Katja Pettersson (b.1972) is a Swedish designer who has worked and studied within a broad spectrum of design. Before studying industrial design at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design she worked in theatres and with textiles. In 2003, during her studies, she founded the design group FRONT together with three other students, Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken, and Anna Lindgren.
In 2009, Pettersson left FRONT to move closer to the furniture industry and created The Fifty Fifty Projects with industrial designer Anders Landström. Since then she has been working as an independent designer, investigating design projects that combine design with a social commitment and an interest in the working conditions and production conditions of designers. The Fifty Fifty Projects operates on a business model that shares profits 50/50 between designers and the company.
Pettersson has been a lecturer in Industrial design at Konstfack and had previously a similar position at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm.
