"...Theselius seeks to create new images through his furniture, juxtaposing various stylistic features and materials, and bearing a pictorial language that gives [the works] the aspects of objects from a world we recognize yet one that is unfamiliar."
-Hostler Burrows
Career
In 1985, Theselius caused a stir with his Älgskinnsfåtölj (elk leather armchair), a cylindrical club chair made of sheet iron and elk skin. Mats Theselius also created the “national armchairs” series, where each armchair is unique and only one copy is produced. In 2005, he presented one of these armchairs with the name Norrsken (Northern Lights) to the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria as a gift. This now adorns the visiting room of the Crown Princess in Stockholm Castle .
Mats Theselius is a versatile designer and has been known to work with ceramics and jewelry, as well as patterns for carpets and building projects. In addition to his national and international career, he was professor at the Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk at the University of Gothenburg from 1995 to 1996 .