The Bruno Mathsson Prize 40 Years October 26th 2024 – March 30th 2025
Foward the end of his life, Mathsson established a foundation that, since 1984, has awarded an annual prize to individuals who strongly contribute to development of furniture design and related design fields. The Bruno Mathsson Prize is today the largest design prize in the Nordic region, and to highlight its importance, this exhibition presents the many prominent designers and interior architects who have received the prize. Award winners in the exhibition:
Fredrik Paulsen, Jenny Nordberg, Finn Ahlgren, Front, Pierre Sindre, Monica Förster, Chris Martin, Folkform, TAF, Shane Schneck, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Jonas Bohlin, Staffan Holm, Mika Tolvanen, Daniel Rybakken, Thomas Bernstrand, Cecilie Manz, Anna Kraitz, Louise Campbell, Ilkka Suppanen, Johannes Norlander, Anderssen & Voll, Andreas Engesvik, Anna von Schewen, Sigurður Gústafsson, Gunilla Allard, Simo Heikkilä, Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen, Mats Theselius, Åke Axelsson, Kari Virtanen
Vandalorum, Värnamo
October 26th – March 30th 2025
Welcome!
Folkform in the permanent Collection at Röhsska museum
Sven-Harrys Museum of Art
Bruno + 35 Mathsson Prize winners at Sven-Harrys Museum of Art Jan 26—Apr 7 2024
For the first time, Bruno Mathsson’s timeless furniture is shown together with 35 of the foremost of Nordic designers, all of whom have been awarded the prestigious Bruno Mathsson prize. In a uniquely comprehensive exhibition of high-class design, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Nordics’ largest design award, which is awarded annually by the Karin and Bruno Mathsson Foundation.
Sven-Harrys Museum of Art
Eastmansvägen 10–12, Stockholm
January 26th– April 7th
Unearthing Narratives: Disegno Journal Panel: Research and Performance – Designer as Anthropologist
A10:18
Friday 9 February 2024
The talk series asks: How do designers infuse their objects with stories about the materials they are made from? And, is it important to communicate the histories, places and spaces that have inspired a project?
Hosted by Oli Stratford, Disegno’s editor-in-chief, the conversations are open and free to all fair goers. Speakers include Faye Toogood, Folkform, Industrial Facility, and Hall.Haus.
The Designer as Anthropologist
The final conversation brings themes of research, narrative and social engagement to the stage. The panel brings together themes of research, narrative and social engagement to the stage. The panel brings together Sammy Bernoussi if Hall Haus, Anna Holmquist of Folkform and Mira Bergh Edenborg and Josefin Zachrisson of Swedish girls who will reflect on the potential and pitfalls of research-led methods in design.
WHEN: 1pm
WHERE: All events will take place at Stockholm Furniture Fair Talks – The Yellow Thread bar & stage area, Hall A.
SFF 2024 Stamuli, Folkform, Swedish Ninja – A Joint Exhibition
During the 2023 London Design Fair,Folkform, Stamuli and Swedish Ninja were commissioned by the Swedish Embassy to create a Pavilion that would represent the nation for the duration of the week. Now, the pavilion is coming home. During the Stockholm Furniture Fair we will once again come together as part of a group exhibition, showcasing some of the best in Swedish design.
Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024
Stand: C15:30
The Last of the Hardboards
Folkform at the Art Academy.
The Folkform exhibition “the Last of the Hardboards” is on view at Konstakademien in Stockholm until 29 April. The exhibition is a piece of industrial history told through our work with the Masonite hardboard. A decade of investigations and experimentation with the board material has resulted in a retrospective exhibition and a book publication titled the Production Novellas. Welcome to the book launch! This special edition of the book is numbered and printed in 300 copies.
BOOK RELEASE
Saturday 22 April open 11am – 11.59 pm
OPENING HOURS
Tuesday-Saturday 11am – 4pm
ADDRESS
Fredsgatan12
Stockholm
Welcome!
Folkform Open Atelier
This is a unique opportunity to experience the Folkform atelier, the creative home of the design duo Chandra Ahlsell and Anna Holmquist and the place where their designs come to life. The exhibition in the studio features examples from the Plissé lighting collection in collaboration with the artist and fashion designer Roland Hjort.
Open Tue 7 feb – Fri 10 feb
10am – 4pm.
Grindsgatan 29
Södermalm, Stockholm
Presentation by Folkform
Wednesday Feb 8
At 9.30am – 11.00am.
Welcome!
