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29/04/201503/10/2018

Earth Matters – exhibition

Earth Matters curated by Li Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano is an exhibition dedicated to the new thoughts, practices and processes that are revitalizing craft and studio-based design today.

12/04/2015

Swedish Design goes Milan #swedenpresspause – upcoming exhibition

#swedenpresspause is the title of this year’s Swedish Design Goes Milan exhibition, curated by duo Nyström Persia. The exhibition attempts to address the rapid changes that has taken place in the workplace, presenting perspectives and suggestions for a workplace paradigm with room for both productivity and recreation.

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07/04/2015

Mindcraft 2015, upcoming exhibition

Mindcraft is an annual exhibition from which we have learned to expect the unexpected, and for Mindcraft15 expectations are particularly high, having GamFratesi as curators and participants such as Louise Campbell, Cecilie Manz, benandsebastian, Henrik Vibskov and Eske Rex.

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26/03/201503/10/2018

A New Layer, exhibition

A New Layer is an exhibition based on the collaboration between five Swedish designers and Taiwanese craftsmen working with traditional techniques and materials, an unlikely meeting between new nordic design and Taiwanese vernacular craft traditions.

05/03/2015

Stockholm Design Week p.3

Although the Stockholm Furniture Fair is the center of Stockholm Design Week, there are plenty of venues and events around the city showcasing an immense amount of talent For this third, and much delayed installment, we’ll have a look at the some of these events including the Örnsberg Auction, Cray Collective and We Live Here.

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26/02/201503/10/2018

Objects of Use, Anne Dorthe Vester & Maria Bruun

The Objects of Use collection is an architect – designers collaboration between Copenhagen based Anne Dorthe Vester and Maria Bruun that was recently awarded with the National Solo Award at Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s Spring Exhibition. The Objects of Use contains objects that are seemingly familiar but not quite recognizable.

12/02/2015

Stockholm Furniture Fair 2015, selected highlights, p.1

The Stockholm Furniture Fair, the heart of Stockholm Design Week, is the premier venue, next to Milan, for Scandinavian and Nordic designers, producers and general agents to show off their goods. Although its mainly a trade show for big established brands it’s also a great place to spot emerging talents and small producers.

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08/01/201503/10/2018

Manufactured landscape: Olafur Eliasson’s Riverbed

Following the grey and damp Riverbed through the bright white rooms, searching for its source, I can’t shake the feeling of walking through an inverted version of Superstudio’s landscape collages.

15/12/201403/10/2018

The Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition

The nomadic Cabinetmakers’ Autumn Exhibition or S.E (short for Snedkernas Efterårsudstillning) has this year taken up residency at KADK (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation) with 34 prototypes on display. As usual there is a theme, and the pieces on display presents variations and interoperation on this theme. This year’s theme: textility.

03/12/201403/10/2018

Future Strategies

During the past years we visited a number of exhibitions that in different capacities presented ideas and speculations on the future.In Panorama Konstantin Grcic draws from his own works, Sense No-sense examine recent Dutch design experience and technology and The Fab Mind consider design approaches to social issues. Closer to home, curator Petra Lilja departed from recent resurrection of craft for The Future is Handmade, outlining the current state of craft-oriented design and studio production. It’s a diverse collection of obejcts ranging from more traditional craft (Carsten Nilsson) to conceptual projects (Studio Formafanstasma) using newly developed manufacturing methods (Staffan Holm).