Andreas Lejon

Disciplin: Industridesign

Stipendieår: 2026

Nominerande institution: Konstfack

Nomineringskommitté: Martín Avila (Professor & Konstnärlig ledare) Carl-Johan Vesterlund (Universitetslektor & Programansvarig för masterprogrammet Design Ecologies) Ingrid Troiero (Universitetslektor & Programansvarig för kandidatprogrammet i Industridesign)

Stipendiestiftelse: Jubelfonden

Through his master thesis project ’Annual Matter’, Andreas Lejon asks: What if design began with what nature gives, rather than what can be taken? With this question, he investigates pinecones and pine resin as alternative flows of forest materials. Instead of relying on harvested timber, the work explores how these annually recurring resources can be transformed into industrial materials such as bioplastics, fibre composites and structural board. Positioning pinecone and resin as structural resources rather than residual matter, the project proposes a material logic grounded in regenerative forest flows, resulting in three different technological possibilities exemplified and embodied in three material artefacts. Through this project and during his studies at the MA Design Ecologies Andreas Lejon has challenged the field of design from within, by working with industrial economic and infrastructural constraints yet pushing the boundaries for what is desirable in terms of environmental sustainability.