The city buzzed with inextinguishable energy during the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair which took place from February 8-14, 2016. As the world’s most comprehensive gathering for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design, the fair featured 700 exhibitors and 40,000 visitors, including 6,000 foreign buyers, architects, designers and journalists representing 60 countries who were there to take in the 80 plus design-related events, installations and parties that orbited the 70,000 m2 trades fair. Yatzer couldn’t help but notice how the international atmosphere pulsing throughout the halls of this world-class event once again proved that Scandinavia is indeed a key market in the global design vocabulary.

Natural materials were an unofficial, recurring theme, as was “green,” in more ways than one. Join us and see what we mean…

Carl Hansen & Son has recreated one of Hans J. Wegner’s early designs: the 1950 CH22 lounge chair, which bears the first actual model number from the first joint collection between the innovative designer and the Danish furniture manufacturer. 

Carl Hansen & Son has recreated one of Hans J. Wegner’s early designs: the 1950 CH22 lounge chair, which bears the first actual model number from the first joint collection between the innovative designer and the Danish furniture manufacturer. 

Carl Hansen & Son has recreated one of Hans J. Wegner’s early designs: the 1950 CH22 lounge chair, which bears the first actual model number from the first joint collection between the innovative designer and the Danish furniture manufacturer. 

Carl Hansen & Son has recreated one of Hans J. Wegner’s early designs: the 1950 CH22 lounge chair, which bears the first actual model number from the first joint collection between the innovative designer and the Danish furniture manufacturer. 

Lammhults presented the results of the of the two-year-long project X-WORKS 2.0. Featured project RELEAF by Therese Hallberg.

Lammhults presented the results of the of the two-year-long project X-WORKS 2.0. Featured project RELEAF by Therese Hallberg.

Setting the tone for Stockholmsmässan was the installation of this year’s Guest of Honor, the British design studio, Barber & Osgerby. Their Triptych in the Entrance Hall was inspired by their idea of Nordic winters, featuring animal hides and sheepskins nestled among some of their latest works. This included their Pilot Chair for Knoll, Tobi-lshi for B&B Italia, and Hotaru Lanterns manufactured by Japanese lantern producers, Ozeki.   

Barber & Osgerby's Triptych installation took centre stage in the foyer of the Stockholmsmässen. Photo by Gustav Karlsson Frost.

Barber & Osgerby's Triptych installation took centre stage in the foyer of the Stockholmsmässen. Photo by Gustav Karlsson Frost.

Emma von Brömssen Pattern designer and artist, textile, fabric and wallpaper. Gothenburg, Sweden// Winner of the ELLE DECORATION SWEDISH DESIGN AWARDS 2016.

Emma von Brömssen Pattern designer and artist, textile, fabric and wallpaper. Gothenburg, Sweden// Winner of the ELLE DECORATION SWEDISH DESIGN AWARDS 2016.

“All the Fun of the Fair” was the concept for this year’s Design Bar by architect, Andreas Martin-Löf in cooperation with award-winning chef Fredrik Eriksson as a restaurant/ exhibition hall and was where Design Talks, the popular discussion forum, took place during which high-profile guests, including Jenny B. Osuldsen from Norwegian architecture firm, Snøhetta, and Shohei Shigematsu from OMA in New York discussed the “Scandinavia Now” theme.

Voted “the 20th Century's Best Swedish Furniture Design” Lamino by Yngve Ekström for Swedese celebrates its 60th birthday, 1956-2016. Manufactured since 1956 in Vaggeryd in southern Sweden. 

Voted “the 20th Century's Best Swedish Furniture Design” Lamino by Yngve Ekström for Swedese celebrates its 60th birthday, 1956-2016. Manufactured since 1956 in Vaggeryd in southern Sweden. 

HALO oil lamp by Luca Nichetto for NasonMoretti.

HALO oil lamp by Luca Nichetto for NasonMoretti.

