David Ericsson studied a bachelor’s in furniture design at LiU Malmstens in Lindingö from 2007-2010 as well as art, architecture, and textiles at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. From 2011 to 2017 Ericsson was a teacher at Liu Malmstens where he later worked as head of exhibitions until 2021.
In 2010 Ericsson founded the design studio DMOCH together with Marcus Berg which they ran until 2017. David Ericsson founded his own design studio in 2010 from where he collaborates with companies such as Gärsnäs, Källemo, Gemla, Blå Station and Verk. In 2015 Ericsson designed the chair Madonna for the centenary exhibition for Hans J Wegner at the Sønderjyllands Artmuseum in Tønder, Denmark to which he was invited to represent Sweden. Madonna, produced by Gärsnäs in beech wood and leather is said to be inspired by the Italian classic Chiavari chair. For the Madonna chair Ericsson received the magazine Residence Furniture of the year award in 2015, and Chair of the year award by Elle Decoration in 2016.
In 2018 Ericsson designed the chair Petite for Gärsnäs as a Scandinavian counterpart to the classical chairs often used in European cafés. For Petite Ericsson was awarded the Designer of the Year award by Form Magazine and was the Swedish contribution to the Nordic Sustainable Chair design competition.
David Ericsson is represented at the Swedish National Museum of Fine Arts (with the deck chair Oona) and at the Museum of Furniture Studies (with Petite).
