Designer
Claesson Koivisto Rune
The Swedish architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune was founded in 1995 by Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune. Today, it is an internationally renowned practice, working with both architecture and design, with clients in all corners of the world.
The first Swedish firm to exhibit in the international section of the Venice Architecture Biennale, 2004, Claesson Koivisto Rune has received an array of international awards, amongst them Red Dot Design Award – Best of the Best 2024, 2014 and 2013; Designer of the Year 2014 by Elle Decor Italia; Interior Designer of the Year 2021 by Elle Deco Japan; ‘Best Hotel Conversion’ for K5 hotel, Tokyo, in the Asia Ahead awards 2021.
In 2021, King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf presented Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune with The Prince Eugen Medal for outstanding artistic achievement in architecture (2020). They have also been the recipients of the Bruno Mathsson Award (2015), the highest honour in furniture design in Sweden and the Scandinavian region.