Famous Furniture Designers

Aiayu is a Copenhagen-based sustainable brand. Working from a belief that the origin, sustainable character and environmental impact of a product is just important as its visual aesthetic. Aiayu creates timelessly modern objects for [...]

WHATSWHAT is a Stockholm-based studio, founded by John Astbury, Bengt Brummer, and Karin Wallenbeck. Established in 2010, the trio have shown their work in New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, and Stockholm, receiving international recognition [...]

Sam Hecht and Kim Colin founded their studio Industrial Facility in 2002. Their designs reflect both a meticulous attention to detail and a thoughtful consideration of context, creating beauty out of utility in the products, furniture and [...]

"YOU DON'T WANT A PIECE OF FURNITURE TO COME AND STEAL ALL THE ATTENTION. RATHER A CHAIR THAT JUST IS - ENHANCING THE SPACE INSTEAD OF DEMANDING IT." Danish-Icelandic design duo Hee Welling and Gudmundur Ludvik prove that the basics can [...]

Atelier BL119 is a design studio, based in Saint-Étienne, France. Founded in 2007 by duo Grégory Blain and Hervé Dix Neuf, the studio works within industrial as well as spatial design. 'Our projects come from many [...]

Studio Kaksikko is a Helsinki-based design studio that specializes in ceramic tableware and wooden furniture, founded by Salla Luhtasela and Wesley Walters. The duo shares an interest in functional, understated forms that highlight each [...]

Big-Game is a design studio created in 2004 by Augustin Scott de Martinville, Elric Petit and Grégoire Jeanmonod based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The studio has received a number of awards, including the Wallpaper Design Award, the [...]

Tina Ratzer is a Danish designer with a degree in textile design and weaving, from the Design School Kolding, in Denmark. In 1999, Tina founded her own studio Ratzer, and since then her designs have been selected for several exhibitions, [...]

Tim Rundle Studio is a London based industrial design practice working in the field of product design, as well as interiors and consultancy. The studio brings simplicity to the intersection of architecture and its inhabitants, improving [...]

Ro Collection is a Danish design company deeply rooted in the love of craftsmanship, quality and aesthetics. We create objects of design and craft, in a professional and sensual manner. The collection includes both commercial design [...]

Normal Studio is a Paris-based design studio, founded in 2006 by Jean-François Dingjian and Eloi Chafaï. In their work, the duo attempts to promote elementary design that goes beyond trends and fads to create objects that will [...]

Jason is a designer based in Melbourne, Australia

A prolific and accomplished designer, Jakob's work is undeniably Danish. His elegant, unpretentious designs show a deep knowledge of the production process and a keen eye for detail. Committed to improving the environment, his designs [...]

Allan Nøddebo, a Danish designer, uses a user-centered approach with a focus on clean design and functionality. He strives to find a balance between aesthetics and functionality, and his goal is to create objects that enhance daily [...]

Having spent time in Milan, London and Hong Kong, Jamie now works out of a converted boatshed in Auckland, New Zealand. Taking his cues from nature and the engineering world, he designs a diverse range of products that are unpretentious, [...]

Yuzuru designed and worked with rattan for over 40 years. Loved by Japanese and European markets alike, his designs have stood the test of time. His passion for the material is evident in his designs, which are not only beautiful but [...]

CARA \ DAVIDE is a Milan-based multidisciplinary design studio, created in 2016 by Cara Judd and Davide Gramatica. With a cross-cultural background in Italy and South Africa, the duo's works are characterized by an ongoing research in [...]

Suze Raymond and Christoffer Kjærgård are the duo behind WØRKS, a company that combines Danish and Australian design aesthetics with a focus on sustainability in their bathroom products, packaging, and distribution. As [...]

Legendary French furniture designer Pierre Paulin bestrode the 1960's and 70's with his recognizable and innovative style that instantly revolutionized everyday furniture. A joyful modernist, Paulin's low-slung pieces provided a new [...]

