Figgjo was founded by Harald Lima and Sigurd Figved in 1941 as a small-scale pottery workshop in Figgjo, south of Stavanger. Today, Figgjo is the sole remaining domestic ceramic tableware manufacturer in the Nordics.
Working closely with professional chefs is the driving force of the company’s design process. Function is always paramount – every detail is attended to so each piece fulfills its intended purpose.
The clean lines and understated elegance of the products result from form following function. Things are thrown away not because they have stopped working but because we have stopped loving them. Great design is more important for the environment than many people give it credit for.
At the 2016 Culinary Olympiad in Erfurt, 11 of 23 countries used Figgjo porcelain in the cold food competition. Collaboration with inventive chefs has been a source of inspiration for the porcelain factory for years.
Figgjo tableware from the 1960s and 1970s remains highly collectible alongside its more recent offerings, with examples featured in the decorative arts collections of the Jærmuseet, National Gallery of Victoria, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The fact that Figgjo still stands firm in a world where porcelain factories are being smashed to smithereens in the eternal pursuit of profit is solely due to proud and tenacious private owners.
The Sole Remaining Domestic Ceramic Tableware Manufacturer in the Nordics, Tor Kjolberg reporting.