14 Product and Spatial Design Masters students at Finland’s Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture each responded to the brief for a café chair to be made from the same material – blackened ash – resulting in 14 different prototypes. Kuu by Mette Kahlos The chairs are all…
Tag: Stockholm Furniture Fair
Iselin Lindmark Dubland’s side table is designed for “lazy sofa days”
Norwegian School of Art and Design (KHiB) graduate, Iselin Lindmark Dubland, has designed Birk, a coffee table with concealed storage for magazines, laptops and television remotes, and a removable tray perfect for TV dinners. The four-legged table is made of birch wood with a one metre by 50 centimetre elongated…
fiera :: issue 02 has gone to print
We did it! Issue 02 of our sister publication Fiera Magazine has gone to print! The flat plan above has been our guiding light for months, and now every last page has finally been crossed off! In many ways, the “difficult second album,” I’m even more proud of this issue…
out and about :: stockholm
As you know, I jetted off to snowy Sweden for the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February. I am incredibly lucky in that I get to travel all over the world visiting design fairs, but I’m often so focused on my work that I forget to be grateful for that: to…
out and about :: twelve at stockholm furniture fair, 2015
Disegno founder and editor-in-chief Johanna Agerman Ross curated Twelve for the Stockholm Furniture Fair, an edit of established independent, Nordic designers. The theme for this year was Methods. “In recent years, the documentation of research and the practical method of making has become just as prominent a part of the…
out and about :: greenhouse, stockholm furniture fair 2015
Greenhouse is the reason I brave the snow in Stockholm every February. The Stockholm Furniture Fair‘s showcase of design graduates and new designers, it’s always an amazing place to spot new talent and meet passionate designers. The space was designed by Note Design Studio, for the third year running, with slightly…
confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2014
Hello and happy New Year! I’m really excited to be back at my desk after a wonderful break and I thought I’d kick things off by reflecting on the last year. I’m really bad at taking the time to be proud of what I’ve achieved, so I’ve got into the habit…
interview :: a future perfect
I spotted “The Concrete Cities: Athens (Fragments)” by A Future Perfect at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February, and again at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, and loved the use of concrete as well as such a simple and graphical way of representing a city. I pinned down designers Katerina Grigoropoulou…
interview :: sofia lazzeri and alexandra denton
I was fascinated by a half-glass, half-knitted vase I spotted at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February, so I tracked down designers Sofia Lazzeri and Alexandra Denton to find out more… What’s the most important thing to know about you as a designer? Sofia: The projects I do are usually born from personal fascination, they grow…
interview :: malin bobeck
I met Malin Bobeck at the Stockholm Furniture Fair‘s student and graduate showcase, Greenhouse. I was immediately captivated by her experimental projects using light technology in textiles, Droplet and Liquid. I had to find out more… What’s the most important thing to know about you as a designer? That I’m…
out and about :: stockholm furniture and light fair, 2014
I’ve told you all about Greenhouse, so now it’s time for the Stockholm Furniture Fair itself. It’s one of my favourite shows, always full of fresh new design that you just don’t see anywhere else. I loved the rich, yet typically restrained Scandinavian colour palette on Gubi’s stand. The Ronde Pendant…
here’s one I made earlier :: wood tailoring
When I met Emma Marga Blanche and Fredrik Färg at Stockholm Design Week last year, they’d just bought each other a state of the art sewing machine for Christmas. They’d also just launched the highly FAB Chair Couture – chairs whose backs you can change like different dresses for different…
out and about :: greenhouse, stockholm furniture fair 2014
It’s hard to believe it’s less than a week since I was in Stockholm for Design Week. The main event is the Furniture and Light Fair, and for me the highlight is always Greenhouse, a showcase of recently graduated and independent designers. The standard is always incredibly high and this…
out and about :: stockholm furniture fair
I was really excited about coming back to the Stockholm Furniture Fair, having enjoyed it so much last year. Founder of Nendo, Oki Sato exhibited for the first time at Greenhouse in 2004, was invited back this year as the guest of honour, in response to which he created a bright white…
photos of numbers :: 5, 48 & 10
My recent trip to Stockholm for Design Week, was a fabulous source of photos of numbers. The first one in today’s post is possibly in the running for best number ever – what do you think?! It was spotted in Per Soderberg‘s attic studio – I want one! The middle…
out and about :: greenhouse at the stockholm furniture fair
The Stockholm Furniture Fair one of my favourite design shows and one of the main reasons for that is Greenhouse. Whereas some trade shows seem to pay lip service to showcasing student work, Stockholm makes a real investment in it. Entirely dedicated to new designers, this area shows products that have…
creative spaces :: stockholm furniture fair
This week’s creative spaces post is a little different from usual in that it’s not one person’s space, but rather a collection of all the great products I saw at the Stockholm Furniture Fair designed for creative people’s working environments. I believe that the space you work in inherently affects…
design geekery :: grass green
I fell in love with a new colour at the Stockholm Furniture Fair… grass green is this week’s topic for my Design Geekery column for We Heart. “Design Geekery; Grass Green I’m not a ‘colour’ person. My favourite colour is grey. I like grey and I like white. I used…