Photo: Kristian Sahlberg, courtesy of Kasthall
Louise Hederström (Swedish, b. 1973) is a furniture designer based in Malmö, Sweden. After graduating in 1998 from Beckmans School of Design in Stockholm, she now has an extensive business as a designer. Her clients include some of the most respected manufacturing companies in Scandinavian design, such as Offecct, Skagerak, and Maze. Hederström regularly participates in exhibitions in Sweden and abroad and has also repeatedly been an instructor for various design education programs
LOUISE HEDERSTRÖM
b. Sweden, 1973
EDUCATION
1998
Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Lund School of Art, Lund, Sweden
1994
Art History, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
2026
Design.Miami Paris, Hostler Burrows, Paris, France
2024
Forêts Astrales, Institut Suédois, Paris, France
2023
SATE…LIGHT. 1998-2022 SaloneSatellite Young Designers, Salone del Mobile, Milano, Italy
In:Tangible, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
FOG Design + Art, Hostler Burrows, San Fransisco, CA
2022
Salon Art + Design, Hostler Burrows, Grefmar+Hederström, NY
Proximity, Adorno, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö, Sweden
Hostler Burrows, Grefmar+Hederström, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Two Year Working Grant
Knock on Wood, Designgalleriet, Clarion Sign, Stockholm, Sweden
1 + 1 = 3 – The Collection, Adorno, Southern Sweden Design Days, Malmö, Sweden
What Matter_s 2.0 Metabolic Processes for Leftovers, Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
2020
Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Konsten att ta tillvara, Grefmar+Hederström, Sörmlands museum, Nyköping, Sweden
Utvalt, Grefmar+Hederström, Kulturcentrum Ronneby, Sweden
2018
Utvalt, Grefmar+Hederström, Form/Design Center Malmö, Sweden
Design Miami/Basel, Grefmar+Hederström, Hostler Burrows, Basel, Schweiz
Next Level Craft, Grefmar+Hederström, Borås, Sweden
Understory, Form/Design Center Malmö, Sweden
Understory, Designgalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
2017
Next Level Craft, Grefmar+Hederström, Institut Suédois, Paris, France
Design Miami, Grefmar+Hederström, Hostler Burrows, Miami, FL
Hostler Burrows, Grefmar+Hederström, NY
Young Swedish Design, Grefmar+Hederström, What happened next? Stockholm, Sweden
Ticka project, Grefmar+Hederström, Form/Design Center Malmö, Sweden
Next Level Craft, with Carina Grefmar, Institut Suédois, Paris, France
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee one year working grant
2016
Welcome to Weden, with Carina Grefmar, London, Tokyo
The New Map, with Carina Grefmar, Form/Design Center Malmö, Vandalorum Värnamo,
National Museum Stockholm
2015
FETISHISM, Obsessions in Fashion & Design, Li Edelkoort/Trapholt, Kolding, Dennmark
2014
Tailor nominated for Furniture of the Year, Sköna Hem
2013
Holder of Region Skåne Design Grant for Layer pouf
Malmö by proxy, Ventura Lambrate, Milan, Italy
2012
Ecodesign Habitare, Helsinki, Finland
2011
Ah Vaddå-då? Malmö!, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
Ecodesign Habitare, Helsinki, Finland
Swedish Love Story, Superstudio, Milan, Italy
2010
Ecodesign Habitare, Helsinki, Finland
2009
Design Design Design, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
Winner of Beefeater Design Award, Sweden
2008
Musée des Manufactures de Dentelles, France
2007
A Dream Come True, Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy
Slöjden tar form, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
2006
Taot N Thea, Extremely White, Amsterdam, Holland
Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy
Galleri Pascale Cottard, Stockholm
2005
Möbelmössan, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm
Allrum, Helsingborg, Sweden, Paris, France
Galleri Pascale Cottard, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Designed in Sweden, London, GB, New York and Los Angeles, USA
100% Design, London, GB
Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy
2003
PS Kids, IKEA of Sweden, Form Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
Break, furniture exhibition, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milano, Italy
2002
Holder of Estrid Ericsson Scholarship, Sweden
Agata design exhibition, Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Getlow, furniture exhibition, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Sweden
2001
Lighted, exhibition at Svensk Form, Stockholm, Sweden
2000
Frizzon, design exhibition, Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris, France
1999
Holder of Åhlens Scholarship for Young Designers, Sweden
Young Swedish Design Award, TCB lamp
1998
Young Swedish Design Award, Klaff folding chair
1998
Holder of IKEA Working Scholarship at the Design department, Älmhult, Sweden
WORK
2001–Present
Louise Hederström Design, Stockholm – Malmö, Sweden
2008–10
Lecturer at Product design Malmö University, Sweden
2003–09
Teacher at Lund School of Art and Design, Sweden
2000–01
Teacher at Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden
1999–00
Product designer at Björn Dahlström Design, Stockholm, Sweden
1998–99
Assistant at IKEA Design department, Älmhult, Sweden
1998
Design assistant at Matz Borgström Design, Stockholm, Sweden
