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  • Stockholm Design Week is kicking off next week

    Stockholm Design Week is kicking off next week

    Monday, February 8 marks the start of Stockholm Design Week. This year it will take a slightly different form with design activities in the city mixed with digital events online. Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair City & Digital Edition has various components, from the open showrooms across the city, where exhibitors that usually take part in the physical fair showcase their products, to the

  • Vo Trong Nghia, Fokke Moerel, Rossana Orlandi, Charles Renfro and Anders Lendager

    ​New digital platform for conversations about design and architecture

    Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks have established themselves as one of the leading international forums for conversation and debate in the field of Scandinavian design, architecture and urban planning. February 10-11 a large number of international and Scandinavian experts will take part in digital talks, interviews and a range of fascinating panel debates.

  • Stockholmsmässan’s CEO Christian Clemens with Pinglan the penguin. Photo: Martin Ulvbäck

    Stockholmsmässan receives Penguin Prize

    Stockholmsmässan has been awarded the Penguin Prize for its innovative ways of communicating with exhibitors and visitors in order to increase the volume of recycled material, which is one of many important climate goals for the City of Stockholm.

  • Nordbygg has been moved to April 26-29, 2022

    Nordbygg has been moved to April 26-29, 2022

    Last week, Stockholmsmässan reported that two of the spring’s biggest events – Formex and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair which were due to be held in January and February have been cancelled. Now the decision has also been taken to postpone Nordbygg from April 20-23, 2021 to April 26-29, 2022.

  • Stockholmsmässan is forced to cancel Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair and Formex

    Stockholmsmässan is forced to cancel Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair and Formex

    It is now clear that Stockholmsmässan is obliged to cancel two of its largest events scheduled for Q1 2021, namely Formex (the largest home and interior design trade fair in the Nordic region, which should have taken place in January) and the internationally recognised Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which is customarily arranged in February each year.

  • Nordbygg’s Peter Söderberg with Karl-Gunnar Karlsson from Swerock.

    ECO-Betong from Swerock wins Nordbygg’s Gold Medal for 2020

    ​ECO-Betong from Swerock has been declared the winner of Nordbygg’s Gold Medal for 2020. The award is jointly backed by Nordbygg, industry magazine Byggindustrin and Svensk Byggtjänst. This year, the jury choose to recognize a product with a long history of constant development that could have a crucial impact on the future: climate-enhanced concrete, symbolized by ECO-Betong from Swerock.

  • The Design Bar 2019 created by Anderssen & Voll, produced with material from Swedish Woods members. Photo: G. Kaiser.

    Swedish Wood becomes Sustainability Partner for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2021

    Today it was confirmed that industry organization Swedish Wood will be the Sustainability Partner for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. This represents a long-term commitment to sustainability for both the fair and Swedish Wood, with a focus on knowledge about using natural materials and recycling to create a more sustainable and circular event.

  • Formex in summary – the home furnishings industry is flourishing

    Formex in summary – the home furnishings industry is flourishing

    This year Formex, the Nordic region’s biggest interiors fair, celebrates its 60th anniversary. The fair usually takes place twice a year, but the August event had to be cancelled. Instead, Team Formex provided interior design inspiration via city showcases and digital seminars – an initiative that proved very popular.

  • Valdís Steinarsdóttir

    Formex Nova winner Valdís Steinarsdóttir: "I want to take advantage of the fact that we designers have such a great influence in society"

    In fierce competition with top designers from all over the Nordic region, Formex Nova 2020 is awarded to the Icelandic designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir, 29, who in her work focuses on recycling natural materials. Together with researchers she has, among other things, developed two completely new materials, Bioplastic Skin and Just Bones.
    In its motivation, the Formex Nova jury highlights in parti

  • Lamps designed by Formex Nova nominee Jan Klingler. Photo: TrendNomad

    Winner of the Formex Nova Design Award to be announced on August 18

    This year’s prestigious Formex Nova Design Award will be presented on Tuesday, August 18 at the Volvo Showroom in Stockholm. The annual award turns the spotlight on young design talent working in the Nordic region.
    The Formex Nova Design Award, issued in partnership with Formex, is marking its tenth anniversary this year. In a new move, the jury now comprises representatives from the whole of t

  • Summer Design Week offers the best in Scandinavian design right now

    Summer Design Week offers the best in Scandinavian design right now

    Summer Design Week takes place in Stockholm from August 17-23. On display is a selection of the very latest from the Scandinavian design scene, mixed with classics. Product launches, exhibitions and workshops are some of the activities that visitors can choose to participate in, all under safe conditions with a limited number of places at each event.

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