 During his time at Orrefors he worked on engraved glass and Graal vases.With sculptor Edvin Öhrström he developed the new Ariel technique (named by his actress wife Kristina).Orrefors could not afford to keep Lindstrand during the war and between 1943 and 1950 he became creative leader at Uppsala Ekeby, where he designed many different stoneware objects ranging from pots to figural sculptures.