Emma Olbers Design is a design studio focusing on sustainable development in the interior and furniture industry. A research-based approach is applied throughout the design process. Whether designing a chair or an interior the same design principles, with material and circularity at is core, are used. Emma believes that Form should follow the Planetary Bounderies.

Material Dialogues

For the 2025 Stockholm furniture fair, we have been responsible for one of three design bars. We have named it Material Dialogues because we hope it will inspire to conversations and lead to creative solutions. Material Dialogues consist of a sustainability ...

This Years Personality of Design by Möbelriksdagen

For her pioneering work in Swedish design. With her deep roots in sustainability, she has not only shaped the design world with aesthetic innovation, but also pushed the industry towards more environmentally friendly processes. Through her commitment and inn...

processed-eda4ae97-2102-4183-bb2d-419132df41d1

Design Towards Zero

Emma wins Elle decoration & Polestar Award Design Towards Zero. And the jury’s motivation is: “With powerful clarity, she puts the climate first in everything she does, whether it concerns a bench made of fossil-free steel, public interiors o...

ersta_nya_sjukhus_foto_andy_liffner_35_kopia

Walk&Talk Sustainability

During Stockholm Furniture Fair I will do a guided sustainability tour. It will take you through the fair and show you good examples of sustainable and circular design, based on my design principles: form follows planetary boundaries. I will look for compani...

bo_bedre_designpris_2023_arets_design_for_fremtiden_a

Bo Bedre – Design for the Future 2023

Bo Bedre Design Award – Design for the future The prestigios “Design for the Future” award recognizes induviduals, manufactures or initiatives that, through innovation and creativity, lead the way towards a more sustainable future. It is pr...

ersta_nya_sjukhus_foto_andy_liffner_02

Ersta New Hospital

Emma has together with Tengbom been responsible for the interior at Ersta New Hospital, a new building with 25 000 square meter at Södermalm in Stockholm. – In addition to Ersta’s wishes, it was important for me to create a picture of history and...

img_1057_2

To design within the Planetary Boundaries

My design method is based on the Planetary Boundaries, A Safe Operating Space for Humanity (Rockström, J., Steffen, W. et. Al 2009). Put simply, the planetary boundaries are environmental thresholds within which humanity can survive, develop and thrive for g...

vestre_stockholm-photo_einar_aslaksen-01105

Tellus

Emma designs the World´s first furniture in 100% fossil-free steel – Earlier this year, it was announced that the Norwegian urban furniture manufacturer Vestre would become the first furniture company in the world to use SSAB’s 100% fossil-free s...

Askö & Granö

The common love for the craft and the material opened up a collaboration where sustainability is the focus. “It’s incredibly fun and educational to work with such a solid company as Bovalls Dörrbyggeri,” says Emma Olbers. “With more than 70...

Now or Never – 1kg CO2e

Warm Welcome to stand C:0629 at Stockholm Furniture Fair. In a few short years, up until 2030, we must reduce our global emissions by more than half to avoid irreversible and catastrophic climate change. Significant shifts are required. This exhibition is he...

instagram_post_-_hero_02

Now or Never – 1kg CO2e

At the Furniture Fair in Stockholm 7th-11th of February 2023. An exhibition about the invisible climate impact of our furniture, and about the power of choice. In a few short years, up until 2030, we must reduce our global emissions by more than half to avo...

skarmavbild_2021-02-09_kl

Carbon footprint on furnitures

My focus when designing furniture is that they should be as environmental friendly as possible, which for me is as low greenhouse gas emissions as possible. The choice of material is the most important, it accounts for about 50% of a furniture’s total ...

Climate Warriors

A treehugging activist For furniture designer Emma Olbers, climate goals and knowledge form the basis for credible sustainability efforts. The desire to influence is trans- lated through design jobs and activism, from well-considered material choices to Frid...

emma_olbers_materialburkar_01-03kg_foto_andy_liffner_copy

Where does it come from, where does it go?

An exhibition at the Swedish Furniture Fair 2016 called “Where does it come from, where does it go?” An exhibition where Emma together with IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute explored how much carbon footprint the material Emma work wit...

2-2

Designer of the Year 2020

Aesthetics and ecology, craftsmanship and sustainability, quality and climate – This year’s designer unites all these concepts in her work and is a driving force in the design world. Comprehensive thinking, responsibility and originality permeate...

AD Magazine – Interior Designer of the Year 2019

AD Magazine award Emma Olbers with Interior Designer of the Year for the interior of the Old Library at the National Art and Design Museum in Stockholm, Sweden

skarmavbild_2016-01-24_kl

Landala

A table for Tre Sekel! That was launched at The Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2016. Landala is a welcoming table with room for many. The table has a simple construction and is easy to assemble and disassemble without tools. With its minimum of component...

nm_gamla_biblioteket_inredning_emma_olbers_foto_andy_liffner_20_delar_av_rummet

The Old Library

Now the National Museum is inaugurated, where I have been responsible for the interior design of the Old Library. The National Museum was inaugurated in 1866, and in 2018 a modern museum building is being opened that baths in daylight. All rooms are open to ...

img_53658f0ca82e-1

New bench for Eldvarm

Eldvarm´s first piece of furniture, the bench is named after Louise’s, the CEO of Eldvarm´s grandmother Ninne who was a huge inspiration to her growing up. The bench was conceived for wood, as an alternative to vertical wood storage. Like many of our other p...

arets_designer

Årets Designer 2019

Emma Olbers utsedd till Årets Designer 2019 Ett starkt engagemang för miljövänlig och hållbar design och noggrant utvalda material som är både estetiskt tilltalande, klimatsmarta och går att återvinna – oavsett hur små eller stora projekt hon tar sig an. Det...

© Emma Olbers Design 2024. For press information e-mail to press@emmaolbers.com.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies. Learn more