The Blue Tapestries
Folkform + Louis De Poortere
Blue is one of three primary colours in traditional colour theory and, arguably, it is the most mysterious.
During Stockholm Design Week 5-11 September, Folkform takes over the Dahl showroom with a curated exhibition. The Blue Tapestries is an exhibition of limited edition textile based artworks.
Welcome!
PRESS BREAKFAST
Tuesday 6 September at 09.00
RSVP to annika@dahlagenturer.se
ARTIST TALK WITH FOLKFORM
Tuesday 6 September at 12.00
RSVP to event@dahlagenturer.se
COCKTAIL
Thursday 8 September at 17-21
OPENING HOURS STOCKHOLM DESIGN WEEK
Monday-Friday 9-17
Saturday 10-15
Sunday Closed
ADDRESS
Östra järnvägsgatan 23
Stockholm
Folkform in Milan
MILAN DESIGN WEEK
Via Alessandro Tadino 2
Second floor, No.5
Porta Venezia
June 7-10 June 2022
9am – 7pm
Welcome to Cipango,
an exhibition by the Japanese brand Ariake, set in a residential apartment at Via Alessandro Tadino 2 in Milan. Ariake will present new furniture by Inga Sempé, Note Design studio, Neri and Hu and Gabriel Tan to mention a few, but also invites Folkform, Studio Cappelen Dimyr to exhibit their work since they all share an appreciation for craft.
Dezeen Awards 2021 Longlisted in the Exhibition Design Category
The Dezeen award jury has long-listed 308 projects selected across 12 categories from over 4,700 entries from all around the world! We are happy and honoured! Thank you again Dezeen!
Stockholm Design Week 2021
FOLKFORM + HJORT: L’ART PLISSÉ
AT STOCKHOLM DESIGN WEEK 8-13 February 2021
Folkform and artist Roland Hjort interpret traditional pleating techniques at “Inside Swedish design” an exhibition at Stockholms Auktionsverk during Stockholm Design Week.
Location viewing
Stockholms Auktionsverk
Nybrogatan 32, Stockholm
All lamps for sale through Folkform, first edition and studio produced please contact us for more information at info@folkform.se
Opening hours viewing
Wed–Fri 10–18
Sat 10–16
Welcome!
Dezeen Awards 2020 Longlisted in the Installation Design Category
We are honored to announce that Folkform has been longlisted in three of the Dezeen Awards 2020 design categories:
Exhibition design, Seating Design and Installation design.
Public Art Installation in Spånga
The Stockholm-based design studio Folkform has completed a permanent installation for the public indoor swimming pool in Spånga, outside of Stockholm.
Exhibition at Vandalorum 2019-2020
Folkform: Production Novellas
On 5 October 2019 the large-scale exhibition Production Novellas by Folkform will open at Vandalorum in Värnamo.
5 October 2019 – 8 march 2020
Vandalorum, Värnamo
Bruno Mathsson Award
“The 2019 Bruno Mathsson Award was given to Chandra Ahlsell and Anna Lovisa Holmquist, from the design duo Folkform, for their keen research into how materials and manufacturing methods are valued in contemporary furniture production. Their work is focused on process and without prestige they tirelessly gather knowledge and engage in more traditional modes of production that otherwise might be lost to future generations. Through this process they create pieces of unique artistic expression, informed by free and unconstrained processes.”
Thank you Karin and Bruno Mathsson Foundation!
Folkform at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair 2019
Örsjö belysning celebrates its heritage with Folkform designed-display.
Hope to see you there!
Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair
5-9 Feb 2019
Stand A07:11
The Nations Gift For H.M Queen Silvia
We are honored that the Swedish Parliament has selected our skyline lamp as the nation´s gift for H.M Queen Silvia of Sweden on her 75th birthday. The brass table lamp will now complement the floor lamp already installed in the Royal Palace.
Join Us For Our First Studio Conference.
On the occasion of the Stockholm Design Week, Folkform will be hosting their very first Studio Conference. This combines an exhibition and conference format, with the idea of creating a platform to discuss the intersections between theory and practice-based design research. The exhibition runs inside the Örsjö exhibition stand, as a parallel narrative, and the conference sessions will be held as an independent event located inside the context of the Furniture Fair.
AMONG INVITED PARTICIPANTS ARE
Dr Catharine Rossi (UK), Andreas Nobel (SWE) Mårten Medbo (SWE) Folkform (SWE)
Salone Satellite 20 Years anniversery
Selected by the curators among all prevoious exibitors at Salone Satellite are the Masonite Cabinet and Candle Collage
“SaloneSatellite. 20 Years of New Cretivity”
Dates: 4-25 April
Place: Fabbrica del Vapore
Address: via Procaccini 4, Milano
Open: 10 a.m – 7 p.m
Welcome!
