TAF
Stockholm-based TAF Studio was founded in 2002 by Gabriella Lenke and Mattias Ståhlbom, who began collaborating while studying at Konstfack. The studio works with furniture and lighting design, alongside exhibition design and interior architecture. Their work includes projects for institutions such as Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and the cultural centre Institut suédois in Paris, as well as collaborations with companies including Fogia, Muuto, Artek and String. In 2017, TAF Studio received the Bruno Mathsson Prize.
Gabriella Lenke & Mattias Ståhlbom – the duo behind TAF Studio.
TAF Studio’s solutions are simple yet quietly rich in meaning, often with a touch of humour. There is a sense of joy in their work that invites us to look again at familiar objects, materials and forms. For Fogia, this can be seen in Niche, where a tailored, almost architectural outer form wraps around a softer place to sit, and Pastille, whose generous upholstered seat rests on a slender steel frame. Different in character, both show TAF’s ability to make familiar furniture types feel slightly unexpected through proportion, material and construction.
Products designed by TAF Studio
The piece was originally developed by Fogia together with the designers at TAF Studio for a very specific setting: the rounded alcoves of the restaurant at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm – a grand Venetian-inspired building from 1866. It’s original setting has left a distinct mark on the furniture’s character.