Born in Switzerland, Gian Franco Legler has a fascinating background spanning architecture, interior design and chemical plastics, Legler's early designs still resonate today. His most widely acclaimed design, the Basket Chair (1951), [...]

Henrik Pederson\'s main inspiration is neo-Scandinavian design, influenced by the vibes of London and the humor of Amsterdam, often with elements of fusion, resulting in materials and functions being combined in new and original ways, [...]

Claesson Koivisto Rune is one of Sweden\'s most prominent design studios. They started as an architectural office, but soon became multi-disciplinary and to work on projects encompassing a wide range of design. Claesson Koivisto Rune is [...]

Artist, designer, photographer and film-maker, was born in Tel-Aviv in 1963. Nowadays, he works in his own studio in Paris. He moved to Europe in 1988 and graduated three years later with honours in the field of Industrial Design at Art [...]

The studio was founded in 1990 by Michal Froněk and Jan Němeček during their studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. Since then they have devoted their time to industrial design, furniture design, [...]

The German duo Florian Kallus and Sebastian Schneider established the Cologne-based design studio kaschkasch in 2011. The duo works in furniture design and lighting. Guided in their creative approach by discussion and collaboration, the [...]

Two young Spanish industrial designers - Clara del Portillo and Alex Selma, decided to establish a multidisciplinary studio in 2006. The results of their creative design-work are simple and functional products - from chairs, sofas, lamps, [...]

The studio was founded in 2012 by Gaia Giotti and Giona Scarselli in Florence. Their work is a cross-section between product design, interior design and architecture. Their attention is directed to unusual phenomena in everyday life and [...]

Terence Conran is one of the world's best-known designers, restaurateurs and retailers. Born in 1931, he founded the Habitat chain of home furnishings stores that revolutionised the UK High Street in the 1960s and 1970s by bringing [...]

Normal Studio is a Paris-based design studio, founded in 2006 by Jean-François Dingjian and Eloi Chafaï. In their work, the duo attempts to promote elementary design that goes beyond trends and fads to create objects that will [...]

Rebecca Uth (b.1969) graduated as an industrial designer from the Danish Design School in 2000. Since her graduation she has had her own studio in Copenhagen. In 2005-2008 she lived and worked in Hanoi, Vietnam as the design manager for [...]

Tina Ratzer is a Danish designer with a degree in textile design and weaving, from the Design School Kolding, in Denmark. In 1999, Tina founded her own studio Ratzer, and since then her designs have been selected for several exhibitions, [...]

Margrethe Odgaard is part of the new generation of textile designers in Denmark. After graduating from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2005, she worked as a textile designer in Philadelphia, and later in Paris, before setting up [...]

Simon Key Bertman is an internationally renowned Swedish textile artist and designer, based in Stockholm. He has studied at the Konstfack School of Design and the Royal Institute of Art, graduating in 2011. Simon Key Bertman draws [...]

Søren Rose founded his studio in 2008, characterized by a strong personality and intrinsic attention to detail. As an integral part of the Danish design scene, he is a permanent jury member of the annual Danish Design Award while having [...]

“I think of form through working with glass and ceramics. I think of objects. Functional objects that in addition to function, have a special material value. When people understand my language and when they see, use, and appreciate [...]

Jakob received his B.Sc. in Design Engineering at DIA-M in Denmark and completed his second degree in Product Design at Art Centre, Switzerland. After studies in the US, Italy and France he founded Jakob Wagner Studio in Copenhagen. He [...]

Hannakaisa Pekkala belongs to the new generation of Finnish designers. While studying at the Institute of Design & Fine Arts in Lahti, Finland, Hannakaisa started exploring the relationship between fine art and product design, developing a [...]

Atle Tveit (born 1972) is a Norwegian furniture designer. After graduating from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design (2006) with a master's degree, he started his own design office with a former classmate. This collaboration lasted for 4 [...]

Award-winning designer Birger Dahl (1916 - 1998) was a pioneer of contemporary Scandinavian lighting. The mid-century years were a formative period of his work, when he forged his signature streamlined style and launched a new vision of [...]

