Photo tour of Stockholm Furniture Fair 2013, Part 1

The first of several photo albums from Stockholm Design Week 2013 is ready. Join us on our photographic journey through the exhibition halls of this year’s edition of the Stockholm Furniture Fair, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden from February 5 to 9. In the following Facebook album we have published no less than 157 images featuring some of the best manufacturers and novelties presented. Enjoy!

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‘lilla ateljen’ collection by Haruka Furuyama Design & Craft

Haruka Furuyama has created a furniture collection dedicated to a house used as an atelier by Swedish painter William Nording. Nording was a central figure in the ‘vicklebyskolan’ (Vickleby school) artist community, which was known for the unique light found in Vickleby, Sweden.

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‘Pinus Pinaster’ Cheese Cover and Tray by Fabien Barrero-Carsenat

Fabien Barrero-Carsenat’s ‘Pinus Pinaster’ (aka the Maritime Pine) collection is an exploration of resin. It all started when Barrero-Carsenat was wandering through a pine forest in the south of France and brown droplets of resin shining in the sunlight.

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‘Chromatic’ furniture fabric by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Väveriet

Swedish multidisciplinary design/architecture office Claesson Koivisto Rune were inspired by silk, “the way some fine silks have a delicate gradient dichromatic feature” for their ‘Chromatic’ furniture fabric collection.

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‘Cape’ chair by Nendo for Offecct

The appearance of a cape neatly draped over a chair is the illusion of ‘Cape’, a chair by Japanese designer Nendo for Offecct. The product of carefully molded wood set on an extremely light structure, Cape is a complex chair with ultra-thin dimensions thanks in part to a collaboration between Offecct and Swedish Steel AB in the development of new steel materials.

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‘Poetry of Light’ chocolate lamp by Alexander Lervik

Unlike most lamps, Alexander Lervik’s Poetry of Light lamp is completely dark when first turned on. Until it melts, and the light that emerges mimics the light spreading along the horizon at sunrise.

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‘Airberg’ seating by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct

Jean-Marie Massaud’s Airberg is one of the first products from the Offecct Lab, a comfortable, inviting piece of seating furniture inspired by “an iceberg filled with vacuum.”

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‘Orbs’ light fixtures by David Regestam, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor for Blond Belysning

An orb is an unexpected, typically circular artifact that occurs in flash photography, it’s also the name and the inspiration for Orbs, a series of light fixtures to be presented by Blond Belysning at the 2013 Stockholm Furniture Fair.

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