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Stockholm Design Week was initiated in 2002 by the Stockholm Furniture Fair. It supports the fair in making Stockholm the place to be for purchasers, architects, designers, and journalists during one week in February and one week in the autumn. The Stockholm Design Week will be held from February 5, 2024, to February 11, 2024.
Stockholm Design Week incites everyone to a city buzzing with events, exhibitions, and open showrooms. Coinciding with the Stockholm Furniture Fair, Design Week welcomes everyone from all over the world to participate in design events and product launches in the city. The main goal of this one-week event is to push the Scandinavian design industry forward and to make design engage both professionals and enthusiasts alike.
Some of the participants of this year’s edition of the Stockholm Design Week are DESIGN HOUSE STOCKHOLM, KASTHALL, TAPWELL, and DAHL AGENTURER. Besides these participants, there would be a number of different exhibitions including the Foundation of Joy, developed by Bukowskis and Fredrik Paulsen.
At this year’s edition of the Stockholm Design Week, design duo Contem is showcasing their work with elm, now classified as an endangered wood species. Driven by the fascination for discarded materials, Jack Dalla Santa and Cristian Lind have been exploring the fate of the deceased elm in Sweden with the ambition of giving it a second life.
Elm, a material often overshadowed by more conventional Swedish woods, is seldom considered trendy due to its distinctive character. Initially, we were told it was too difficult to work with and that it didn’t lend itself to furniture-making, so we wanted to challenge that. With 700 elm trees felled in Stockholm this winter alone, the opportunity to work with this remarkable material is now
Christian lind
Other exhibitors in the Stockholm Design Week are Nordiska Galleriet Archives, Svensson, Fabric Forrest, Vescom, and more.
Nordiska Galleriet Archives
Nordiska Galleriet Archives is a store in Stockholm that sells a curated assortment of showroom pieces, discontinued designs, and sample collections from Nordiska Galleriet Group’s conventional channels. The store is also an exhibition space and often hosts art and design shows, as well as different cultural events and activities.
Svensson
Svensson’s textile products are designed to create a better indoor environment in public spaces. With over 135 years of experience in textiles, the company offers a wide range of hanging textiles and upholstery fabrics with roots in the Scandinavian design language.
Vescom
Vescrom develops, manufactures, and distributes innovative high-performance interior materials for the international contract market. With its head office in Deurne, The Netherlands, and Stockholm Design Week Shines a Spotlight on Scandinavian Design Innovation global showroom, the company offers wallcovering, upholstery, and curtain fabrics. Working with recycled materials is just one of Vescom’s approaches. They also involve water-based Inka and phthalate-free vinyl films. Minimizing energy and water consumption, the house production of Vescom is 10% carbon neutral aligning with their commitment to creating products with low environmental impact.
Fabric Forest
Fabric Forest offers interior design products made of textiles in paper yarn, and tree fibres from the Swedish forest. The company used a new and innovative technique to develop a renewable textile material from Swedish trees, which gave them a new opportunity. The collection at the Stockholm Design Week includes rugs, wallpapers, cushions, and sound absorbers and soon they are going to launch lamps on the market.