Hallgeir Homstvedt is a Norwegian designer with a degree in Industrial Design and honors from Newcastle University in Australia. After completing his studies in 2006, Hallgeir started to work for the prominent design studio Norway Says. [...]

Simon Legald graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the summer of 2012. His work consists of both small- and large scale products. Simon's designs are often created in a dialogue between craftsmanship and industry. He also [...]

Rikke Hagen graduated from the Danish School of Design, Glassware and Ceramics in 1998. From 1998 to 2008 Rikke Hagen owned a unique glass workshop, where she produced her own limited editions in glass. In 2004 Rikke took the first step [...]

Britt's inspiration comes from the fashion world. She had worked in the fashion industry for 10 years before she started her own home interior shop. Britt Bonnesen has been an important part of Normann Copenhagen since the very [...]

Patrick Jouin is a designer whose creativity finds an expression in industrial design for the decorative arts. With the top manufacturers, Cassina, Kartell, Alessi, Puiforcat, JC Decaux or Fermob, and for exceptional projects, Patrick [...]

In 1983 Claudio Dondoli and Marco Pocci founded Archirivolto, their studio of industrial design, design and architecture. They focus on the research of materials and the study of processes. ARCHIRIVOLTO DESIGN has become an authoritative [...]

Originally from Puglia, he moved to Pescara where he studied architecture and graduated with a thesis on "La salles de bains in the architecture of Le Corbusier." While in Pescara, he joined the studio founded by Enzo Calabrese and [...]

Oliver Schick was born in 1969 in Darmstadt, Germany. After the studies of industrial design at HBK in Saarbrücken he worked as freelancer in the studio of Uwe Fischer / Frankfurt am Main. In 2001 he founded the designlable [...]

GamFratesi Studio was established in 2006 by the Danish architect Stine Gam (born 1975) and the Italian architect Enrico Fratesi (born 1978). GamFratesi belongs to the latest generation of furniture architects and together they represent a [...]

Greta Magnusson Grossman (1906-1999) maintained a prolific forty-year career on two continents: Europe and North America and operated as mover and shaker in the male dominated world of mid-century modern design. Her achievements were many [...]

Robert Dudley Best (1892-1984) was heir to the world\'s largest lighting manufacturing company Best & Lloyd, founded in Birmingham in 1840. Despite the company\'s proud history of providing traditional lamps to a prestigious clientele, [...]

Louis Weisdorf (born in 1932) is a well-known Danish architect and designer. After graduating from the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1954, Weisdorf worked with everything from graphic-, interior- and industrial [...]

Jacques Adnet (1900 - 1984) was a French architect and Art Deco Modernist designer and an icon of luxurious French Modernism. After completing his studies at the Municipal School of Design in Auxerre and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, [...]

Torsten Thorup (born 1944) and Claus Bonderup (born 1943) are both graduates from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in 1969, and subsequently went to work together at Danish architect, Henning Larsen\'s studio [...]

Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur, and founder of creative agency, LAYER. LAYER is focused on experience-driven design for both the physical and digital worlds. Led by Benjamin and a growing creative team, [...]

Komplot Design's multidisciplinary activities within product, furniture and graphic design, from tractor to office furniture systems and to brochures and corporate identity programmes, are not only giving the complexity of design approach, [...]

Huset Design furniture is modern, yet timeless design with a Scandinavian influence. Explore the indoor and outdoor collection today. Shop online or visit us.

Born in 1969, Tristan Lohner began his career with an Arts and Crafts diploma in cabinetmaking under Bernard Daude, the cabinetmaker for Pierre Paulin for Mobilier National. Then he joined the School of Decorative Arts in Paris, where he [...]

Mermelada is an industrial design studio founded by Laura Blasco, Juanmi Juárez and Alex Estévez. The three of them met in Barcelona after years of training in design schools in Spain, England and Italy. As well as [...]

Austrian-born Harald is both a carpenter and a qualified designer. Although he specialises in furniture, he also designs lights and other everyday objects. He has produced pieces for Tonon, Cassina, Insieme and Die Collection, among [...]

