Shoplifter / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir is one of Iceland’s leading artists. Her practice expands the boundaries between visual art, performance, fashion, traditional crafts and design. Shoplifter’s breakthrough on the international art scene came with her unique, large-scale and colourful installations of synthetic hair. Chromo Zones is an exhibition inviting the visitor to explore with all senses!
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Travel as a Tool is a joint Nordic exhibition that considers the significance of travel for the work of Nordic designers from the 1940s to the present day. Trips have been sources of new ideas and inspiration.
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The Stockholm-based design studio Folkform has completed a permanent installation for the public indoor swimming pool in Spånga, outside of Stockholm. The project is now long listed in the installation design category, Dezeen Awards 2020.
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As an artist, activist and author, Faith Ringgold has challenged injustices and prejudices about Afro-American identity for five decades. In a large retrospective exhibition, Bildmuseet presents her paintings, graphics and textile works from the 1960s to the 2000s.
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The Ulrica Hydman Vallien foundation annually presents a scholarship of SEK 90,000 to a young, promising and bold artist. The scholarship also includes an invitation for experimentation at Kosta Glassworks. This year's recipient is Sissi Westerberg.
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In fierce competition with top designers from all over the Nordic region, Formex Nova 2020 is awarded to the Icelandic designer Valdís Steinarsdóttir, 29, who in her work focuses on recycling natural materials. Together with researchers she has, among other things, developed two completely new materials, Bioplastic Skin and Just Bones. In its motivation, the Formex Nova jury highlights in particular Valdís Steinarsdóttir's ambition to find unique solutions to social and environmental problems, and how she creates an open discussion about social change through design.
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One of fashion designer Stina Randestad's expressive dresses is featured in Beyoncé's newly released visual album Black is King.
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Last week, Beyoncé released the visual album Black is king and in the film she wears a dress designed by Selam Fessahaye, who is also featured in the latest issue of Form.
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White Arkitekter was selected as the winner of the competition to design a new beach park and sea bath in Bergen, Norway. The proposal, called True Blue, is based on water, which is the most tangible element in Bergen. The exciting architectural approach creates a park which is both beautiful and sustainable.
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Built from recyclable materials, made of timber and clad in both wood and terracotta tiles, C.F. Møller and Netto are creating what will become Denmark's first DGNB Gold-certified free-standing grocery store. The ambition is to set the standard for future grocery stores.
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In the summer of 1897, a group of scientists set out on an expedition to Siljansringen in Dalarna. There they made a historic discovery: a previously unknown human species, Homo Aquatis, who lived in the lake. That is the fictional background to the interactive exhibition Aquanauts – Expeditionen till Siljansringen 1897, shown at the art gallery Verket in Avesta this summer.
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The long-awaited Sara Danius exhibition at the National Museum in Stockholm has just opened. The literary star, who passed away in 2019, is celebrated with a special exhibition where four Nobel dresses, created by Pär Engsheden, are displayed. A book is also published.
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Hannes Åström's degree project, the seating system Arcus, consists of different sofa and bench modules that can be linked together. The design of the furniture creates calm lines that give a harmonious expression. The modules are made of solid wood, a renewable material that has several positive effects on humans and our living environments.
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The British-Swedish designer Chris Martin at Massproductions receives the Bruno Mathsson design award, with a prize sum of 250 000 SEK. Congratulations!
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Tobias Flodström's exam project explores renovation and design. Design can easily be reduced to the finished result. It becomes just a beautiful object that when worn out is thrown away.
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DAPD is a device that simplifies communication and increases safety off grid. A system that is "Designed for Adventure and Prepared for Disaster".
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Umatter by Maximilian Brueck is a browser-based online platform, which helps organizations to create and manage a modern and user-friendly career portal and an approachable online application process. Its mission is to transform the former sterile online application procedure into a service-driven experience to help organizations winning high-quality talent by being more authentic, human, and accommodating in their communication.
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Alexia Pihl's exam project, the video game Equilibrium, offers a personal and intimate exploration of the self for both the player and the main character. The aim is to empower and inspire a new generation of players who reject the normalized stereotypes of the video game industry. Merging industrial design and video game development, the concept uses classic design methodology combined with entertainment industry techniques.
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Would it be easier to shop ethically if we could see the entire chain of production? The installation ”I don’t chair” by Bella Tapper invites you to a conversation about social sustainability.
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In her exam project The Blue Hour Jannica Hagfors examines how, in striving for a sustainable world, we see the forest as a raw material for our salvation, and at the same time we’ve lost our perspective on what constitutes sustainable forestry.
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