UNION Design

UNION is a product design studio specialising in contract office furniture, seating and lighting. Founded by industrial designer Jeff Theesfeld and based in the United States, the studio pairs design thinking with deep development expertise to create human-focused products, built on the belief that design should be simple, approachable and intuitively functional.

Theesfeld studied industrial design at Thomas Jefferson University and started his career at the studio of Knoll designer Richard Schultz, where he became design director. He later led product development at Shea+Latone for clients including Humanscale, Global, Teknion and Knoll, and a long collaboration with ergonomics pioneer Niels Diffrient shaped his approach. His work has earned patents and Good Design, iF Design, Best of Neocon and MetropolisLikes awards.