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ÅBEN is a leading collective of emerging nordic designers and a platform for sustainable design. Meet our designers, discover our products and explore our journals here.

SPINE TABLE BY ERIK OLOVSSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STUDIO KLEINER

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ÅBEN^® is a leading collective of emerging Nordic designers who stand for innovation, long term sustainability and considered craftsmanship.

MEET OUR DESIGNERS, DISCOVER OUR PRODUCTS, EXPLORE OUR JOURNALS.

Hanna Dís Whitehead.

Hanna lives and works in Hornafjördur, a starkly beautiful place around 500km from reykjavik. Her studies had taken her as far as Denmark before the Icelandic landscape drew her back.

Ceramics
64.2951° N, 15.2283° W
(Hornafjördur, Iceland)

Erin Turkoglu.

Erin Turkoglu is a Helsinki-based designer, working with the subtlety of material, colour and form through a hands-on design process.

Furniture, Ceramics
60.1699° N, 24.9384° E
(Helsinki, Finland)

Antrei Hartikainen.

Antrei Hartikainen is a master cabinet maker and designer from Finland known for his exquisite works in wood. Awarded Young Designer of the year 2018 by Design Forum Finland.

Furniture
60.1296° N, 23.5422° E
(Fiskars, Finland)

Veronica Rönn.

Born in Lund, Sweden 1990, Veronica is Currently living and studying in Stockholm. A graduate of Fine Arts and Product Design from Beckmans College of Design.

Furniture, Glassware
59.3293° N, 18.0686° E
(Stockholm, Sweden)

Frederik Gustav.

Frederik Gustav live in Copenhagen where they are classmates at KADK, currently studying for their Masters in Spatial Design.

Furniture
55.6761° N, 12.5683° E
(Copenhagen, Denmark)

Samuli Helavuo.

Samuli was born in Finland. He graduated from Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts as Bachelor of Design in 2014. Currently he works in Helsinki.

Furniture, Ceramics
60.1699° N, 24.9384° E
(Helsinki, Finland)

Alexandra Nilasdotter.

When it comes to ceramics, few are more accomplished than Alexandra. From a young age, she planned to be an architect and still has folders full of drawings of buildings.

Ceramics
59.3293° N, 18.0686° E
(Stockholm, Sweden)

Nick Ross.

Nick Ross is a designer who spends as much time buried in historical manuscripts as he does in the studio. He is currently Åben's designer in residence.

Furniture, ceramics
59.3293° N, 18.0686° E
(Stockholm, Sweden)

Marie Liebhardt.

Originally from the countryside near Metz in the East of France, Marie Liebhardt found her way to Copenhagen via Paris where she studied product design.

“Ceramics”
55.6761° N, 12.5683° E
(Copenhagen, Denmark)

Jonas Lutz.

Jonas Lutz, born in Tammisaari, South-West Finland, had a unique upbringing which instilled a respect for handcraft and a dedication to freedom of expression.

Furniture, ceramics
51.9244° N, 4.4777° E
(Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Studio Kaksikko.

The Helsinki-based pair consider themselves formgivers before designers and share an appetite for understated, functional design that highlights the virtues of a material.

Tableware and furniture
60.1699° N, 24.9384° E
(Helsinki, Finland)

Erik Olovsson.

Åben’s Second Designer In Residence Is Erik Olovsson. Born In The Historic City Of Uppsala In Sweden Erik’s Studies To Date Include Fine Art & Photography, Graphic Design And An Ma From Konstfack In ‘Storytelling’

Furniture, Ceramics
59.3009° N, 18.0234° E
(Stockholm, Sweden)