The jury-assessed award, Formex Formidable 2017, goes to Iris Hantverk for its broom for outdoor use. The designer is Lovisa Wattman. The honorary ‘People’s Choice’ award, which is determined by the public, goes to Eldblås for its double woven wool throw designed by Karin Kloth.
Formex, which will be held January 17-20, is the kick-off for the spring season in the interior design industry. Visitors can listen to many interesting speakers, such as one of the world’s leading trend forecasters, Li Edelkoort, and lifestyle trend expert and researcher Mads Arlien-Søborg. This year’s Formex Formidable design award will be presented at Wednesday’s press breakfast.
At Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 6-10, this year´s Guest of Honour; the design icon Paola Navone creates a unic installation – Thammada. The visitor is invited to a colourful environment where everyday things are transformed into something special. This is the fifteenth time a renowned international designer is invited to design an installation at the fair’s entrance hall.
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 6-10, will present the exhibition, PANORAMA – aiming for democratic architecture. The exhibition highlights how architecture can contribute to democracy, and it hopes to initiate a discussion on this topic.
For Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2018, Greenhouse, the fair’s forum for unestablished designers, is moving to a new, larger area. Designer Nick Ross was given the assignment to create an exhibition and a café for the new Greenhouse area. A new addition to the 2018 fair is also the award, “Best Performance - Selected by the Greenhouse Jury”.
For the 100th anniversary of Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender, Bonnier Brands is creating the wonderful fairy tale world imagined by the mother of Swedish children’s books, Elsa Beskow. The exhibition is a collaboration with internationally renowned JoAnn Tan Studio.
Nordbygg is basically an arena for transferring knowledge – the industry’s foremost in the Nordics. Lots of knowledge is wrapped into the seminars, which Nordbygg also is investing heavily in for 2018.
Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks, which is Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s own forum for knowledge and discussions in the area of design and architecture, will feature influential guests such as Paola Navone, Piet Hein Eek, India Mahdavi, Penda and Assemble. This year’s theme is Visionary Thinking.
The jury is in! Our judges have finally selected the exhibitors for Greenhouse, the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s hall for unestablished designers. The Whole Elements, TIEL, Studio Mutant, Anton Karlsson and Ryu Kozeki are among the selected exhibitors. In total, 39 designers or design teams and 27 design schools from 17 countries will be participating.
The Formex interior design fair, which will be held January 17-20, 2018, has given designer and exhibition architect Synnöve Mork the assignment to design an exhibition in Stockholmsmässan’s entrance hall that inspires and educates. The exhibition will be a collaboration between several artists, each of whom will present their own interpretation.
Announcing Formex’s spring design talents! The designers who were selected work with a wide range of materials, including everything from hand-blown glass and natural leather to something as exciting as compostable coffee grounds. Design Talents, previously called Young Designers, will highlight unestablished artists and designers at the Formex interior and design fair on January 17-20.
Annual Nordic IT Security conference, organized by Copperberg AB, returns to Stockholmsmässan, Stockholm on the 7th of November, and this year - sets out to protect the value chain of society.
