About us

Form and Essence is a design studio in Gothenburg, with roots in Paris.

Gothenburg

The team has worked between Paris and Gothenburg for many years and has roots in Nodesign.net. The studio is led by Erik Arvedson, who came to design from theoretical physics and has worked on AI products since the early days of natural-language search.

 

Designers and engineers work side by side, so an idea can go from sketch to working prototype without changing hands.

 

We also work with universities and research institutes, including IRCAM in Paris, to take research results out of the lab and into products.

 

Our work has won more than 30 awards, and some of it is in the permanent design collection of the MAM Museum of Modern Art in Paris.