Emma Marga Blanche studied a bachelor's in furniture and interior design at L.I.S.A.A. Renne in France from where she graduated in 2006. In 2011 she founded the design studio Färg & Blanche together with interior architect and designer Fredrik Färg. The duo designs furniture and objects on both exclusively handmade and industrially produced as well as exhibitions.
Färg & Blanche also makes limited editions works of art for galleries. Among the manufacturers that Färg & Blanche has worked with one can mention Gärsnäs, Johanson Design, BD Barcelona, Asplund and Materia.
For Swedish manufacturer Gärsnäs, Färg & Blanche got a commission to create a modern Emma, the classic 1900th armchair.The result was Emma, an upholstered hand-sewn armchair made of fabric or leather with a geometric patch work pattern in the backrest. In 2013 Emma was awarded the magazine Sköna Hem’s Best furniture prize and has since been followed by a family of chairs for Gärsnäs, such as Julius in 2016.
For the Stockholm Design Week in 2011 Färg & Blanche initiated the exhibition 20 designers at the Biological Museum where, as the name implies, 20 designers from 15 countries were invited to exhibit their works in the museums large 1900th showcases with stuffed animals and oil paintings of the Swedish nature.
Together Emma Marga Blanche and Fredrik Färg has received, among others, the Design of the Year Award from Elle Decoration in 2019 and Form Best Product Award at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2014.
Fredrik Färg's RE-cover chairs from 2011 are a part of the collection at the Swedish National Museum as well as at The Museum of Furniture Studies. The armchair Emma designed by Färg & Blanche was a part of the Female Traces exhibition at the Museum of Furniture Studies in 2019/2020.
