Ellen Hedin (born in 1995, Stockholm, Sweden), is a designer and artist, working in the fields of furniture and sculpture. She graduated from HDK-Valand, Gothenburg in 2022 and holds a BFA in Design. Ellen is creating expressive pieces that resonates both an understanding of traditional craftsmanship but also a playfulness and a willing to break with old conventions. Her degree project is called Pangaea, it aims to explore means of a small scale production as an alternative to global mass production. Early in her career she has already received several grants, including Carl Malmsten’s Foundation, and she has exhibited at Stockholm’s Museum of Furniture Studies.

The lamp series is inspired by plants and trees in urban spaces. The materials are recycled from the sea, food, and recycling stations. Combining unexpected encounters between materials like steel and the organic, such as seashells, is a recurring theme in Ellen Hedin’s work.
Parts of the lamp series have previously been featured in Financial Times 2024 in the article “How Shell Decor Ditched the Naff Tag,” as well as in the German magazine The Metalhead Magazine 2024 in the interview “Ellen’s Wonderland.”