Anderssen & Voll

Based in Oslo, the Anderssen & Voll studio has existed since 2009. Founded by Torbjørn Anderssen and Espen Voll, the Norwegian duo develops a design approach that articulates cultural attentions and industrial realities — refusing both decorative formalism and pragmatism without vision.

This middle ground, difficult to hold, has earned them several international distinctions including the Wallpaper Award and the Red Dot Award.

A typically Scandinavian approach

Both trained at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in Norway, Anderssen and Voll continue a Nordic design tradition: functionalism tempered by a poetic sensibility, natural materials handled with frankness, simple yet not austere geometric forms.

Their work belongs to the lineage of designers such as Hans Wegner or Alvar Aalto: objects that reveal their constructive logic without technical demonstration, that accept everyday life without trivialising it.

Collaborations with Scandinavian industry

Anderssen & Voll regularly collaborate with renowned Nordic editors — Muuto, &Tradition, Hörreds — who share their demand for craftsmanship and their approach to design as durable service rather than spectacular signature.

These industrial partnerships demonstrate their ability to design objects coherent economically, technically and aesthetically. No prototypes disconnected from productive reality, but products designed to be manufactured over time.

The A-Frame desk for Hörreds

Edited by the Swedish manufacturer Hörreds, the A-Frame desk perfectly illustrates the duo's approach: a solid wood structure (European oak or ash) in an A-shape geometry, visible assemblies, balanced proportions. A working desk that assumes its constructive simplicity without superfluous formal effects, available in fixed or electric sit-stand version.

The generous top, the stable trestle, the careful finishes: everything responds to a need for use. The A-Frame doesn't seek to stand out in an interior, it integrates into it naturally.

Discover: A-Frame Desk (Hörreds).