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  • Photo: CANCAN

    CANCAN Revolutionizes the Color Industry - World Premiere at Formex

    As Formex opened on August 22, the color brand CANCAN was launched, a new initiative aimed at enriching the color industry and inspiring greater creative freedom in a new era. Behind CANCAN stands the leading Nordic paint specialty trade, Colorama.

  • Photo: Gustav Kaiser

    Sensual, sinuous, beautiful, and functional, wins this year's "Best in Show" at Formex Design Talents

    We are happy to announce the winner of "Best in Show" at Formex Design Talents. The winner is Plantstraws with the founder Elin Fyhr. Plantstraws has with creatively, sensually, and playfully crafts sculptural design solutions for plant irrigation. Design Talents is the section dedicated to emerging Swedish and international designers, providing them with the opportunity to showcase their products

  • Countdown to Stockholm Design Week Pop-Up Edition

    Countdown to Stockholm Design Week Pop-Up Edition

    Stockholm Design Week returns on September 5–9 for five days of events, exhibitions, talks, workshops and open studios. The design week in September is a pop-up edition with the aim to gather and strengthen the design scene in Stockholm.
    After a successful fall edition last year, Stockholm Design Week returns with a pop-up edition this September. The week offers a platform to network, launch n

  • Anna-Karin Werner new Director of Congresses and Guest Events at Stockholmsmässan 

    Anna-Karin Werner new Director of Congresses and Guest Events at Stockholmsmässan 

    Stockholmsmässan has recruited Anna-Karin Werner as Director of Congresses and Guest Events. She has been working in the hospitality and tourism industry for many years and comes most recently from Openology AB, a company of which she was co-founder and CEO. Prior to that, she worked for many years as Director of Marketing and Sales at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel. Anna-Karin Werner will begin Sep

  • Interior design trends, global launch of a new color brand, design talents of the future and magic meetings – this is what we can expect from Formex August

    Interior design trends, global launch of a new color brand, design talents of the future and magic meetings – this is what we can expect from Formex August

    Tuesday, August 22nd marks the opening of the autumn's grand interior design event, Formex, at Stockholmsmässan. The theme for this autumn is "Link Together”, which describes our present time, emphasizing collaboration, networking, community and the realization that each of us is a link within a smaller or larger context. Here are five highlights.

  • Harry Plotter - a data driven plotter, photo: Stockholmsmässan

    Robot Harry Plotter improves Stockholmsmässans production time with 88 percent

    Robot Harry Plotter is Stockholmsmässans very own robot – a data driven plotter developed through a collaboration between Stockholmsmässan and researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. Harry’s efficiency and precision enable Stockholmsmässan to reduce production costs, shorten lead times and minimize labor-intensive work.

  • Photo: Martin Brusewitz

    New Ventures at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024

    Stockholm Furniture Fair kickstarts the design year 2024 with a series of news – including a new arena for young progressive design brands and three exciting design bars in collaboration with Nordic creatives. Among the exhibiting brands are both returning brands and first-time exhibitors.

  • Stockholm Design Week Pop-Up September 5–9

    Stockholm Design Week Pop-Up September 5–9

    The official Stockholm Design Week returns with a pop-up September edition this autumn. The design week is open to everyone and offers a platform to network, launch news and discuss ideas together. Among the already signed in participants are brands such as Swedese, Ogeborg, and Astrid as well as designers and studios like Nick Ross, Gustaf Westman, and Axel Wannberg.

  • Stockholmsmässan

    Sustainable Meet Stockholm and Stockholmsmässan put the city on the map as the go-to destination for sustainable meetings

    Stockholmsmässan is an active partner in the Sustainable Meet Stockholm collaboration and marketing project, which aims to promote Stockholm as a sustainable meeting destination. As the Nordic region’s largest meeting place, Stockholmsmässan will lead the way toward a more sustainable meeting sector, and part of this work involves collaborating with the whole meetings industry to boost Stockholm’s

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