This coming spring’s edition of Young Designers, Formex’s platform for new talent, is set to consist of 21 selected participants from a variety of categories. Below are some of the experimental and ground-breaking products that will be on show, including handicrafts made from iron netting, designs with emotional functionality and shaped, sustainable soap.
This spring’s theme at the Formex interior design and gifts exhibition, Nordic Kicks, approaches our design heritage from several new angles. We design our interiors with a personal touch and a lot of color as well as with warmth and artistic sensitivity. The trend theme can be summarized by the phrase, "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, something given".
At Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which will be held February 9-13, 2016, the Design Bar and the Design Talks will be designed by architect Andreas Martin-Löf. Under the concept “All the fun of the fair”, he would like to create an evocative atmosphere, miles away from hard wooden chairs and simplicity. The Design Bar will be created in cooperation with award-winning chef Fredrik Eriksson.
Stockholmsmässan has become a Gold sponsor for the Swedish participation in Bocuse d’Or, the world's most well-known chef competition. At the GastroNord trade fair, which will be held April 26-29, 2016, Sweden's representative for the 2016 competition, Alexander Sjögren, will practice for the first time ever in front of an audience.
This week thousands of diabetes researchers are gathering in Stockholm to discuss the most recent achievements in the field. For Stockholmsmässan, it is a feather in its cap to once again host one of the world's largest medical congresses.
Welcome to Digital Health Days, september 23 - 24th at Stockholmsmässan, Älvsjö, Sweden.
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.
