Sigurd Strøm

Sigurd Strøm (b. 1965) is a furniture and product designer based in Oslo. He studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and graduated with Major in Interior Architecture and Furniture design in 1992.

Strøm has a 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 ST.HANSHAUGEN FLISESPIKKERI AS. From 1992 to 2011 he has had different positions in the Department of Art and Craft (e.g. Professor of Form, 2008 – 2011) and accepted the post for Professor of Furniture and Product Design in the Department of Design in 2011. His pedagogical approach is conceptual and contextual thinking through practice-based teaching.

For his company ST.HANSHAUGEN FLISESPIKKERI AS the main philosophy is to bring Norwegian tradition of furniture design and craftmanship into a contemporary context by using sustainable materials and high technology (www.sthans.no)