Fredrik Mattson

born 1973 in Malmö. Educated at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. He attended Steneby school and studied furniture carpentry and design.

Fredrik Mattson is a dynamic, questioning and curious designer who never says No, but often – Yes, that could work, or this, or that... He never closes any doors but constantly opens new, unexpected ones. His interest in new materials and techniques goes hand in hand with a genuine knowledge of tradition and handicrafts which result in products with strong, clear characteristics and no compromises on quality.
Fredrik isn’t attracted by a specific style, but rather by the energy and conviction which characterise an object. Through his creativity he strives to achieve clarification and is quite happy to challenge convention.
He has a sense of humour and is talkative, but above all he is an amazing designer who has received several prizes and distinctions.

Awards & Others
Nominated for the “German Design Award” (announced 2006)
2005 Forsnäsprize, Sweden
2005 Pagrotskyrummet, Sweden
2005 Represented at National museum of Sweden, Stockholm
2004 Red Dot, best of the best, Germany
2004 Architectural Review Award, London, England
2004 Product of the year, Sköna Hem, Sweden
2004 Nominated for the FutureDesignDays Award, Sweden
2003 Winner of the Swedish EDIDA award, Sweden
2003 Architectural Review Award, London, England
2003 Golden chair, Swedish architect award, Sweden
2002 Den Nordiska första S:t Johannis_Logens Jubelfond, Sweden
2002 Young Swedish design Award, Sweden



Selected exhibitions
2005 40/4 forty years of forty/four, Howe, Stockholm Sweden
2005 Galerie Pascale Cottard-Olsson, Sweden
2005 H55/05 Allrum, Helsingborg, Sweden
2005 Salone Del Mobile, Milan, Italy
2005 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2005 Swedish Style, Tokyo, Japan
2005 Spectrum, London, England
2005 “Made in Malmö” Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
2004 "Design in Sweden" Museum of London, Museum of Docklands, England
2004 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2004 Salone Del Mobile, Milan, Italy
2004 Spectrum, London, England
2004 Galerie Pascale Cottard-Olsson, Sweden
2004 Swedish Style, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2003 Svezia Light, Milan, Italy
2003 Salone Del Mobile, Milan, Italy
2003 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2002 1900-2002 Svensk form, internationell design, Sweden
2002 Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
2002 Biennale Design Saint-t Étienne, France
2002 Swedish council, New York, USA
2002 Galleri Moroten Stockholm
2002 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2001 Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2001-2002,Young Swedsh design Malmö, Stockholm, Göteborg, Sweden
2000 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
2000 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden
1999 Rhööska museet Göteborg
1999 Stockholm furniture fair, Sweden


Education
Konstfack, Master of Fine Arts, Interior Architecture at
School of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm, MFA
Stenebyskolan, Bachelor of Fine Arts (furniture design)
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University (exchange student)
Grebbestad FHS –Cabinetmaker