The assignment to create the Design Bar at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 7-11, 2017, has gone to Note Design Studio. Using the concept Sulla bocca di tutti, which means “on everybody’s lips”, the studio’s goal is to create a warm, inspirational and generous experience.
Nordic Space, this spring’s trend theme at the interior design fair Formex, features an open mind free of anxiety. It includes rather than excludes and presents a stage for expressionism. Artistic influences are moving into our homes and craftsmanship is the new designer item.
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.
Awareness and responsibility formed the cornerstones of the Formex interior design and gift fair, which ended last Saturday at Stockholmsmässan. This fall’s event was the biggest ever, with around 990 exhibitors showing off their products over an area of a little more than 33,000 sq. m. Just over 22,000 visitors passed through the convention center’s doors.
Formex, the Nordic region's largest trade fair for interior design and gifts open at Stockholmsmässan August 24-27. This autumn´s Formex is the largest yet and for the first time Formex will fill all four exhibition halls at Stockholmsmässan. In total 988 exhibitors participate in an area totaling around 32,000 sqm.
Interior stylist Tina Hellberg has been given the assignment to design the Trend Restaurant at Formex using this fall’s three trends: Shape of Things, Authenticity and Sensory. For the second time a famous chef will also be making a guest appearance, as Leif Mannerström adds one of his favorite dishes to the menu.
During Formex this fall, the Victoria Hall at Stockholmsmässan will fill up with Nordic Buzz, a Nordic project for entrepreneurs within the creative industries. Seventy designers have been selected to participate this year in four different areas: Interior Design details; Crafts & Lifestyle products; Fashion, Accessories & Jewelry and Illustration, Artwork & Industrial Design.
Young Designers - Formex platform for young and unestablished talents will have a new layout and design this fall, August 24-27. Behind the new look is designer and architect Mattias Stenberg.
Several of Sweden’s leading fashion designers joined forces with several of the world’s leading digital developers and programmers and created global innovations within the area of wearables, fashion with a built-in technological function. The result of this unique collaboration will be on display at the Formex interior and design fair, which will be held August 24-27.
The winner of the design award, Formex Nova – Nordic Designer of the Year, will be announced on August 24. The award was established six years ago to promote high-quality Nordic design. The award goes to a young designer who is working in the Nordic region and has been selected by an expert jury.
The architectural firm Codesign has been given the assignment to create the Theme Exhibition at the interior design fair Formex, based on this autumns trend theme Nordic Me. With its concept Breaking Through Convention, Codesign interprets the theme by looking at stereotypical preconceptions about the Nordic region.
GastroNord & Vinordic at Stockholmsmässan came to a close on Friday last week. These fairs gather together the whole industry for hotels, restaurants, catering, fast food and drink, in order to meet and do business. A total of 360 exhibitors from 21 countries participated, and the fairs attracted more than 20,000 visitors.
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which came to a triumphant conclusion last weekend, continues to consolidate its position as the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian design. Many people commented on the vibrant international atmosphere they felt in the exhibition halls. Out of a total of nearly 40,000 visits made to Stockholmsmässan, more than 10,000 were made by visitors from abroad.
Winners of Editors’ Choice 2016 – Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair´s new award
For this year’s Fair, of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair introduced a new award – Editors' Choice. The award includes three categories: Rising Star, Best Stand and Best Product. The Jury consists of the editors-in-chief from some of Europe’s most influential design forums.
Nordic design is growing in popularity and demand. This was clearly evident at Formex, an interior design and gifts fair, which closed its doors this past weekend. It was the largest spring-Formex yet in terms of surface area.
British design studio Barber & Osgerby, have created a cross section of daily life through a Triptych installation comprised of new work.
This spring we want to design our interiors with a personal touch and a lot of color as well as with warmth and artistic sensitivity. On January 20-23 Formex opens the season for the interior design industry at Stockholmsmässan. This spring's trend theme, Nordic Kicks, offers "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, something given".
Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair's own forum for knowledge and discussions in the area of design and architecture - Stockholm Design Talks - presents several well-respected firms and lecturers to talk about architecture in Scandinavia and the world. Participants include Jenny B. Osuldsen from Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta and Shohei Shigematsu from OMA in New York.
Press briefing and a light breakfast. Wednesday 20th of January 8:30 – 9:30 am in the Trend Restaurant, hall B.
