Johanson Design is a Swedish furniture company for public spaces and contract applications — founded in 1953 by Börje Johanson in Markaryd (Småland, southern Sweden) as Bröderna Johansons Fåtöljindustri (an upholstery workshop in a cellar, first product: a pouf made around a core of wood wool). Since the mid-1990s the company has been wholly owned by the brothers Dan and Paul Johanson. The company's signature furniture: the egg-shaped Venus Chair from the 1960s — one of the best-selling models in the company's history, still present in bars, restaurants, hotels and cruise ships worldwide. After the takeover by Dan and Paul Johanson, a realignment was chosen: external designer collaborations and more distinctively profiled Scandinavian design lines. The collaboration with Leo Thafvelin produced the Snaps bar stool — an iconic product with international success. Production: almost entirely in Markaryd (frame manufacturing, cutting, sewing, upholstery, assembly, metalwork). ISO 14001-certified, Möbelfakta-certified.

Designer collaborations: Leo Thafvelin (Snaps), Mattias Ljunggren (Sputnik bar stool), Alexander Lervik, Anders Hjelm, Johan Lindstén (Pelican — first chair in Sweden with EU Ecolabel; Circuit), Simon Pengelly, Färg & Blanche (Frankie, Lindy, Sketch), Böttcher & Kayser (Opus, Champ). Product categories: chairs (conference, visitor, universal), bar stools, sofas and armchairs (lounge), benches, sound-absorbing furniture (Decibel by Johanson), stools and tables (Champ). Materials: fabric, leather, eco-leather; metal frames in 405 RAL colours; wood. Main markets: Scandinavia, UK, Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, USA, Middle East, Asia. Target group: offices, hotels, restaurants, retail, ship interiors — almost exclusively via architects, designers and dealers. Company group: Decibel, Noon, Corium, Metector, LTZ (Lithuania).

For architects and interior designers seeking for office, hotel, foodservice, retail and marine contract projects a Swedish family company producing since 1953 in Markaryd (Småland) that with full in-house production, ISO 14001 and Möbelfakta certification, 405 RAL colours for metal frames, the EU Ecolabel Pelican Chair and designer collaborations with Färg & Blanche, Johan Lindstén and Böttcher & Kayser — Johanson Design has made since 1953 in Markaryd a consistent journey from a wood wool core pouf in a cellar workshop to the EU Ecolabel Pelican Chair: almost complete in-house production, 405 RAL colours, ISO 14001 — and the Venus Chair of the 1960s still on cruise ships worldwide.