Meanwhile, everyone was talking about the new Editor’s Choice award, whose jury consisted of three editors-in-chief: Dezeen’s Marcus Fairs; Stylepark’s Adeline Seidel and DAMn magazine’s Walter Bettens. They had the painstaking task of selecting the awards for Best Stand (awarding the “red cave” designer Pietro Ferruccio Laviani created for Foscarini) for Rising Star (awarding Studio BEY), and Best Product (the Alto table lamp by designer Dirk Winkel and Producer Wästberg).

Foscarini "At a Glance" installation, by Ferruccio Laviani, presented at Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Foscarini "At a Glance" installation, by Ferruccio Laviani, presented at Stockholm Furniture Fair.

"Green is said to be the color that the human eye can determine the most shades out of, that is - the richest color!" Leaf Love wall mural from the new PASSION series by Rebel Walls.

"Green is said to be the color that the human eye can determine the most shades out of, that is - the richest color!" Leaf Love wall mural from the new PASSION series by Rebel Walls.

One of the notable events orbiting Stockholmsmässan was the incredible exhibition that ArkDes architecture museum and Residence Magazine created in honor of Designer of the Year winner, Note Design Studio. Leading stylist, Lotta Agaton, interpreted Note’s work as stylized vignettes highlighting the important role styling plays in today’s social media conscious world.   

Ceramic Coctail Spoons by Mimou.

Ceramic Coctail Spoons by Mimou.

“Nature is back for Good” at the Trends Exhibition which aimed to answer the longing we have to get back to nature, or to at least incorporate it into our urban lifestyles, saw Swedish designer, Emma Olbers, Finnish interior stylist, Susanna Vento and Danish interior stylist, Christine Rudolph designing an outdoors area, a meeting room and the Teatime & Playtime room, respectively.

Miami Déco color paint series by Alcro.

Miami Déco color paint series by Alcro.

Sustainability is definitely a must for the rising design stars of tomorrow as demonstrated by Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s hall which acted as a spring board for young or not-yet-established designers. Created by Form Us With Love design studio (who also designed the wonderful I-X FUWL exhibition as a retrospective of their decade long industrial design consultancy, business ventures and civic projects) it included the premiere of the traveling exhibition Ung Svensk Form (which is run by Svensk Form in cooperation with IKEA and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair) as well as the “Naturalist” exhibition, a continuation of a venture by product designer Yaroslav Misonzhnikov and curator Tatiana Kudryavsteva. It featured the works of 15 emerging Russian designers who had been challenged to merge nature into urban lifestyles, such as the PLANTSCAPE modules by Maxim Scherbakov

Studio Blå color paint series by Alcro.

Studio Blå color paint series by Alcro.

The Display Tray by Nomess Coppenhagen.

The Display Tray by Nomess Coppenhagen.

“Green is said to be the color that the human eye can determine the most shades out of,” Irene and Christofer of Rebel Walls said and their luxuriant Leaf Love wall mural from their new PASSION series does much to establish that theory. Issey Miyake certainly embraced the shade in his home ware collection for Iittala, along with gray and blue, the other two colors that reoccurred. A walk through the stands revealed Studio Bla’s color paint series by Alcro, Nomess Coppenhagen’s Display Tray, Monica Forster for Rostrand’s Inblue porcelain tableware and the beautifully articulated work of naturalist designer, Emma Von Broomssen, also embracing the many tones of the sky.

Inblue porcelain tableware by Monica Förster for Rörstrand.

Inblue porcelain tableware by Monica Förster for Rörstrand.

Iittala X Issey Miyake Home Collection

THE I-X EXHIBITION by Form Us With Love.

THE I-X EXHIBITION by Form Us With Love.

I-X FUWL exhibition 2016. "In its first major retrospective, design studio Form Us With Love presents a number of early pieces, celebrated classics and new work - exploring a decade of industrial design consultancy, business ventures and civic projects."

Juxtapositions also stood out; such as the small, high-tech w152 Busby lamp (by Wästberg in collaboration with Industrial Facility) which has the ability to concurrently provide universal power from three USB outlets, while Mubbs’ natural river stone bathtub—hollowed out of a single, huge boulder was displayed only a few exhibitions away!

