Sigurd Strøm

Sigurd Strøm is a furniture and product designer based in Oslo. He studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and graduated with MA in interior architecture and furniture design in 1992. He has broad experience of exhibiting and working internationally with his design for industrial production. Today he runs his own studio, is partner of both DSGNKNTR and BY CORPORATION AS and a professor of Furniture and Product Design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. His pedagogical approach is conceptual thinking through practice-based teaching.

«Interdisciplinary is a key for my business. Not only in terms of what forms I make but also how the approach is done. Personally, I’m not so keen to define whether I create is art or design. The important thing is whether it is good enough and if it manages to communicate the content.»