An elephant in a china shop? No – just heavy industrial robots in a landscape of glass. As part of Stockholm Design Week 4-10 February 2013, Glass Elephant, a design installation in the borderland between industrial design, craftsmanship and performance, is on show in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities’ Skeppsholmen Caverns.
Formex Formidable 2012 Object: FANNY Vase Company: Klong Designer: 3do/Ami Katz
Winner of the Nova Design Award 2012, Mari Isopahkala, will be appearing in person and exhibiting her products at Formex next week. An exhibition of her work will run concurrently at Gallery Pascale – a chance for the general public to admire her designs. Participation at Formex and the exhibition at Gallery Pascale is part of the Nova Design Award, which is presented at the fall Formex each year.
This season, the task of creating Formex’s design lounge in the Entrance Hall has fallen to interior design stylist and writer Tina Hellberg. The lounge, with its title, "Oh Sunny Day", which reminds you of the spring sun, offers both a nice way to relax and an exciting selection of innovations from the fair's exhibitors.
Formex is being expanded with yet another area when the new Profile & Promotion by Formex Segment opens in Fall 2013. Visitors will meet strong brand names and leading retailers of gift items and promotional products here.
Oddcolony is the titillating name of this season's Formex’s combined restaurant, stage, and inspirational exhibition in Hall B. The Oddbirds are the super designers responsible for the design of the dazzling Oddcolony area that will be on site complete with a greenhouse, garden beds, and budding tulip bulbs when Formex kicks off the design year in the middle of January.
Trend Zone is the name of Formex's new acclaimed segment for trend inspiration. After its success last year, the area is being further expanded. In addition to an extensive trend exhibition focusing on four of the most important trends of the season, Trend Zone now also has a stage where you can have a seat and listen to inspiring trend lectures.
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2013 will feature yet another chance for young designers to exhibit their work to producers and visitors from the furniture and lighting industry, the press, and the general public in the Greenhouse exhibition. The exhibitors taking part in Greenhouse 2013 have now been selected.
The Hello! Show is back and is set to discuss important topics about the ins and outs of design during the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2013—all under the sure-fire leadership of experienced hosts Stefan Nilsson, Mark Isitt, and Johanna Agerman Ross.
The newly formed No Copy Ethical Council is a collaboration between Stockholmsmässan and TMF [the Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry] and was introduced at the 2012 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. The Council was a huge success and there will be a second chance in 2013 to receive impartial advice on intellectual property issues while the fair is in progress.
On 17-20 January, it will be time for Young Designers at Formex. This will be the tenth occasion the zone for promising new designers is featured. Over the years, quite a few exhibitors at Young Designers have achieved success and public acclaim for their design work.
Future trends with their origins in Swedish design tradition will be featured in an exhibition courtesy of Materialbiblioteket at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair on 5-9 February. The exhibition is aimed at professional architects, designers and marketers, and has been produced in association with Oversight Trends.
A new age and a new season await us. Winter darkness makes us long for a new beginning, the first warm rays of spring sunshine, and the sense of hope and life that daylight brings. Formex, which will be held at Stockholmsmässan on 17-20 January 2013, is launching the theme “Fresh” this spring.
Once again the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2013 will include an opportunity for young designers to exhibit their work to manufacturers and visitors from the furniture and lighting industry, as well as the general public, as part of the Greenhouse exhibition, which this year will be the work of the Note Design Studio.
Formex continues to cement its position as the leading event in Nordic interior design. The autumn fair attracted 973 exhibitors, 783 media representatives and 23,407 visitors from 54 countries.
Suomalainen Mari Isopahkala on voittanut Nova-designpalkinnon ja on siten vuoden Nova 2012. Isopahkala vastaanotti torstai-iltana Kyuhyung Chon suunnitteleman diplomin Monica Försterilta Tukholman PUB-tavaratalossa pidetyssä palkintoseremoniassa. Nova-designpalkinto jaetaan joka vuosi pohjoismaiselle muotoilijalle ja sen myöntäjinä ovat Formex-designmessut, Plaza Interiör ja Gallery
Mari Isopahkala from Finland has won the Nova Nordic Designer of the Year 2012 award. On Thursday evening, she received her diploma – designed by Kyuhyung Cho – from Monica Förster during an award ceremony at PUB in Stockholm. A Nordic designer is chosen to receive the Nova design award every year by the Formex design trade fair, in association with Plaza Interiör and Gallery Pascale.
Who will be the next rising star in the design world? There’s no better place to look for answers than Formex, the Nordic region’s largest trade fair for the interior design industry. The Design Students Selected by Formex exhibition and the Young Designer and Next Step zones will be showcasing products from design students and promising young designers.
Helsinki has been designated the World Design Capital for 2012, and Formex is recognizing this with a design lounge in Stockholmsmässan’s entrance square. The lounge will showcase Finnish design and is being arranged by the Swedish Fashion Council in collaboration with Formex.
On 16 August, designer Monika Förster will present this year’s Nordic designer of the year with the Nova Design Award at the Formex design get-together at PUB. Among other honours, the winner will be given the opportunity to exhibit their works at this spring’s Formex design fair and at the Gallery Pascale, and will have them featured in an article in magazine Plaza Interiör.