Other highlights included Swedese celebrating its 60th birthday while being voted “the 20th Century’s Best Swedish Furniture Design” for the Lamino chair by Yngve Ekström, which has been manufactured since 1956; the launch of new designs in Per Söderberg’s, No Early Birds collection; the innovative new home elevator which was designed by Alexander Lervik for Artico; and the lamps created by Michael Anastassiades for Flos, among many other wholly covetable creations.

There was certainly something for everyone represented at 2016 Stockholmsmässan! But don’t just take our word for it. See for yourselves… 

The new home lift by Alexander Lervik for Artico.

The new home lift by Alexander Lervik for Artico.

The Gear Candle Holder by Rikke Frost  for NEW WORKS.

The Gear Candle Holder by Rikke Frost  for NEW WORKS.

"The w152 Busby lamp is an electronic lamp that provides intelligent, universal power from three USB outlets, detecting charging requirements and managing them at their fastest rate." Wästberg in collabopration with Industrial Facility. 

"The w152 Busby lamp is an electronic lamp that provides intelligent, universal power from three USB outlets, detecting charging requirements and managing them at their fastest rate." Wästberg in collabopration with Industrial Facility.
 

w152 Busby lamp by Wästberg and Industrial Facility.

w152 Busby lamp by Wästberg and Industrial Facility.

The w164 Alto high-tech uplighter by Wästberg in collaboration with Dirk Winkel.

The w164 Alto high-tech uplighter by Wästberg in collaboration with Dirk Winkel.

Alexander Lervik's Bikupa watch, created for his own design brand Tingest.

Alexander Lervik's Bikupa watch, created for his own design brand Tingest.

COPYCAT table lamp by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS. Photo © Frank Huelsboemer.

COPYCAT table lamp by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS. Photo © Frank Huelsboemer.

NOTCH by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS. Suspension lamp with adjustable height, regulated by varying the angle of the braces. 

NOTCH by Michael Anastassiades for FLOS. Suspension lamp with adjustable height, regulated by varying the angle of the braces. 

Residence Magazine awarded NOTE DESIGN STUDIO as the Designer of the Year In 2015 and during Stockholm Design Week 2016 an exhibition was presented at the architecture museum ArkDes in Stockholm, curated by Lotta Agaton, one of Sweden’s leading stylists.

Residence Magazine awarded NOTE DESIGN STUDIO as the Designer of the Year In 2015 and during Stockholm Design Week 2016 an exhibition was presented at the architecture museum ArkDes in Stockholm, curated by Lotta Agaton, one of Sweden’s leading stylists.

The eye-catching Buddy lamp by Mads Sætter-Lassen {the winner of the Northern Lighting Student Design Award 2015} is the very first lamp from the Student Award put in production by Northern Lighting.

The eye-catching Buddy lamp by Mads Sætter-Lassen {the winner of the Northern Lighting Student Design Award 2015} is the very first lamp from the Student Award put in production by Northern Lighting.

 the riverstone bathtub by Muubs.

 the riverstone bathtub by Muubs.

Bollo armchair by Fogia.

Bollo armchair by Fogia.

Little Big Ear espresso cup by Luca Nichetto for Smaller Objects.

Little Big Ear espresso cup by Luca Nichetto for Smaller Objects.

The latest addition in the Savannah furniture series by Monica Förster for Erik Jørgensen. Savannah table, photo © Erik Jørgensen.

The latest addition in the Savannah furniture series by Monica Förster for Erik Jørgensen. Savannah table, photo © Erik Jørgensen.

“It’s Now or Näver” textile approach to birch bark by Emma Dahlqvist, part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. 

It’s Now or Näver” textile approach to birch bark by Emma Dahlqvist, part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. 

IKEA residential work-scholarship winner Maria Seipel. Project “Approaching (the) Book as Matter” part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. 

IKEA residential work-scholarship winner Maria Seipel. Project “Approaching (the) Book as Matter” part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. 

Stiftelsen för Garverinäringens Främjande scholarship winner Sarah Hurtigkarl. Project “Dining Shore” part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.

