
02.16.23
Fair Report
The Best of Stockholm Design Week 2023, Part II: The Fair and Around Town
Though outside forces conspired to keep me away from my trip to the Stockholm Furniture Fair this year — a last-minute bout of COVID, severe winds in my connecting city of Reykjavik — I managed to touch down last Wednesday for three days of reacquainting myself with the Swedish capital. For anyone who loves Salone in Milan but wishes there were simply … less of it … Stockholm is an excellent fair to visit. The quality of the booths at the fairgrounds is extremely high, the emerging designer section is always full of gems, and the events around town are so geographically close to each other that it makes knocking 10 things off your list in a single afternoon fairly doable. This year, some of the things I loved most included the Frama installation inside Konstnarsbaren, a 1930s-era bar with murals lining the wall that I dubbed “the Swedish Bemelmans;” a visit to Hem’s new studio, decked out in four of my favorite colors, cobalt, highlighter yellow, powder blue, and pink; a packed-house fried-chicken party at Note Design Studio; a curving emerald green chair made from 3-D printed recycled fishing nets by a collective called the Interesting Times Gang; a beautiful seating system for Offecct by the late designer Pauline Deltour; a presentation by Beckmans College of Design that paired students with Sweden’s leading furniture companies; and Alvsjo Gard, the new platform for experimental design that we wrote about yesterday. Check out the rest of our favorites below — and thank you to anyone who attended my talk at the fair!
The Fair
Kelp Chair by Interesting Times Gang
Compose Lamp family by Jens Fager for Zero Lighting
Sprinkle family by Note Design Studio for Zero Lighting
Pauline sofa and armchair by Pauline Deltour for Offecct
Chop by Philippe Malouin for Hem
Knuckle Lights by David Taylor for Hem
Kori Lights by TAF for Artek
Kink seating by Mentsen for Zilio A&C
Arkad by Note Design Studio for Zilio A&C
Bau seating by Note Design Studio for Lammhults
Dapper by Mattias Stenberg for Mitab
Sisters at the Same Table carpet by Josefin Tolstoy for Ogeborg
Line XL carpet by Note Design Studio for Ogeborg
The Cluster & The Tangles carpet by Josefin Tolstoy for Ogeborg
Greenhouse
Carl Folkesson and Elin Åkerfeldt x G.A.D. / Beckmans College of Design
Johanna Ringqvist, Sofie Krüll and Olivia Ståhl x Lammhults / Beckmans College of Design
Annelie Wihlborg and Fanny Johansson x Gärsnäs / Beckmans College of Design
Elinor Parra and Imad Benkabbou x NC Nordic Care / Beckmans College of Design
Cecilia Mosesson and Emilia Lamberg x Storängen / Beckmans College of Design
Jenny Svensén & Max Lundén x Johanson Design / Beckmans College of Design
“Drömmen om ett kök” by Elin Claesson for Friends of Handicraft
Aarne Armchair by Hampus Pentinnen
Millstone Tables by Yellowdot Design
Jelly Lights by Yellowdot Design
3X Table and Lights by WD-DP
Mod Shelving by WD-DP
Pinch Candelabra by WD-DP
Slow Table by Ted Synnott
Otama Chair by Ted Synnott
Pillar Table by Ted Synnott
Align Chair by Reeta Laine
Melt Side Table by Reeta Laine
Torner Side Table by Reeta Laine
Fellow by Hanna Lidgren / Konstfack
LN.1 by Lovisa Norrby / Konstfack
M6 Series by Marine Evrard / Konstfack
Tactility by Lovisa Bernrup / Konstfack
Around Town
Fundament by TAF for Bukowskis
Joy Stool One by Joy Objects
Ypsilon bench by Daniel Rybakken for Vestre
Pia Wallen for NK Interior
Julie Amira for NK Interior
Pleated for Frank by Folkform for Svenskt Tenn
Flowerpot by &Tradition
Ecbacken Studios
Lezan Lurr for Massproductions
The Bracket Chair by Frama