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Hanna Hansdotter 2.0 at CFHILL

The gallery CFHILL in Stockholm is open by appointment only and one of their exhibitions at the moment is 2.0 with works by glass artist Hanna Hansdotter. Check out her impressive glass sculptures!

Art in Fashion

Under the direction of curator Cay Bond, Sven-Harrys konstmuseum is exploring the importance of fashion in art and the importance of art in fashion in the exhibition Art in Fashion, which was on view until recently. Among the participating artists we found Nikoline Liv Andersen, Martin Bergström, Selam Fessahaye, Diana Orving, Olivier Saillard, Bea Szenfeld, Henrik Vibskov and Wilhja. The museum is temporarily closed due to the situation with the coronavirus.

To the future with Förster

One of Sweden's foremost designers goes sci-fi. In the exhibition Hyper Human at the Tekniska Museet in Stockholm, Monica Förster creates rooms out of artificial intelligence and the robot's cultural history. There will also be a gene lab, cyborg painting and the chance to try an exoskeleton. Due to the current situation concerning the Coronavirus Tekniska museet is closed, but the exhibition will be om view between 3 to 5 years once the museum opens again.

New guestagrammer: Mattis Dallmann

Form Magazine's Instagram account @formmagazine is currently being hosted by fashion designer Mattis Dallmann. He is originally from Germany, but has lived in Sweden for the last two years and graduated from the MA program at Swedish School of Textiles just last year. His project With / Out took him to Ung Svensk Form (Young Swedish Design) 2020, an exhibition that is now on tour in Sweden.

Tall Timber Building by C.F. Møller Architects

The Tall Timber Building residence by C.F. Møller Architects is Sweden's tallest solid wooden building in the new district of Kajstaden at Lake Mälaren in Västerås.

The Kasper Salin Prize Nominees

Sveriges arkitekter avslöjade nyligen de fyra nominerade till årets Kasper Salin-pris för årets bästa byggnad 2019. Priset delas ut den 10 mars på Arkitekturgalan i Stockholm.

Scandinavian nominees in Antalis Interior Design Award

Sponsored content: The Antalis Interior Design Award is now closed and an impressive 535 decoration projects have been submitted before the deadline. In Scandinavia a total of 18 projects are competing for the awards. 5 from Sweden, 5 from Denmark and in Norway 8 has been submitted. See three of them below!

Signature Women at Artipelag

Sunday March 8th, on International Women’s Day, the exhibition "Signature Women – 100 Years on the Swedish Art Scene" opens at Artipelag. 50 Swedish female artists will be presented, well-known as well as previously marginalized names, active from the previous century up to current day.

Nobel fashion at Nationalmuseum in March

Few contemporary fashion garments have attracted as much attention as the four evening gowns designed by Pär Engsheden and worn by Sara Danius, then permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, at the Nobel banquets in 2015-2018. The exhibition presents the creative process, the sources of inspiration and Engsheden’s close collaboration with Danius as these iconic gowns were created.

New guests on Instagram: Nonhuman Nonsense

Nonhuman Nonsense is a research-driven design/art duo creating near-future fabulations and experiments somewhere between utopia and dystopia. They seek the contradictory and the paradoxical to tell stories that open the public imaginary to futures that currently seem impossible. It consists of Leo Fidjeland and Linnea Våglund.

The Kinship Project at Sven Harrys Konstmuseum

The Kinship Project is an experimental project with five participant designers. How deeply connected are we towards our language of form? Do we dare to let anyone else get close and lose something? Do we dare to give away to see through their eyes?

Stockholm Design Week: MISSCHIEFS

Misschiefs is a groundbreaking feminist nomadic exhibition of contemporary design showcasing a unique group of 10 Swedish women designers + guests selected for the punk nature of their work, at the crossing of design, craft and art.

Formex Nova 2020 Nominees: Jukka Jokinen and Heikki Konu

The two Finish industrial designers Jukka Jokinen and Heikki Konu from Aalto University School of Arts are nominated for the Formex Nova Award – Nordic Designer of the Year.

Formex Nova 2020 Nominees: Valdís Steinarsdóttir

Designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir from Iceland is one of the five nominees for the Formex Nova Award – Nordic Designer of the Year. The winner will be presented in August 2020 at Formex.

Formex Nova Nominees 2020: Sigve Knutson

Sigve Knutson is one of the five nominees for the Formex Nova Award – Nordic Designer of the Year. The winner will be presented in August 2020 at Formex.

Formex Nova Nominees 2020: Stine Mikkelsen

The Danish textile designer Stine Mikkelsen is one of the five nominees for the Formex Nova Award – Nordic Designer of the Year. The winner will be presented in August 2020 at Formex.

Formex Nova Nominees 2020: Jan Klingler

Formex has established the Formex Nova Award – Nordic Designer of the Year, to promote high quality Nordic design created by a still relatively unknown designer working in the Nordic interior design industry. Jan Klingler, Sweden, is one of the five nominees. The winner will be presented August 18 2020.

Stockholm Furniture Fair: Designer Fredrik Paulsen creates the Design Bar 2020

It's soon time for Stockholm Furniture Fair. Genre-defying designer Fredrik Paulsen has been commissioned to create the Design Bar for Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, February 4–8, 2020. The menu this time round will be composed by chefs Marion Ringborg and Linn Söderström from pop-up restaurant Garba.

Stars from 2019: Under

Norwegian mega office Snøhetta’s beautiful project finally opened to the public in March. The combined restaurant and research station is in the shape of a monolith, with half of it sunken into the water; the idea is that the concrete facade will eventually become a reef, one with the sea. In the dining room, overlooking the bottom of the sea through an eleven metres wide panoramic window, are tables and chairs designed exclusively for the restaurant, inspired by tree branches, while the colour scheme and lighting with billowing panels are reminiscent of the sun setting in the sea.

Fotografiska – now in New York City

Since December 14th photography lovers in New York City have a new place to go to: The Fotografiska gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, just opened its first expansion outside Sweden. The New York Branch is located in the heart of the Flatiron District.

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