A&E Design is the oldest independent industrial design office in Sweden. The two founders, in 1968, were Hans Ehrich and Tom Ahlström. In addition to ergonomic design, this office has contributed greatly to making Swedish design known internationally. A&E Design has had and still has a large number of clients both in Sweden and abroad. Their designs have attracted attention for their aesthetic and innovative qualities, resulting in numerous design awards and magazine articles, as well as purchases for the permanent collections of many museums, such as the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, Die Neue Sammlung in Munich, MoMA in New York and the National Museum in Stockholm. Their work has been featured in most international surveys in the field of design. So far, however, nothing has been published in book form about this interesting era in Swedish industrial design history. One of the aims of this book project is to place A&E Design's activities in a context, describing the relationship to societal changes and to the design debate that has taken place during the almost 50 years of A&E Design's existence. Another aim is to provide an in-depth insight into the design process, which is rarely done in a time as obsessed with trends as ours. Several of A&E Design's products from the 1970s and 1980s are still in production today - examples of sustainable design. The Museipallen Stockholm, commissioned by Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman, then head of the crafts department at the National Museum of Denmark, is in thousands of museums and art galleries around the world.