Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017, offers a forum for knowledge and discussions within the area of design and architecture, Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks. The forum will have a theme this year of “Sustainability Thinking”.
We are now seeing many exciting design collaborations, where a new generation of designers is showing an interest in and a desire to work with Swedish craft companies. Combined with new digital technologies and innovative design, these collaborations are resulting in unique, contemporary products that have unmistakable ties to the past.
Wooden architecture is becoming a new Swedish export item. At Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017, the exhibition Welcome to Woodland will present a wide range of innovative contemporary wooden architecture and discuss the different aspects of wooden architecture and design.
Coco Form Studio has been given the assignment to design the Trend Restaurant at Formex using this springs three trends: Monolith Milk & Flowers and Astronautica.
For Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2017, the design studio Form Us With Love was commissioned to design a concept for the strategic development of Greenhouse, the fair’s hall for independent, unestablished designers. Together with students from Berghs School of Communication, they developed an activity that involves a one-year mentorship program.
Formex, the interior design fair held 18–21 January 2017 will involve 21 Young Designers – Formex’s platform for young, unestablished talent. The magic of glass, encounters between cultures, and patriarchal structures are things that inspire some of the designers who will be exhibiting at the next fair.
“Contrasts” is the underlying theme for and name of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s Trend Exhibition 2017/18, which has been created by stylist Lotta Agaton. The exhibition will offer contrasts in materials and furniture as well as surprising combinations.
The assignment to create the Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017, has gone to Note Design Studio. Using the concept Sulla bocca di tutti, which means “on everybody’s lips”, the studio’s goal is to create a warm, inspirational and generous experience.
Nordic Space, this spring’s trend theme at the interior design fair Formex, features an open mind free of anxiety. It includes rather than excludes and presents a stage for expressionism. Artistic influences are moving into our homes and craftsmanship is the new designer item.
Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayon, known for his playful expression and versatile production, has been given the assignment to create an exhibition in Stockholmsmässan’s Entrance Hall. This is the 14th time the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is inviting a well-respected international designer to create an installation.
Now in its 4th year, Digital Health Days is well established as one of Europe’s leading events in the field. The following statement by Anders Ekblom, chairman of Karolinska University Hospital holds truer than ever: “When medicine and digitalisation meet we see how a disruptive force is created in the health care space.”
Awareness and responsibility formed the cornerstones of the Formex interior design and gift fair, which ended last Saturday at Stockholmsmässan. This fall’s event was the biggest ever, with around 990 exhibitors showing off their products over an area of a little more than 33,000 sq. m. Just over 22,000 visitors passed through the convention center’s doors.
