Anton Ljunggren is a designer with a passion to optimize the way we interact with the world around us. Anton has created strategy, branding and product design for fortune 100 companies and startups alike. He’s designed over 100 products more than half of which have successfully gone to market, earning him more than a dozen utility patents and numerous design awards including Red Dot, FastCo, IDSA, iF and Core77. An industrial designer by training Anton applies a user centric design methodology honed over hundreds of ethnographic interviews conducted in the US, Europe, Asia and Africa.

After years of improving the experience of hand tools and other mechanical objects at Smart Design in New York, Ljunggren took his deep understanding of people and human factors to frog design in San Francisco to explore the space of convergent, digital and physical design. At frog, Anton designed natural user interfaces, experiences and smart products for a more intuitive, intelligent and elegant world. Among his creations are products and experiences for Disney, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Nike, OXO, Panasonic, Skype and Cisco. Anton was featured in Gary Hustwit’s documentary Objectified and his work has been published in among others Wired Magazine, Fast Company, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Financial Times. Anton has guest lectured at California College of the Arts, Baruch College, Columbia University and the Earth Institute. His talk for ICSID’s World Design Impact Prize is in the permanent archives of the National Endowment for the Arts and his work has been exhibited in the US, Europe and Asia.

Designing the interaction between people and digitally intelligent hardware maintains a passion of Anton’s, as does environmental sustainability and social justice. Since 2012, Ljunggren has been the Head of Design at BioLite, a startup providing energy solutions to families in emerging markets. BioLite develops clean burning wood stoves and solar lighting that improves physical health, environmental sustainability as well as social and economic prosperity among its users. A parallel side of the business develops products using the same technologies and learnings for the needs of users in the recreational outdoor market. BioLite has sold more than one hundred thousand products in over 80 countries since its launch in 2012.

OXO Good Grips Flexible Vegetable Brush. Sturdy nylon bristles clean thoroughly, while the flexible, non-slip grip rests comfortably in your palm.

Sally Hansen Manicure Tools

EnergyHub Home Base, a touchscreen dashboard that combines temperature control and home-energy management. The device connects to power strips, sockets, thermostats, and smart meters when available to provide users information about and control over their energy use.

The Cisco® Unified IP Conference Phone 8831 enhances people-centric communications, combining superior high‑definition (HD) audio performance and 360-degree coverage for all sizes of conference rooms and executive offices.

The BioLite BaseCamp converts heat into usable electricity for large-format cooking and charging.
Using only fallen branches or small pieces of firewood, make wood-fired meals and charge devices all at the same time. It’s a smart alternative to fossil-fueled stoves, creating an elevated cooking fire that burns smarter than any campfire you’re used to.

BioLite NanoGrid, a lighting and energy hub that fits in the palm of your hand. Run entire system for up to 22 hours. Ideal for camping, reading, fishing/boating, and power outages.

BioLite BaseCamp in use.