Every year Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair invites a highly acclaimed international designer or design studio to create a lounge in Stockholmsmässan’s entrance hall. This year the assignment has gone to British design studio, Barber & Osgerby, who have received international acclaim for their innovative furniture, industrial design and architecture.
The assignment to design Greenhouse 2016, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair's hall for young and unestablished designers, was given to the design studio, Form Us With Love. The studio would like to emphasize that Greenhouse is a platform that offers unestablished designers the opportunity to get a glimpse of the design world and fulfill their dreams.
Last week, on August 19-22, Formex kickstarted the season for the interior design and gifts industry at Stockholmsmässan. This fall's exhibition was the largest Formex in history in terms of surface area.
“Kyuhyung Cho&Erik Olovsson are awarded Formex Nova for the playful collaboration in their three collections Room, Sine and Numbers. With a fusion of graphic elements and architectural volumes, the creations of these two designers are characterized by contrasts between light and heavy, discipline and playfulness, and 2- and 3-dimensionality, conjuring up a feeling of opposites in perfect balance.”
The interior design fair Formex, August 19-22, is arranging The House Cat Festival to celebrate and explore Nordic craftsmanship. During four days, artisans from every corner of Sweden will be on hand to show us how to bind baskets, embroider, carve wood and weave.
Next week, on August 19, Formex, the Nordic region’s largest trade fair for interior design and gifts, will open its doors at Stockholmsmässan. Formex offers many inspirational exhibitions, lectures and activities as the industry gathers to do business, network, see the most recent trends and be inspired.
On 19-22 August, Formex, the interior design and gift fair, will take place at Stockholmsmässan. Some of the guest exhibitions at this fall are showcasing repurposing, considerate arts and crafts, and paying tribute to linen and the art of table setting.
Every season Formex receives a number of exciting applications for Young Designers – Formex's platform for young, unestablished designers. At the fair in August 19-22, 23 selected designers will be introduced in different categories, including SAGA MELINA and Nina Johanna Christensen, who are participating for the first time.
Welcome to Formex - the largest meeting place for Nordic interior design
On August 19, the winner of the design award, Formex Nova - Nordic Designer of the Year, will be announced. Formex established the award five years ago to promote high-quality Nordic design. The award goes to a young designer who is working in the Nordic region and has been selected by an expert jury.
Adforum, the world-leading organiser of trade fairs for the pulp and paper industry, and Elmia, whose fairs include the world’s leading bioenergy fair, have agreed to combine their previous fairs to create a strong and timely meeting place in the forest industry. Starting in 2016 the previous fairs will all form part of International Wood Biorefining Week.
Last Wednesday, at the IMEX exhibition in Frankfurt, it was announced which congress and trades fair facility had won the 2015 INCON Digital Infrastructure Award. . This year, Stockholmsmässan received an "Honourable Mention" and the winner was Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre.
