Stockholm-based FOLKFORM is a design studio owned and run by industrial designers Chandra Ahlsell and Anna Holmquist. They work on their own independent collections as well as with clients. {---}
FOLKFORM
Grindsgatan 29
SE-118 57 Stockholm
SWEDEN
info@folkform.se
Anna Holmquist
cell: +46 737 67 55 45
Chandra Ahlsell
cell: +46 739 41 10 12
Map
Folkform is launching the new furniture line Masonite:Memoriam containing Masonite cabinets designed exclusively for Svenskt Tenn. The cabinets are made from original recovered Masonite from 1929, in combination with the last Masonite boards produced in the factory in Rundvik in April 2011.
Folkform cabinets by Svenskt Tenn
May 10 – June 10
Masonite:Memoriam
Launch of a new furniture line and exhibition of Masonite cabinets designed exclusively for Svenskt Tenn by the Folkform design duo. The cabinets are made from original recovered Masonite from 1929, in combination with the last Masonite boards produced in the factory in Rundvik in April 2011.
Opening: 10 maj 2012
Address: Strandvägen 5, 114 84 Stockholm | Find
Auction of studio produced objects by Swedish and international designers; Ingegerd Råman, Matti Klenell, Folkform, Åsa Jungelius, TAF, Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Per B Sundberg, Thomas Bernstrand and more.
Exhibition: Feb 6th – 10th, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Address: Jakobsdalsvägen 15A, Subway: Örnsberg | Find
www.ornsbergsauktionen.se
The exhibition will include the new work developed exclusively for the Glassfactory.
Welcome to join us for the opening on the 22nd of October! {---}
tel 0471 24 93 60
info@theglassfactory.se
www.theglassfactory.se
Stockholm designweek 2011
FOLKFORM was invited by fashion brand Whyred to create an exclusive installation for the newly opened flag ship store. The duo describes the installation as a celebration of old industrial processes and traditional manufacturing techniques. This exhibition will show limited edition pieces in brass and bronze.
Read more about the project here {---}
FOLKFORMs Sea Plant Cabinet was acquired for the permanent design Collection of S. Bensimon Gallery, Paris, The cabinet will be on show for this year’s Maison&Objet
Date: 22-27 january
Address: 111 rue de Turenne, Paris
Tel: 0033 142 74 50 77
FOLKFORM exhibiting at Mint during the London Design Festival.
For this years London Design Festival, Mint will showcase its intriguing and thought provoking show Mint Escapes. The exhibition will present The Escapists of contemporary design as our modern day storytellers who use the medium of design and craft as the interpretive voice of imagination. This project is in collaboration with Max Fraser author of the Annual London Design Guide 2009. {---}
The Swedish Design Award premiers for the second time around the best examples of Swedish design. Among over 200 contributions only 19 designs have been nominated by a renowned. A number of these nominees will then in June be premiered with the Swedish Design Award. {---}
Address:
Swedish Society of Crafts and Design
Holmamiralens väg 2
SE-111 49 Stockholm
The crystal pieces will be presented at the biennale for art and design at the chateau of Mikulově.
Date: 1–3 june
Address: Regional Museum in Mikulově, Chateau Mikulově, Czech Republic | Find
“We looked at two decades to the mark of the new millennium and amazingly we find ourselves thinking, imagining, representing, designing,
and still dreaming about candles.”
Poldi Pezzoli Museum | Via Manzoni 12, Milan | Find
5th April – 21st May 2012
10 am – 6 pm (closed on Tuesdays)
Opening
Wednesday 4th April, 2012 | 6.30 pm
Cocktail
Thursday 19th April, 2012 | 6.30 pm
Folkform invites you to the group exhibition Work in Progress. New talents and renowned designers uncover their work processes and tell the stories behind new ideas and works.
Exhibition: Feb 8th – 10th, 12:00 am – 6:00 pm
Address: Regeringsgatan 48, Stockholm | Find
www.work-progress.se
The exhibition Industrial Intervention started off with a trip to the old glassworks in the Czech countryside. The new pieces explore the collision between mass-produced and handmade articles, where crafts meet industry, the machine meets the hand. Can something new be created when traditional handicraft is incorporated into existing industrial manufacturing processes?
FOLKFORM is pleased to announce the opening of its new studio space and product gallery at Grindsgatan 29, Södermalm, Stockholm.
Welcome to visit us!
Gallery Pascale, the first dedicated design gallery in Sweden, will be hosting an exhibition of a limited edition series of candelabras by FOLKFORM.
Folkform has created its Candle Collages series for Gallery Pascale in cooperation with Liljeholmen Candle Factory. The collection is comprised of unique candelabras and candleholders. Simple tea light candles are placed side-by-side with pillar candles and more exclusive hand-crafted votives. The various lights are traditionally used in separate contexts. The new candelabras combine these different types of candles with unique materials to create an entirely new form of expression. {---}
The product will now be on display in Material ConneXions four locations; New York, Bangkok, Cologne and Milan
Folkforms hand and machine cut vase was acquired by the National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
International launch of new products by Richard Hutten, Folkform and Claesson Koivisto Rune. The event takes place in the new Skultuna Concept Store at Grev Turegatan 18 in Stockholm.
Address: Grev Turegatan 18, Stockholm | Find
Date: Feb 6th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
www.skultuna.se
Welcome!
The Ambassador of Sweden will open up her Residence at Portland Place for a Swedish design exhibition. The magnificent architecture of Robert and James Adam will shed a new light on the contemporary shapes of Swedish design for one of the first events during the Design Festival. Folkform will exhibit limited edition pieces of lamps and candle holders in brass and bronze and selected glass pieces from the Industrial Intervention exhibition.
FOLKFORMs Unique Standard collection, masonite cabinet was acquired for the permanent design collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway.
“Warsaw Under Construction” 2009
On Oct. 3 the Museum launches its feature project – “Warsaw under construction”, a trailer of a new festival focused on design and architecture in Warsaw.
Folkforms Unique Standard collection, marble cabinet was acquired for the permanent design collections by the National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden