An Icon in Jewellery Design - Trollbeads Author:Ehrhorn Hummerston On a journey through the Trollbeads universe — A very warm welcome to the world of Trollbeads an extraordinary universe of shapes, colours, creativity and play. We are a Danish publishing house. We have been behind the scenes at world-renowned Trollbeads, producers of icons and jewellery. We decided to get to the heart of Trollbeads, to un... more »cover how and why this fascinating jewellery was created. It turned out to be a journey with many unexpected turns as we dug deeper and came close to the designers, employees and customers. But these unexpected turns made our journey no less captivating. In chapter 1, you will meet the Trollbeads family, a family that has cultivated, nurtured and polished dazzling beads for several generations. We tell the first part of the history of Trollbeads a story that will be continued in chapter 4. Chapter 2 contains a series of interviews with seven designers of Trollbeads. We trace their processes from idea to creation and we ask them to describe what has inspired them. These interviews are dotted around the whole book. In chapter 3, we tell stories of the sparkle of glass, the shimmer of silver, the nobility of gold and the glitter of gemstones in other words, all the precious materials that Trollbeads are made of. Chapter 4 continues the story of the development of Trollbeads, from six small beads to an international business. We also investigate the secrets of the company s success, and examine the Trollbeads obvious ability to satisfy the urge to collect. We also describe a less well-known side of Trollbeads the company s charitable projects around the world. Chapter 5 is all about you. We meet a number of trollbeads fans and customers in different parts of the world. All of them are people who are fascinated by the jewellery that can unite people, regardless of nationality, culture and age. We would like to express our thanks to Trollbeads, especially Lise and Peter Aagaard, for their help and kindness during our in-depth research. Welcome once again to this eventful journey. We hope that you will find it just as interesting, surprising and beautiful a journey as we did when we were writing and photographing our way through the Trollbeads universe. Bon voyage! EHRHORN HUMMERSTON (From the foreword of the book)« less