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.
Three trend installations at the next Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair will showcase the interior trends we’ll be seeing in 2013. For the third year running, these exciting and inspiring installations are brought to us courtesy of designer Jan Rundgren.
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.
The Nordbygg exhibition is attracting more interest than ever before. Although there’s 18 months to go before the next exhibition in April 2014, 60 percent of the exhibition space is already booked. “This is quite unique in the events world and it illustrates the importance of strong industry meeting places in difficult economic times,” says Peter Söderberg, Event manager at Nordbygg.
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.
Morten Rygaard har fotograferet Beyoncé og Bono. Nu kommer han til Fotomessen for at dele sine bedste fototricks med os. "Det er utroligt nemt at være kreativ med den teknik, der findes i dag," siger den danske stjernefotograf.
This will be the third year in a row that Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair stages its combined exhibition and talk show Hello!, an initiative by the fair to start a conversation about contemporary and future workplaces. This year’s theme is ‘Communication’ and the task of interpreting the main thematic design will be shared by Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh and Finnish illustrator Kustaa Saksi.
For the ninth year running, the Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair will be created by a Nordic designer or design team. Norwegian designer Daniel Rybakken has been given the assignment in 2013.
Billedudstillinger i verdensklasse, sidste nyt fra førende kameraproducenter samt seminarier, der hjælper besøgende med at tage bedre billeder. Den 26. oktober kommer Nordeuropas største fotomesse for første gang til København.
Almost ten years have passed since the first time he exhibited his work to a large audience in Stockholm. That was at Greenhouse, the arena for new designers that is part of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. Now he’s returning as a well-established designer. Mr. Oki Sato, founder of the Nendo design studio, has been named as the tenth Guest of Honor at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2013.
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
