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