Born in 1943 and died on December 6, 2014, Pascal MOURGUE is a French designer. Graduate of the Ecole Boulle and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris, he is the author of several notable pieces of furniture. Working [...]

Lime Studios, best know for their ultra comfy modern Dowel Lounge chair, is among the most heralded of the new young furniture designers. Panos Vasiliou and Oscar Tange are the brains and heart behind Lime Studio. The young men of Lime [...]

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In 1980 Patrick Pagnon and Claude Pelhaître created their own design agency: Pagnon & Pelhaître Design, specializing in furniture and architecture. "We want to create milestones, signs and products with those involved in [...]

Between graphics and function, structural realism and formal aesthetics, Frédéric Sofia makes his way instinctively, from the world of objects to contemporary art. Self-taught, his formation followed atypical and transversal [...]

The Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann was a central figure in the evolution of modern design, and a leader in an aesthetic movement born in Europe in the late 19th century that rejected florid, extravagant ornamentation in favor of a new [...]

Defining the new modernism with a penchant for clean lines, superior design and an economy of materials, Czech designer Jaroslav Jurica is among the fast rising group of hot young furniture designers. Jaroslav Jurica, founder of Hubero [...]

Educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, this Icelandic born and Reykjavík based designer is a veritable jack of all trades. From a bevy of authored crime novels to his whimsical Shorebird ornaments, everything Sigurjon [...]

Marinka Parnham is a Melbourne native who spent her childhood painting, drawing and creating things of all kinds before embarking on a serious study of art and textile design at RMIT. Her area of focus was painting large landscapes and [...]

Christina Strand and Niels Hvass are part of the new guard of Scandinavian designers carrying the torch for the memorable Scandinavian and Danish masters that came before them. As the creative heads of STRAND+HVASS, they have skillfully [...]

This established Danish design team is comprised of designers Johannes Foersom and Peter Hiort-Lorenzen. Johannes Foersom began his work as a cabinetmaker while Peter Hiort-Lorenzen started his career as a ship's carpenter before they both [...]

Jade Barnes-Richardson is part of the cadre of up and coming, young designers. A 2008 graduate of Buckinghamshire New University, Barnes-Richardson used this stepping stone as a jumping off point to realize her vision for a variety of [...]

Israeli born industrial designer Dor Carmon offers a multidisciplinary, innovative approach to design that shows throughout his catalogue from his furniture pieces to his small objects d'art . Dor utilizes a multitude of materials and [...]

Belgium born designer Benoit Deneufbourg launched Brussels based B.dnb designStudio in 2004 and wasted no time joining the ranks of must-have emerging talent. With a hand in many pots so to speak, Deneufbourg quickly grew his brand and the [...]

Good design isn't about excessive ornamentation or fancy things, rather it is about simplicity, ease and creating inviting spaces you can enjoy every single day. Opening his own design studio first at the tender age of twenty-six, Nicholai [...]

Graduating from the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture, designer Simon Karkov brings a distinct structural sensibility to everything he creates. "Whenever I get an idea I draw a sketch which is then transformed into a model. The model is [...]

Even though Andres Lund and Jacob Rudbeck both run successful design firms of their own, Andres Lund Design and Jacob Rudbeck Design Consultancy respectively, one of their most memorable, well received and enduring efforts was a [...]

Stockholm based design studio Asshoff & Brogard has a focus on functional products created with exceptional design and an air of the magical. Swedish design duo Johanna Asshoff and Hanna Borgard seek to tell a story and create poetry in [...]

Swedish design studio FORM US WITH LOVE offers a clear, conceptual minimalist approach that perfectly resonates with the best of both iconic and current Scandinavian furniture design. This design triple threat consists of John Lofgren, [...]

Karl Malmvall is part of the great Scandinavian furniture royalty. Karl grew up, as he likes to say, "with his feet in the sawdust" of Småland, Sweden. Over a century ago, Karl Malmvall's grandfather, Karl Andersson, opened [...]

