluent society such as ours, we need to surround ourselves with things that are imbued with time, spirit and the human touch,” they say. They find inspiration in the graphic world or in more specific things such as a unicorn or a cherry.