Meet designer Staffan Holm
Zen Pod is designed by award-winning Swedish designer Staffan Holm, whose studio is based in Stenkullen, just outside Gothenburg. The Zen Pod product family is the result of a symbiotic fusion of Scandinavian design and the serene philosophy of Japanese Zen gardens.
“Zen Pod allows you to sense the surrounding environment without being disturbed by it. The room is quiet; not isolating.”
About Staffan Holm
Staffan Holm’s design studio is located in Stenkullen, just outside Gothenburg. On the shelves behind his worktable sit models, sketches, and completed works. Seen together, these objects reveal the remarkable breadth of his design language. Compare, for example, the Milk Stool—closely aligned with our mental image of a traditional milk stool—with the glass-sculpted Anamorph objects, whose forms are fluid, fleeting, and difficult to define.
While some of Holm’s work shares stylistic connections, it is his exploratory process rather than a fixed aesthetic that defines him as a designer. His starting point is always the material and the technique, rather than a preconceived idea of form. This approach, more commonly associated with craftsmen than designers, reflects his background in furniture making.
Staffan Holm holds a master’s degree from the Academy of Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg. He has received numerous awards, including the Swedish EDIDA Chair Award, two ELLE Decoration Swedish Design Awards (2014 and 2017), a Wallpaper Design Award (2017), and the Bruno Mathsson Award (2013). His work has been exhibited at institutions such as Artipelag (2013) and the Röhsska Museum (2011), among others.