Modern dining room with a large wooden table, black chairs, pendant lights, and large windows with sheer curtains.

We create unique spaces
that evolve with time

Scandinavian creative studio working across interior architecture, furniture design and concept development.

We design interiors with a story that feel both timeless and deeply personal — blending carefully selected pieces with contemporary design to shape spaces that reflect each client’s unique, arketypal identity.

Step into the world of Arketype — where design starts with who you are.

Original by design

A black armchair with metal legs in front of a sheer white curtain and solid gray curtain, next to a wooden table in a well-lit room.
Top-down view of a black office chair next to a wooden table with gray tile flooring.
Looking down a spiral staircase with black carpeted steps and a white metal railing.

Our Services

  • Holistic design of interiors—from spatial planning to materials, colors, finishes, and built-in elements. Tailored for commercial spaces, workplaces, hospitality, residential, and public environments.

  • Creative direction and concept design that aligns brand identity with the spatial experience. Ideal for hotels, restaurants, retail spaces, offices, and property developers seeking strong narrative design.

  • One-on-one sessions for private clients, developers, or design teams. From early-stage ideas to full creative direction, these consultations help define a clear vision before project launch.

  • Bespoke furniture and object design that adds character, function, and identity to a space. Includes custom-built pieces and the creative reinterpretation of existing furniture.

  • Thoughtful selection and styling of furniture, lighting, art, and surfaces—designed to enhance atmosphere, personality, and sustainability. Perfect for those seeking a refined finishing touch.

Follow our journey

View fullsize STUDIO NOTE: For the next week, Arketype Studio is trading sketches and spatial concepts for skis, mountain air and Easter crime novels. Wishing you a beautiful Easter🐣 Back soon!
View fullsize Some projects begin with a plan. Others with a possibility. Some need direction. Others need momentum. Interior architecture is rarely one fixed process. Every project requires a different approach.
View fullsize Concept of the Month — Spilled Milk Some places carry stories long after their original purpose has changed. This concept explores traces of history, movement and material memory. Developed for a former dairy building known locally as «
View fullsize Before materials. Before colours. Before furniture. There is always one fundamental question: What should this space enable — and how should it feel? Atmosphere shapes behaviour. And behaviour shapes how spaces are actually used. Thoughtful
View fullsize Material matters. The way a surface reflects light. The way it ages over time. The way it shapes atmosphere in a room. Materials are part of the story a space tells. Project: Alginor Commercial/workplace interior Photo: @mari.staveland
View fullsize Arketype Studio is founded by interior architect & furniture designer Caroline Smedsvig. With experience across public, commercial and hospitality projects, her work is driven by a belief that spaces should carry identity — not just functi
View fullsize Why Arketype? An archetype is a fundamental pattern, idea or form that appears across places, cultures, and stories. It’s also how we think about design. Arketype Studio
View fullsize Identity shapes space. Arketype Studio designs environments that express identity — in brand, in business, and in the places people move through. We balance materiality and function, atmosphere and clarity, concept and long-term value. Origi

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 Contact us

  • Have a question, a vision — or something in between?
    Write to us. For more immediate matters, feel free to call.

    M hello@arketype.studio

    P+47 480 27 098

  • Strandgata 202
    5521 Haugesund
    Norway

  • We appreciate your interest.

    For features, interviews or design-related stories, we welcome thoughtful press inquiries. We believe in storytelling, original designs and the beauty of collaboration —
    so if you're reaching out, make it good.

    M caroline@arketype.studio

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