Biography
Mathias Bengtsson (b. Copenhagen Denmark 1971) studied at the Danish College of Design and the Royal College of Art in London. His is a designer who works with diverse industrial materials and processes. His body of work, despite being inspired by aerospace engineering and fabricated with technologically innovative practices, appears surprisingly organic. He still abides by the traditional architectural process of sketching by hand and modeling in clay. Since starting his own studio in 2002, Bengtsson has deployed lasers, high-tech fibers, and computer programs to design pieces that are at once biomorphic and futuristic, such as a chair patterned after bone regeneration. His Slice (1999) chair and Spun chaise longue were accquired by Manchester Art Gallery through the Contemporary Art Society in 2004.
