Zandra Rhodes is a legend in the design world. Her colorful, flowing clothes have been worn by royalty and celebrity rock stars. At 78, she remains as relevant as ever – with new collections and her own museum. Zandra Rhodes will be the Formex Guest Influencer for the fair in January 2019.
Designer and set designer Sahara Widoff was given the assignment to create Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s exhibition Temperament, which aims to take the temperature of contemporary Scandinavian design and interior architecture.
Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks is the forum at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair for knowledge and in-depth learning and where people from the design and architecture industry across the world gather. The theme for 2019 is Challenges for the Future.
The Norwegian design studio Anderssen & Voll has been given the assignment to create the Design Bar for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 5-9, 2019. This time, the menu is being created in collaboration with Frida Ronge, Culinary Director at the restaurants Tak and UNN in Stockholm.
Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, founding partners of the award-winning Chinese Neri&Hu, an inter-disciplinary architectural design practice, have received the assignment to create an installation at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. This is the 16th time the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair has invited a well-respected international designer or architect to create an installation.
Anette Ternström Andersson, with a long track record from some of the capital’s biggest arenas, will become the new Production Director at Stockholmsmässan. The position is a new one and was created as part of a larger reorganization effort to increase the company’s commercial appeal. At the same time, Camilla Hållbro, former Director of Event Services, will become the new Commercial Director.
Ragna Ragnarsdóttir from Iceland is the winner of Formex Nova 2018. The award 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.
This fall’s Formex, August 21-24, has an international flair. For example, 150 years of diplomatic ties between Sweden and Japan will be celebrated with an exhibition on Japanese design and craftsmanship. The U.S. trend analyst Lilly Berelovich will also hold a seminar at the fair.
Two international congresses are coming: one that is bigger than ever and one that has combined five different meetings for a record-long ten-day event. Where? At Stockholmsmässan, of course, the largest meeting venue in Scandinavia and an experienced host of conferences and congresses of all types. Tomorrow it's EHA focusing on hematology, and a few weeks later the Federated AI Meeting.
Design and interiors fair Formex has established a design scholarship that will be given to a new graduate from Beckmans College of Design. The aim is to create visibility in the industry for as of yet unestablished designers who through the fair are given the opportunity to come into contact with buyers and the media.
Very well-visited, as expected. The number of visitors finished at 48,260 for Nordbygg 2018, just over one thousand more people than in 2016. The positive reviews are coming thick and fast, and already the bookings for Nordbygg 2020 are coming in.
”Rosmari” – work trousers for pregnant women from the company Operose. That is the winner of the Nordbygg Gold Medal for the best new product of the year 2018. Operose has designed several types of work clothes for women in the construction industry. With the new trousers for pregnant construction workers and painters, the range has had a pressing addition that won the gold medal convincingly.
Thursday evening was the time for the big awards at Nordbygg. Five great prizes within construction and housing were awarded on the big stage. One of the presenters was the Secretary of Housing and Digitalisation, Peter Eriksson, and one of the winners was the hockey legend and property owner, Peter Forsberg. The Nordbygg Gold Medal was awarded to the company Operose.
The nominees are now finalized for the Formex Nova design award – which will be awarded at the Formex Nova ceremony August 21, 2018. One young unestablished designer operative within the Nordic region is each year selected by an expert jury to be awarded the title Formex Nova award winner.
Nordbygg 2018 is up and running. The construction and property sector is welcomed to a fair full of innovation, contacts and knowledge in all showcases and on different stages. During the introductory press briefing, highlights and some clear themes of the week were presented: recruitment, digitalisation, equality and the role of the client.
Formex is thrilled to award interiors guru Abigail Ahern of being Guest Creator at Formex in August. Ahern, a formidable name on the UK interior design scene, will create a themed exhibition in the entrance hall.
On April 10, the gates to Nordbygg 2018 will open, the largest and most influential fair for actors in the construction and housing industry in the Nordics. The content of the fair well reflects Nordbygg’s ambition to present the status of the industry and also to drive it in a positive direction.
Formex Nova will be part of the Swedish presence at Salone del Mobile/Fuorisalone in Milan on April 17-22, 2018. Qian Jiang, the winner of Formex Nova 2017, will participate in an exhibition arranged by Swedish Design Moves, a program sponsored by the government to strengthen Sweden as a design country.
The theme for the next Formex (21-24 August 2018) takes inspiration from the unexpected and randomly combined. Decorative, sophisticated, bohemic and rock chic at the same time. Visitors will find unconventional meetings between florists, artisans, architects, designers, stylists, chefs and trend experts.
The Swedish construction sector has many issues on the agenda. Innovative development, new demands on the role of the client and recruitment are a few of them. At Nordbygg 2018, these and many more will be addressed.
