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.
The shortlist of products nominated for the Formex Formidable design award was announced today on the opening day of the Formex fair. Formex Formidable encourages and rewards interesting, qualitative and contemporary design. The shortlisted entries are on show at the fair and at www.formex.se, where the general public can vote for the “People's Choice”.
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.
For the first time ever, Formex is treating design-interested members of the public to an exhibition in Stockholm City to coincide with this fall’s trade fair. During the August 16 - 19 2012 Design Days, Formex will be guesting the PUB department store in Stockholm.
The task of designing the new stage and restaurant area at Formex has fallen to design team Oddbirds. The Odd Nest showcases everything from locally sourced produce to contemporary food trends and inspiration. Visitors are also offered a meeting place for thoughts, ideas and high-flying plans here.
The jury with the task of selecting the winner of the NOVA Design Award 2012 has now been finalized. The winner will be named Nordic Designer of the Year 2012 and will receive their award during the Formex design mingle at PUB on August 16.
The theme for this fall’s Formex 2012 is Nordic Charm, a tribute to the blond, simple Nordic style of interior design. The exhibition also has a new slot on the calendar, taking place on 16 19 August.
Under höstens Formex 2012 är temat Nordic Charm, en hyllning till den blonda, enkla nordiska inredningsstilen. Mässan får också en ny tid i kalendern och äger nu rum den 16-19 augusti. – Över 850 utställare visar höstens utbud tillsammans med seminarier, trendspaningar och inspirationsutställningar berättar projektledaren Chicie Lindgren.
Idag togs det första spadtaget till Stockholmsmässans nya huvudentré. Totalt investeras drygt 100 miljoner kronor i ett nytt entrétorg som ger besökare och utställare en tydlig och inspirerande utgångspunkt till de olika evenemangen, samtidigt som ett nyttt centralt placerat presscenter invigs. Stockholmsmässans nya entré ska vara klar hösten 2013.
The Vinordic Wine Challenge, Sweden’s only EU-certified wine competition, has selected this year’s best wines. Almost 700 wines competed in 37 classes, within ten different flavour types. Within each category, a gold, silver and bronze winner is then named. These are Sweden’s best-value wines.
GastroNord, 24-27 April, will see the launch of the Chef of the Year restaurant. The menu at this temporary pop-up restaurant will be devised by the Chef of the Year Association, including contributions from Klas Lindberg, Tommy Myllymäki and Markus Aujalay, all winners of the Chef of the Year title.
Next week sees the launch of the Vinordic School (25-27 April), which features a whole host of talks. Visitors can learn about the tasting and re-corking of the bottles of champagne found in a shipwreck in the Åland Archipelago. At the fair, there will also be wine tasting and glass testing with Gaja and Riedel, as well as beer tasting with brewmaster Garrett Oliver.
At Vinordic, 25-27 April, which takes place alongside GastroNord at Stockholm International Fairs, visitors will get the opportunity to find out everything there is to know about rosé and champagne. Experts will be on hand at the Rosé Wine Tasting and Josephine Edelskog’s Champagne Bar to offer advice and tips.
The School Cook of the Year (Årets skolkock), the Electrolux Nordic Challenge (Nordisk kocklandskamp), Sharpest Chef (Vassaste kocken), Sweden’s best value wines and much more will be decided at GastroNord and Vinordic, which will bring together the hotel, restaurant, catering and fast food industries at Stockholm International Fairs week beginning 16 April.
56,745 people visited this year’s Nordbygg, held on the 20-23 March 2012 at Stockholmsmässan in Älvsjö, Sweden. They came to an exhibition center packed to the rafters with around 900 exhibitors from more than 30 countries. There were also some interesting contributions to the energy debate.
