Mathias bengtsson biography definition

Mathias Bengtsson was born in Copenhagen in 1971 and studied furniture design at the Danish College of Design and the Art Centre College in Switzerland before returning to Copenhagen to form the design collective known as “Panic”.

Bengtsson went to London in 1996 to study under Ron Arad at the Royal College of Art where he obtained a degree in 1999 before opening with fellow graduates the design studio “At the Third Stroke” and a year later the “Design Laboratory” in partnership with Sam Buxton.

Mathias bengtsson biography definition

In 2002, Bengtsson opened his own studio.

Mathias Bengtsson makes sculptural objects that are both visually striking and technically innovative. Working with diverse industrial materials and processes, he pushes forward the sculptural, technical, and philosophical possibilities of three-dimensional design.

Always seeking to take his thinking in new directions, Bengtsson breaks down established boundaries between design, art, craft and technology.

Bengtsson has since the beginning of his ar