Pierre Sindre

Pierre Sindre is a designer who creates furniture for spaces – often public ones – where not only the comfort but also the aesthetic of the objects has great significance. Sindre wants to enhance the identity of a place and effect the people spending time there through the objects he designs.

Sindre consequently works with details and gets inspiration from both expected and unexpected sources. He is strongly rooted in the history of furniture design, and is enthusiastically looking at historical periods such as rococo or early modernism for inspiration. Another epoch he often draws inspiration from is the 1960s – its aesthetics, fashion and films have left marks in a lot of his projects. Another source of inspiration is the simple things we are surrounded by in the everyday life: a classical pencil, the drain in the shower or the pillows in the bedroom.

Sindre collaborates with a number of Swedish furniture producers, the majority in Småland, and spends a lot of time on various factory floors. Sometimes a certain craft technique or material fascinates him and becomes the starting point for a new design. No matter where the ideas come from, the gathering of them is essential for Sindre’s work. On view in the exhibition are not only the furniture he has designed over the past 15 years, but also objects or phenomena he has used as his inspiration.

‍Pierre Sindre (b. 1974 in Bankeryd) was educated at the University of Arts, Craft and Design, and today runs his own design studio in Stockholm. He has received a number of awards, including Lauritz Icon, Furniture of the Year & Outdoor Furniture of the Year by Elle Decoration, and Furniture of the Year by Sköna hem. He is awarded the Bruno Mathsson Prize 2022.

Thanks to: Estrid Ericson Foundation, Swedish Arts Council, Region Jönköping County, Värnamo Municipality and Vandalorum Partners: Hamrin, Liljedahl, Svenstig.