Stiftelsen för Garverinäringens Främjande scholarship winner Sarah Hurtigkarl. Project “Dining Shore” part of the UNG Svensk Form 2016 exhibition at the Greenhouse during Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.

The latest collection from Eco Wallpaper features patterns created by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon.

The latest collection from Eco Wallpaper features patterns created by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon.

The latest collection from Eco Wallpaper features patterns created by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon.

The latest collection from Eco Wallpaper features patterns created by the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon.

One of Gio Ponti's signature designs is the Randaccio mirror from 1925. ''Designed for his own home on Via Randaccio in Milano, his very first architectural project, the Randaccio mirror decorated the walls in his bedroom on the 3rd floor together with other furniture designed especially for the apartment.'' Since 2015 the mirror is reproduced by Gubi.

One of Gio Ponti's signature designs is the Randaccio mirror from 1925. ''Designed for his own home on Via Randaccio in Milano, his very first architectural project, the Randaccio mirror decorated the walls in his bedroom on the 3rd floor together with other furniture designed especially for the apartment.'' Since 2015 the mirror is reproduced by Gubi.

PLANTSCAPE by Maxim Scherbakov for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Lesha Galkin.

PLANTSCAPE by Maxim Scherbakov for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Lesha Galkin.

SPUTNIK by Maxim Scherbakov for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Crispy Point.

SPUTNIK by Maxim Scherbakov for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Crispy Point.

KUIPER BELT by Katerina Kopytina for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Crispy Point.

KUIPER BELT by Katerina Kopytina for the "Naturalist" show at the GreenHouse of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, featuring the works of various Russian designers. Photo by Crispy Point.

Per Söderberg launched newmembers to his No Early Birds Collection. 

Per Söderberg launched new
members to his No Early Birds Collection. 

Facet by Kunsik, a wall mounted cabinet which can be used both as a storage and a writing desk.

Facet by Kunsik, a wall mounted cabinet which can be used both as a storage and a writing desk.

Facet by Kunsik, a wall mounted cabinet which can be used both as a storage and a writing desk.

Facet by Kunsik, a wall mounted cabinet which can be used both as a storage and a writing desk.

Wolfgang Lounge with High Back by Luca Nichetto for Fornasarig.

Wolfgang Lounge with High Back by Luca Nichetto for Fornasarig.

Twin Bookcase by by Lassen.

Twin Bookcase by by Lassen.

Side tables by Marcel Max.

Side tables by Marcel Max.

LUNI baby cradle by Anniken Frich, Erik Harmens & Izelin Tujunen. Presented at the Greenhouse of SFF2016 by the students of Product design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied sciences.

LUNI baby cradle by Anniken Frich, Erik Harmens & Izelin Tujunen. Presented at the Greenhouse of SFF2016 by the students of Product design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied sciences.

Plateau by Bjørn van den Berg. Presented at the Greenhouse of SFF2016 by the students of Product design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied sciences.

Plateau by Bjørn van den Berg. Presented at the Greenhouse of SFF2016 by the students of Product design at Oslo and Akershus University College of applied sciences.

Greenhouse by Atelier 2+ /Worapong Manupipatpong & Ada Chirakranont.

Greenhouse by Atelier 2+ /Worapong Manupipatpong & Ada Chirakranont.

Air Wardrobe & Sideboard by Mathieu Gustafsson.

Air Wardrobe & Sideboard by Mathieu Gustafsson.

Mesh chair by Lars Hofsjö, O´clock  wall clock by Louise Hederström and Giro wall-mounted cycle rack by Mattias Stenberg for David Design.

Mesh chair by Lars Hofsjö, O´clock  wall clock by Louise Hederström and Giro wall-mounted cycle rack by Mattias Stenberg for David Design.

Granny candlestick by Rudi Wulff for Northen Lighting. Photo by Chris Tonnesen.

Granny candlestick by Rudi Wulff for Northen Lighting. Photo by Chris Tonnesen.

WARE lamp by MSDS.

WARE lamp by MSDS.

The Highlights Of Stockholm Design Week 2016

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