KAARE BLOKK JOHANSEN (born 1935 in Egersund, Norway, died 1999) was headhunted to Egersund Fayanse by Jacob Bjorheim in 1952. Bjorheim taught drawing at secondary school, discovered Blokk Johansen's drawing skills and offered him a job at the faience factory immediately after secondary school. For two years, Blokk Johansen received training in the various departments at the factory to gain insight into the production process. In the autumn of 1954, the director of the Kunstindustrimuseet in Oslo, arranged for him to start at the National College of Art and Design (SHKS) without an entrance exam. After his graduation and a short stay at Bristol Pottery in England, Blokk Johansen started in 1958 as a designer at the factory. 

The coffee tableware with the ambitious name Perfekt in soft pastel colors and a flimsy, black line decoration, was followed by several fireproof tableware in softly rounded shapes with stylized flowers and leaves on a white base, such as Kongo (1961), Barlind (1962) and Inka (1963).

Blokk Johansen's last tableware, Unique, from 1969, was produced in the new material 'korulen'. Many of the parts had multiple functions. The tableware first came with an all-over orange glaze that could be combined with Unni Johnsen's Solsikke decor. Later came the crockery with the Apple decoration, which was also designed by Unni Johnsen. The tableware received the award Die gute Industrieform at the fair in Hanover in 1970, and is represented in the National Museum's collections.

Source: Fajanse fra Egersund, Modeller og dekorer 1920-1979 │Rune Stubrud og Randi Gaustad │Ajax forlag, 2021