Scan Magazine | Attraction of the Month | Sweden
Furniture & Light Fair inspiration.
Attraction of the Month, Sweden
The return of groundbreaking design for a better future Stockholm Design Week and Stockholm Light & Furniture Fair are, finally, upon us again. After a mandated two-year break, the fair returns full steam to the city of Stockholm, where new and innovative Scandinavian design will provide an immersive showcase of what’s on the market now, and what we can expect from the future. By Nina Bressler | Photo: Stockholm Design Events
Stockholmsmässan will become the home of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair between 8 and 12 February, while the city centre will serve as playground to Stockholm Design Week and plentiful activities and exhibitions. Stockholm Design Events, the group behind the fair, has gone above and beyond to make the highly anticipated return count. “We want to be the engine that pushes good design, what it can achieve for soci102 | Issue 138 | January 2022
ety and individuals, forward. This year, we are going all in to create a hub that will encompass both the fairgrounds and the city centre, to truly showcase the richness of Scandinavian design to an audience that is hungry for change,” says Chicie Lindgren, business area manager for Stockholm Design Events. There will be 450 exhibitors at the fair, and city-based events and exhibitions will be easily found through the Stockholm De-
sign Week app, exclusively designed for the occasion. The power of BEing “The theme of this year is ‘BEing Scandinavian’; we are pushing our core values and strengths with a heavy emphasis on sustainable innovation and production. The theme will influence exhibitions at the fair and in the city, as well as our three-day forum, Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks. In addition to our digital panel talks, we have invited a number of great keynote speakers, such as the research-based design studio Formafantasma,” says Hanna Nova Beatrice, project area manager at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair and Stockholm Design Week.
