String Furniture | Swedish Shelving Since 1949

Background

String Furniture encourage creativity in every space, room and home. Everything the company creates is elegant in form, instantly recognisable, and flexible in function — forever inspired by the simplicity of the original String® shelf. Designed by Kajsa and Nisse Strinning in 1949, this design icon is not only considered a masterpiece invention, but officially recognised as a work of art. Design enthusiasts Peter Erlandsson and Pär Josefsson founded String Furniture in 2004 from Limhamn, near Malmö, continuing the legacy of Nisse and Kajsa Strinning.

Design philosophy

Upholding the Scandinavian tradition for ingenious design, String Furniture invites fresh ideas into the family time and time again, honouring the Strinnings’ timeless vision while continuing to expand it.

TAF Studio and the Museum collection

TAF Studio has become String Furniture’s most consistent collaborator, building an entire Museum family since designing the original piece in 2018: a console shelf, an expanding side table, a candle holder and, most recently, a museum trolley and pedestal. TAF also designed Relief, a drawer-and-rail system that can run high or low.

Reviving Olle Pira

Pira, originally designed by Swedish architect Olle Pira in 1955, was redesigned in 2023 by Anna von Schewen and Björn Dahlström, and expanded again in 2026 with fluted glass panels for sliding cabinet doors.

Recent work

Form Us With Love‘s Center Center, a modular storage system for modern work life, launched in 2024. String Pocket marked its 20th anniversary in 2025 with four new colours inspired by Stockholm, and 2026 has brought TAF Studio’s newest Museum pieces — a trolley and pedestal — extending a collection that keeps growing without losing its original simplicity.