Ellen Hedin’s practice moves between furniture and sculpture, creating expressive pieces that combine an understanding of traditional craftsmanship with a willingness to break conventions. Her work often investigates the potential of materials through unexpected encounters, where steel meets seashells or recycled matter from the sea, food and recycling stations is transformed into poetic forms. This approach reflects both playfulness and criticality, situating her practice between design and art.

Her lamp series, inspired by plants and trees in urban spaces, exemplifies this exploration of contrasts between the organic and the industrial. Parts of the series have been featured in Financial Times (2024) in the article “How Shell Decor Ditched the Naff Tag” and in The Metalhead Magazine (2024) in the interview “Ellen’s Wonderland.” In 2025 she extended her practice into painting with the work Bruise, created with makeup, horsehair, ink and polyester, continuing her investigation of fragility, strength and unconventional materials.

Ellen Hedin (b. 1995 in Stockholm, Sweden) lives and works in Gothenburg. She holds a BFA in Design from HDK Valand (2022). Her degree project Pangaea explored small scale production as an alternative to global mass production. Early in her career she has received several grants, including Carl Malmsten’s Foundation, and exhibited at Stockholm’s Museum of Furniture Studies.