Jesper Ståhl is a Swedish freelance designer with a Master’s in design from the Royal College of Art in London. His broad portfolio includes everything from tools and cutlery to furniture and lighting. He has received lots of awards and recognition, both nationally and internationally. Jesper is passionate about creating products that are poised between limitations and the user experience, that aim to highlight a personality and an expression — through collaboration, innovation and creativity. His work has a clear Scandinavian simplicity, often with a personal touch and a creative construction. These are designs that tell a story.

Lamps, cutlery, furniture, carpets, and a lot of one-off artistic projects adorn a resume that contain a number of functional pieces of art. ‘Yes, the Uggi-Light, made 20 years ago together with my friend and colleague Fanney Antonsdóttir, is quite special.  Aria Table is quite the opposite: finely crafted wood that create the illusion of zero gravity thanks to the tapered legs not touching and protruding above the massive table top. Originally from Reykjavik, Dögg Guðmundsdóttir made her abode in Copenhagen after she finished IED (Istituto Europeo di Design) in Milan back in the ‘90s.

Harald Hermanrud received the Formland Design Award 2017 and Monocle Magazine’s Best in Class 2019 after having premiered his shelving system in 2016. His light yet sturdy modular shelving system won its popularity as a furniture piece for modern living spaces that could be positioned as a backdrop as well as a centerpiece in itself. With a degree from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Design School, Harald Hermanrud decided to add studies for cabinetmaker to his curriculum While approaching design as a problem solver, he combines the principles embedded in Danish design tradition with his own senses for materiality and craftsmanship.

The duo responsible for the Wick Chair are designers with roots in the province of Småland where so much of the skills and expertise of the Swedish furniture industry have developed. Both Karl Malmvall and Jesper Ståhl come from families that have manufactured furniture, with parents and grandparents who started successful companies that they have developed and refined. In Karl’s case there was a tradition of fine cabinetmaking while Jesper’s ancestors redirected a metal manufactory to become a successful pioneer in the field of public-sector furnishing.

Mathieu Gustafsson has his roots both in Paris and in the Swedish province of Småland – the heart of the Swedish furniture industry. It is by observing the differences and similarities between these two cultures from an early age that initiated Mathieu's interest in product design. His creative process often starts with a defined need, a behavior or a technique, with an ambition to find a new angle for the producer he works for professionally. Mathieu has a background in graphic design, cabinet making and furniture design.

Chuck Mack is an American designer who is half-Icelandic, and currently lives and works in Reykjavik A self-taught designer and carpenter, Chuck quotes Jack Kerouac to explain his design philosophy: “The best teacher is experience and not through someone’s distorted point of view”.