Stockholm Design Week and VDF present this year's Formex Nova nominees
As part of today's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week, Virtual Design Festival showcases work by the five nominees for the 2020 Formex Nova award. More
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Exclusive tour of AI exhibition Hyper Human with designer Monica Förster for VDF x Stockholm Design Week
As part of VDF's partnership with Stockholm Design Week, designer Monica Förster takes us on a tour of the exhibition Hyper Human at the Museum of Science and Technology in Stockholm. More
VDF x Stockholm Design Week
VDF x Stockholm Design Week
VDF x Stockholm Design Week Design Relay talk with Space Copenhagen, Note Design Studio and more
The first part of Virtual Design Festival's collaboration with Stockholm Design Week sees a selection of well-known Scandinavia-based designers come together in a relay talk. More
Watch our talk on the line between art and design with Aritco
Product designer Alexander Lervik, broadcaster Li Pamp and designer Petter Thorne speak to Dezeen's Marcus Fairs about the line between art and design in this talk filmed for Aritco in Stockholm. More
Estonian Academy of Arts students create furniture from raw limestone
Blocks of limestone are transformed into furniture in this collection by students from the Estonian Academy of Arts. More
Julia Olanders makes "toxic" vases from insulation foam and concrete
Stockholm-based designer Julia Olanders has used construction materials that are usually hidden in buildings to create a series of decorative vases for her Betweenness project. More
Bouroullec brothers design chair using one continuous piece of rope
French duo Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec have made a chair for Finnish furniture brand Artek from a metal frame interlaced with a single length of marine rope that forms its back and armrests. More
Ilse Crawford updates classic library lamp for Wästberg
Swedish lighting brand Wästberg's has unveiled the W203 Ilumina lamp, designed by Ilse Crawford to "mix beauty with energy efficiency". More
Massproductions' modular fair stand uses grid structure to guarantee easy reuse
More than 90 prefabricated plaster tiles are arranged to form an exhibition stand designed by French architects Julien Renault and Paul Vaugoyeau for furniture brand Massproductions. More
Stockholm's historic national archive hosts first ever design exhibition
To coincide with Stockholm Design Week, the city's 19th century Gamla Riksarkivet played host to The Archive exhibition exploring the "shared aesthetics and values" of Japanese and Scandinavian design. More
Useful Workshop's Curvature furniture is made from pressed sheet metal
Seoul design studio Useful Workshop has created a furniture series made from sheets of aluminium that are bent to form curves using industrial machinery. More
Aia Jüdes merges tree outgrowths and fibre optics to make flamboyant lamps
Swedish artist Aia Jüdes has given gnarled tree offshoots a new lease on life by turning them into a series of lights decorated with rainbow LEDs, velvet scrunchies and shining puddles of brass. More
Doshi Levien recreates "abstract version" of its studio for Stockholm Furniture Fair pavilion
London design duo Doshi Levien built a series of interconnected spaces resembling scaled-up versions of the models made in its studio for this year's Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. More
Fictive Erosion furniture uses sand casting to mimic natural rock formation process
Swedish designer Kajsa Melchior has created a collection of furniture and lighting with organic silhouettes, shaped like geologic formations using pressure, water and air. More
Lund University students cast household items in glass instead of plastic
Contact lens cases, vegetable vases and pill packets are some glass objects by students at Lund University in Sweden to explore how the reusable could help the transition to a circular economy. More
Studio David Thulstrup designs "co-dependent" Pair side tables for Møbel
Danish furniture brand Møbel has collaborated with Studio David Thulstrup to create a duo of odd-couple tables – one made entirely from ceramic and the other from contrasting, powder-coated steel. More
Lewis Power's debut collection explores materials "owning" the objects
Industrial designer Lewis Power has won this year's rising star award at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, with a series of four objects born from an exploration of "material worth". More
Note Design Studio's re-usable stand for Vestre explains the carbon emissions of each product
Norwegian urban furniture brand Vestre has won the best stand award at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair for an installation featuring re-usable materials and information about the carbon footprint of every product. More
Form Us With Love launches Forgo soap brand in response to "extremely wasteful" cosmetics industry
Swedish design studio Form Us With Love has unveiled Forgo, a mix-it-yourself cosmetics brand that minimises carbon emissions and avoids plastic packaging. More
Achieving zero-carbon architecture is "the biggest challenge we have" says Alexandra Hagen of White Arkitekter
Swedish architecture firm White Arkitekter has pledged that every building it designs will be carbon neutral by 2030. More