Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is establishing a new design award – Born Classic – in collaboration with the auction house Bukowskis, which will form the jury. The award will go to a piece of furniture or lighting that has qualities that could make it a design classic of the future. The objective is to bring attention to and encourage good, long lasting design.
Not only will design legend and style icon Zandra Rhodes come to Formex at Stockholmsmässan on January 15-18, but two of the world’s leading trend forecasters, Li Edelkoort and Edouard Keller, will be guests at the leading interiors fair in the Nordics. Formex also presents two completely new areas: Designer Pet and Smart Objects.
Alice Rawsthorn, design critic and journalist, Joel Sanders, architect, and Tom Dixon, designer, will be three of the guest speakers at Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks, the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s forum for knowledge and discussions within the area of design and architecture.
What just might be Stockholm’s longest table will be on display at Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s jury-assessed area for young, unestablished designers and design schools. The designers behind the table, duo Thau & Kallio, have been given the assignment to design Greenhouse Bar and Café as well as an exhibition under the direction of the Materials Library.
The jury is in! Formex has selected 25 promising talents – Formex Design Talents – who will exhibit their creations during the Formex Interior Design Fair taking place January 15-18, 2019, at Stockholmsmässan.
Nordbygg 2018 was a success - in many ways. But the Project Manager Peter Söderberg and his team are not resting on their laurels, but working full-time with the planning of the next fair. In the content mix for Nordbygg 2020, there is among other things a continued investment in innovation elements.
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.
With 48,000 visitors, 930 high-quality exhibitors and 250 well-visited seminars, Nordbygg 2018 was a success with both the public and the exhibitors. The arrangers are now looking forward to 2020 with confidence, in particular because more than 50 percent of the exhibitor space has already been booked.
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.
Interest in exhibiting at Design Talents, Formex’s platform for new talent, is greater than ever. The number of foreign applications has also increased. This year, 23 designers were selected to participate in Design Talents, which is part of interior design fair Formex’s mentorship program.
The Formex interior design fair that will be held on August 21-24 will have a special focus on craftsmanship “Masters at Formex” is a new cooperation between Formex, the National Crafts Council and the National Association of Swedish Handicraft Societies. The cooperation will be presented in an exhibition and a workshop.
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.