After graduating from the Umeå Institute of Design, Gustav Hallen opened his own Stockholm based design studio, Hallen Design. Hallen follows a long tradition of Swedish furniture designers carrying on a proud Scandinavian heritage. [...]

Finland native Harri Koskinen is widely appreciated as the most influential Finnish designer today. Continuing the proud Finnish design lineage, Koskinen's own design language is firmly rooted in the Finnish traditions of quality, economy [...]

Designer Mary-Louise Gustafsson lives and works in Stockholm Sweden carrying on the long and proud history of Scandinavian furniture design. Having earned her education from the Royal Arts College in London, and studying throughout [...]

Born in Austria, Kai Stania began his education studying architecture at the Vienna University of Technology before hopping across the pnd to study with designer Ron Arad at Michigan University in the United States. After more studies and [...]

Italian born designer Alexander Gufler began his career working along side his father, a goldsmith. It is here Gufler got his first taste of design and forms and began to develop his eye for simple, beautiful, well designed things. He went [...]

Exceptional deign is where form, function and aesthetics intersect. Italian born designer Eugenia Minerva understands this intuitively and believes that products must be designed for people blending functionality, creativity, technological [...]

Rene Sulc attended the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. This Czech Republic born designer has dedicated himself to modern design with a focus on product design, furniture and lighting. Rene Sulc is known for his [...]

A freelance designer based out of Slovakia, Michal Riabic graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava, the capital city of the Slovak Republic where he studied Applied Arts and Graphic Design. Riabic also spent time studying in [...]

Expert construction, economy of materials and the noted simplicity and functionality of Scandinavian design-designer Mads K. Johansen captures it all in his language of design. Denmark born Mads K. Johansen graduated from The Danish Design [...]

The studio, Lounge Design Group, was founded in 2006 in Halle, Germany by partners Alexander Grimm and Ronny Eysser. Working with everything from product design to graphic and interior design, the German designers are known for their [...]

Studio Olgoj Chorchoj was founded in 1990 by designers Michal Froněk and Jan Němeček. Some things are jst better together. The two designers met while studying at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. With an [...]

Israeli designer Dan Yeffet first established his studio in Amsterdam in 2003 before opting to relocate to Paris in 2005. Yeffet's work spans from space to objects and all things between. He comfortably works in both classic craft work and [...]

"Never was there an object as elegant, as well conceived, as precise in its execution, and practical in its usage." - Le Corbusier on Thonet's chairs Michael Thonet, a German cabinet maker by trade, failed at experiments with glues and [...]

Born in eastern Germany designer Tom Kelley has travelled quite the road. Born in a small village in East-Germany, he quickly learned the limits of personal freedom, the restriction he had been born into. He lost his mother young to cancer [...]

European Designer Francesca Rellee has carefully crafted the Copenhagen range, using solid European oak to achieve a classic piece of furniture that is versatile and will not date. Smooth edged and contemporary, the pieces have ample [...]

Enrique Martí Associates is a multidisciplinary design studio founded in Valencia, Spain in 2013 with partners Ángel and Enrique Martí, industrial designers. Pulling great knowledge and innovation together, the [...]

Melbourne based design firm Bent Design Studio has long recognized that Australia's relative geographic isolation meant that many new design offerings did not reach our shores for several seasons. Likewise, much high quality, designer [...]

GLID Studio, abbreviation for Guido Lanari Industrial Design, is a young and passionate studio that begins in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2013. It specializes in product design and digital visualization, with the capability and flexibility [...]

Industrial designer Sam Sannia is of British-Italian nationality with an international education and professional formation. He grows up as a citizen of the world living in London, Maine (USA), New York, Rome and Milan. His designs have [...]

Thomas Feichtner was born in Vitória, Brazil. After attending school in Düsseldorf, Germany, he graduated at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria. After completing studies in industrial design, he [...]

Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938-1991) is a Danish designer who is best known for his Tip Top luminaire, launched in 1972 and nowadays part of Pandul's collection. He is especially renowned for his lighting fixtures and for his silverware [...]

