It's time: Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020
Text by Stockholm Furniture Fair
Stockholm, Sweden
15.01.20
Welcome to the world's leading event for Scandinavian design
In the deepest darkness of winter, we welcome you to the warm hospitality of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair. For 70 years, industry professionals and design enthusiasts from across the world have been gathering in Stockholm once a year for this one-of-a-kind event. Here you will meet the world’s leading and most exciting brands, of which 80 % represent companies from the Scandinavian countries. Everyone in any way connected to, or interested in, Scandinavian design will be here.
Over five inspiring days, the whole industry will be gathered under one roof, making new contacts, absorbing knowledge and inspiration, and experiencing the very latest and best that Scandinavian design has to offer right now.
Here are some highlights for the 70th edition of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair:
Design studio Doshi Levien is Guest of Honour 2020
Discover one of the most creative design studios in the world today, Doshi Levien, when they create a unique and site-specific installation right at the heart of the fair.
Designer Fredrik Paulsen creates the Design Bar
Inspiring, open, cheerful, seamless and cool are keywords that Swedish designer Fredrik Paulsen applied to the task of creating a welcoming and relaxing meeting place for all the fair’s visitors and participants. The Design Bar 2020 is a place with incredible food, a great bar, a designer bazaar and mellow DJs.
Digital explorers Wang & Söderström to create set design for Greenhouse
Greenhouse, the international platform for up-and-coming designers, continues to grow and flourish. The initiative, which was launched in 2003 and has produced such names as Front, GamFratesi and Form Us With Love, is now gaining a specially designed venue by the acclaimed Wang & Söderström.
The most dynamic and varied Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks ever
With 40 programmed events and close to 100 contributors, Stockholm Design & Architecture Talks 2020 is securing its position as one of Scandinavia’s leading discussion platforms for design and architecture. Listen to talks, debates and interviews with some of the most influential players in the contemporary design industry.
Re-defining the office – exploring the workplace of the future
What happens to the office as a physical space and concept when people are free to manage their own time? How will these new behaviours affect furniture manufacturers? And what role will architects and designers play when the physical workspace is no longer a given? Explore the workplace of the future in the exhibition Re-defining the office.
Photo: Still from the movie 'Respect' focusing on Swedish furniture manufacturers perspectives on sustainability. Premiering at the fair February 4
Photo: Still from the movie 'Respect' focusing on Swedish furniture manufacturers perspectives on sustainability. Premiering at the fair February 4
×Environmental focus at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair
Nordic companies have come further than most in terms of environmental awareness. Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair brings together many of the most progressive and environmentally conscious companies in the furniture world. This makes the fair a unique meeting place.
70 Years of Scandinavian Design
The fair’s anniversary exhibition, 70 years of Scandinavian Design, presents selected classics from seven decades – some famous, others less well-known and even a few future classics. Furniture, lighting, textiles… Timeless design through the ages, produced today.
Greenhouse – where the wild grows
Be inspired at Greenhouse – where seeds grow and wild ideas thrive. This is one of Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s most popular and written-about areas. Here, design schools and promising young designers from around the world compete for the chance to present their work and meet future partners, manufacturers and the media.