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  • Design Bar serves up a visual journey and a design embrace

    The assignment to create the Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair on February 6 10, 2018 has gone to the designer Luca Nichetto. This time, the menu is being created in collaboration with Lina Ahlin, chef at the restaurant Agrikultur in Stockholm.

  • This year’s Formex Nova winner recognized in London

    Qian Jiang - winner of the Formex Nova 2017 design award - has been invited by design studio FUWL, Form Us With Love, to participate in Prototypa at Somerset House in London in parallel with the London Design Festival, September 18 - 24, 2017.

  • Paola Navone is the Guest of Honour 2018

    Being citizen of the world and something of an anthropologist, Paola Navone – Italian architect, product designer, interior designer and artistic director – has been commissioned to create an installation for the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.

  • Qian Jiang wins the Formex Nova 2017 design award

    Qian Jiang has been named the winner of Formex Nova, which goes to a young designer in the Nordic region. The winner is named by an expert jury and receives in part a sponsored activity at a value of SEK 50,000.

  • Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair strengthens its position at the international design scene

    ​Last weekend, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair closed its doors on this year's event. The fair is continuing to grow and strengthen its position as the world’s largest and most important meeting place for Scandinavian design. The number of foreign visitors increased by more than 6.5% to almost 10,700 and represented a record-setting 80 countries.

  • Winners of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair´s award Editors’ Choice 2017

    Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s award - Editors’ Choice - will be handed out for the second consecutive year. The jury consists of Editors-in-Chief from several of Europe’s most important design forums. The 2017 jury consists of Marcus Fairs, Dezeen, Robert Thiemann, Frame magazine, Chantal Hamaide, Intramuros and Costas Voyatzis, Yatzer.

  • New Scandinavian design at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    ​February 7-11, it is time for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world's largest meeting place for Scandinavian design. Buyers, architects, designers and journalists from more than 60 countries will come to the fair. More than 80 design events will also be held throughout the entire city as part of Stockholm Design Week.

  • Stockholm buzzing with design in Week 6

    It is soon time for this year’s design event! By combining Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair with Stockholm Design Week, Week 6 has now become a permanent event in the calendars of buyers, architects, designers and journalists from all over the world. With the trade fair at the middle of it all, the entire city will be buzzing with around 80 events, installations and parties.

  • Overflowing with Scandinavian design at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, is the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and light design. This is further enhanced at this year’s fair with guest exhibitions that shine a spotlight on Scandinavian design. More than 700 companies gather at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, and 80 percent of all exhibiting companies come from Scandinavia.

  • Welcome to the Hayon DNA Gallery at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017 invites the visitor to enter the Hayon DNA Gallery, a unique structure designed by this year´s Guest of Honour – the Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayon. The installation is characterized with his typical blend of fantasy, whimsy and craftsmanship

  • Stelton wins the Formex Formidable 2016 design award

    The jury-selected award Formex Formidable 2016 goes to Stelton for its Collar collection, which consists of a coffee grinder, mocha pot, milk jug and sugar bowl. The collection was designed by Daniel Debiasi and Federico Sandri. The People’s Choice award, which is selected by the general public, goes to Skrufs glasbruk’s bowl with spout designed by Carina Seth Andersson.

  • Formex - filled with inspiration and design

    At Fomrex, the largest meeting place for nordic interior and design, January 18-21, 2017, visitors are treated to several design experiences. For example, the winner of Formex Formidable, an annual design award, will be announced and the rug as an object of art and design will be highlighted in its own exhibition.

  • Design stars of tomorrow in Greenhouse

    Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s hall for young and unestablished designers, is a stepping stone for many of tomorrow’s design stars.The jury has now selected who will exhibit in 2017, including names such as Lies-Marie Hoffmann, Frag Woodall, Studio Føy and yuue design. In total, 31 designers or design teams and 31 design colleges from 18 countries will be taking part.

  • Sustainability Thinking at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair

    Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017, offers a forum for knowledge and discussions within the area of design and architecture, Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks. The forum will have a theme this year of “Sustainability Thinking”.

  • Jaime Hayon is the Guest of Honour 2017

    Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayon, known for his playful expression and versatile production, has been given the assignment to create an exhibition in Stockholmsmässan’s Entrance Hall. This is the 14th time the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is inviting a well-respected international designer to create an installation.

  • Humanistic modernism in Nordic Kicks

    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".

  • The Design Bar 2016 - All the fun of the fair

    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.

  • Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby are the Guests of Honour for 2016

    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.

  • Redesign, Consideration and Table Settings at Formex

    On 19-22 August, Formex, the interior design and gift fair, will take place at Stockholmsmässan. Some of the guest exhibitions at this fall are showcasing repurposing, considerate arts and crafts, and paying tribute to linen and the art of table setting.

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