Søren Matz is a Danish master cabinetmaker and the founder of Matzform. He spent close to two decades in Japan, making fine cabinetry and designing contemporary wooden houses and interiors, before moving to Shanghai to establish his own label; the company now also works from Copenhagen. Matz relies on a small number of manufacturing partners near Shanghai and will not use a workshop more than two hours' drive from his studio, so that he can oversee production and quality directly. Alongside its licensed mid-century Scandinavian designs, his studio develops its own pieces. Mama Bear, an armchair from Matz Studio in a traditional idiom, is among the company's best-selling designs. Spoon (2021), developed with AIM Architecture, is a lounge chair on a powder-coated steel frame for lobbies and breakout areas.