--- title: "Ruud Ekstrand" url: "https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ruud-ekstrand" language: "en" type: "designer" description: "Individual designer items from Ruud Ekstrand ✓ Wide range of products & designs ➜ Get inspired now" published: "2001-05-01T00:00:00+02:00" modified: "2026-04-26T16:55:37+02:00" image: "https://www.stylepark.com/apple-touch-icon.png" --- # Ruud Ekstrand Vejbystrand, Sweden - [Biography](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ruud-ekstrand) - [Products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ruud-ekstrand) - [Manufacturer](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ruud-ekstrand/manufacturer) - [Articles](https://www.stylepark.com/en/designer/ruud-ekstrand/contributions) - [Website](http://www.ruudekstrand.se) Address: ## Ruud Ekstrand Ruud Ekstrand Design AB Porslångsvägen 4 266 55 Vejbystrand Sweden T: +46 40 788 21 [www.ruudekstrand.se](http://www.ruudekstrand.se) Products by Ruud Ekstrand [![BEasy F-242](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/_1410x940_crop_0.5176-0.7182_none/2024_Kinnarps_Skandiform-BEasy-inspiraton_Ohne-Ohrteil.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/kinnarps/beasy-f-242) [Kinnarps BEasy F-242](https://www.stylepark.com/en/kinnarps/beasy-f-242) [![Mixx side table](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/a/abstracta/produkte/mixx-side-table/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mixx-side-table-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-side-table) [Abstracta Mixx side table](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-side-table) [![Mixx lectern](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/a/abstracta/produkte/mixx-lectern/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mixx-lectern-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-lectern) [Abstracta Mixx lectern](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-lectern) [![Mixx flipchart](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/a/abstracta/produkte/mixx-flipchart/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mixx-flipchart-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-flipchart) [Abstracta Mixx flipchart](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-flipchart) [![Mixx Workstation](https://www.stylepark.com/assets/transformations/manufacturers/a/abstracta/produkte/mixx-workstation/_1410x940_crop_center-center_none/mixx-workstation-1.jpg)](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-workstation) [Abstracta Mixx Workstation](https://www.stylepark.com/en/abstracta/mixx-workstation) [All products](https://www.stylepark.com/en/products/designer/ruud-ekstrand) Biography Born in Malmö, Sweden, in 1943 Arkitekt SIR (National Association of Swedish Interior Architects) and designer Nordic Correspondence Institute (NKI), Industrial Design Department, 1967 Self-employed in Malmö since 1969. ’Each chair is a challenge. They have to be esthetically compelling, functional and beautiful. They have to function in big groups as well as individual eyecatchers. If they additionally convey a feeling of good craftmanship, I will be glad.’ ’Every single chair has gone through a careful testing before being approved. Is the seat strong enough without being too hard? Does the back have the right elasticity and the legs the correct balance? I think about the details for months. Sketch and compare. Study proportions and search new combinations. Go around and be ’pregnant’ with the model before it is time to make a prototype.’