Henning Koppel (1918-1981) was a Danish designer and well-known as an earlier pioneer of functionalism in design. He studied drawing and aquarelle, and later on concentrated on sculpture at the Royal Danish Academy and then in Paris. [...]

Hans Jørgensen Wegner was a Danish furniture designer. His work, along with a concerted effort from several of his manufacturers, contributed to the international popularity of mid-century Danish design. His style is often described [...]

Jozeph Forakis grew up as the child of artists in New York, and design and materials' qualities have always played a part in his life. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design and [...]

Peter Johansen graduated in furniture and spatial design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2004. His work often involves modelling and 1:1 scaling. His work is inspired by everyday life and his immediate surroundings. Peter [...]

Lars Tornoe is a Norwegian design studio devoted to furniture design and related fields of product design, working with various clients across Northern Europe. Tornoe graduated from the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and Design in [...]

TAF ARCHITECTS is a Stockholm-based design and architecture studio making international headlines within product and interior design. TAF ARCHITECTS' DESIGN PHILOSOPHY "TAF's aim is to make ordinary life less ordinary through subtle [...]

Copenhagen based Julien De Smedt is the co-founder of PLOT and an internationally acclaimed architect. He is recognized for his ability to always take a fresh look at things. His works challenge conventions and many have been awarded. At [...]

David Geckeler (b. 1984) is a German industrial designer based in Berlin. In 2012, he graduated from the renowned Universität der Künste Berlin. He started his design studies at the University of Applied Science Potsdam and studied [...]

Mattias Stahlbom is an internationally successful architect and partner at the Stockholm-based architecture and design studio TAF. TAF's aim is to make ordinary life less ordinary through subtle but effective changes in how products and [...]

ISKOS-BERLIN is a Copenhagen-based design duo that has made international headlines within furniture, industrial and graphic design. The studio, formerly known as Komplot Design, has collaborated with some of the world’s most [...]

Anderssen & Voll is a Norwegian design duo, founded by Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll and based in Oslo. The duo have been named both Norwegian and Scandinavian Designers of the Year and have received international awards and [...]

Norway Says is a design studio run by Torbjorn Anderssen,Espen Voll and Hallgeir Homstvedt. It is an office based in Oslo, with a broad, international approach to design. They have a focus on fresh and unique design solutions. Norway Says, [...]

MIKA TOLVANEN is part of the Finnish Rehti Design group. After graduating from the Royal College of Art with a Master in design in 2001, Mika established his own design office in Helsinki. He has since worked with some of the [...]

ANDREAS ENGESVIK formerly part of Norway Says, is among Norway's leading designers. He has previously been awarded designer of the year in Norway and has received International awards and recognition for his work with furniture, lighting [...]

Thomas Bentzen, former designer at Louise Campell Studio, started his own studio in 2010. He is the co-founder of the design collective REMOVE and his products have received international recognition at fairs and exhibitions all over the [...]

Hailing from the Czech Republic but making Paris her home, product and furniture designer Lucie Koldova brings together the best of both cultures in her work. Koldova graduated from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in [...]

Prague born designer Boris Klimek is like a tight rope walker who perfectly balances the dead serious design with utter whimsy. A graduate of the Academy of Art, Architecture and design in Prague, Kilmek has long been interested in [...]

Taking inspiration from the fashion industry where she got her start, Britt Bonnesen brings a unique perspective to the world of design. Before embarking on her career in interior and product design, Bonnesen was a familiar face in the [...]

Before embarking on a design career, Jan Padrnos began his career as a machine engineer. Before long, he was pursuing his interest in architecture which led him to furniture and product design. In collaboration with TON CZ and through his [...]

Is DING 3000 the newest Apple product or robot design? It sure sounds like it but DING 3000 is actually the product design studio started by partners Carsten Schelling, Sven Rudolph and Ralf Webermann. These innovative German designers [...]

Avant-garde, experimental, bold-these are just a few of the adjectives used to describe the indescribable industrial designer Rasmus Gottliebsen. As Gottliebsen himself notes, "To me design is all about creating objects that are impossible [...]