Architecture and Design Centre
Folkform was awarded ”Lauritz ICON Award” and Residence magazine’s “launch of the year” prize. We are honoured to be exhibiting at ArkDes. In this exhibition hosted by Residence Magazine we will display our new Suburban Skyline and Revolving Bookcase.
The exhibition is portrayed by leading Norwegian stylistduo Kråkvik & D’Orazio.
Welcome!
Exhibition open: Feb 8th–March 19th 2017
Address: Exercisplan 4, Skeppsholmen
Interview in Plaza Magazine
Thank you Plaza Magazine for this lovely article and interview about Folkform
Folkform at Almedalen Week 2015
Almedalen week is an annual event taking place June 28th to July 5th in and around Almedalen, a park in the city of Visby on the Swedish island Gotland.
With speeches, seminars and other political activities, it is considered to be the most important forum in Swedish politics. During the week, representatives from the major political parties in Sweden take turns to make speeches in Almedalen.
Folkform will be represented at Almedalen Week between June 29th and July 2nd. Come and listen to our talk at Svensk Form on the 30th of June, 7.30pm-10pm ”Arkitekturträdgården”, Strandgatan 16 A.
WELCOME!
Nominated Swedish Design Award 2014
The Swedish Design Award premiers the best examples of Swedish design. Among over 200 contributions only 19 designs have been nominated by a renowed jury. A number of these nominees will today be premiered with the Swedish Design Award.
Art Installation at the Royal Institute of Thechnology.
7x4m Composition in Fabric and Metals
For this unique textile Folkform collaborated with the material scientists at the institute of Thechnology in Stockholm. The textile consists of over 600 pieces of metals and fabrics that are sawn by hand in collaboration with the skilled craftswomen at HV Studio.
Commission for The Royal Institute of Technology 2013
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HV STUDIO is noted for the professional and artistic competence of its staff. Long experience of interpreting and realizing the designer’s intention in different forms of textile art has given the studio a unique reputation in this field.
More than a century of collaboration between leading Swedish artists and HV’s skilled craftswomen has ensured a constant revitalization of textile art in Sweden and has helped to maintain the high professional capacity of the studio.
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Folkform at London Design Festival Mint Gallery
14th -30th September 2013
2 North Terrace
Alexander Square
London SW3 2BA
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As part of the 2013 London Design Festival Mint will curate a selection of works called Cabinets of Curiosity.The show will seek to highlight the intelligent contemporary design that’s emerging from Sweden, focusing on the creation of design art through an examination of craftsmanship and its relationship to unique designs. The exhibition is arranged by MINT in collaboration with Svensk Form.
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Folkform at Gallery Kleerup
Folkform is part of the group show Contemporary Lightworks at Gallery Kleerup.
An exhibition with new pieces by: Johan Carpner / Folkform / Alexander Lervik / Katja Pettersson.
Opening Party
Feb 4th 6pm–12pm
Jakobs Torg 3
Exhibition
Feb 5th–8th
3pm–8pm
Folkform Cabinets by Svenskt Tenn
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.
Check out the new cabinets here.
Masonite:Memoriam
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
Bronze Cabinet at Örnsbergs Auction
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
Folkform at The Glassfactory
The exhibition will include the new work developed exclusively for the Glassfactory.
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Folkform Installation at Whyred
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.
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Join us for the opening on:
Wednesday Feb 9, 18.00-21.00
Date: Feb 9- Feb 24
Open: Mon-Sun, 10.00-18.00
Address: Mäster Samuelsgatan 3
www.whyred.se
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Folkform in Paris
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
Escapists of Contemporary Design
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. {–––}
Join us for the opening on Thursday 24th
Date: Sep 19-27
Open: Mon-Sun, 10-18
Address: Mint, 2 North Terrace, London
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Stone Veneer Tables in Milan
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FOLKFORM´s Masonite at Material ConneXions library of innovative materials
The product will now be on display in Material ConneXions four locations; New York, Bangkok, Cologne and Milan
Folkform Cabinets at Stockholm Auction House.
Folkform at Stockholm Auction House.
Candle Collage, Bronze edition No1, Masonite Memoriam will be at the Contemporary Auction
Viewing
5-8 Nov 11am-6pm (6pm talk by Folkform)
9-10 Nov 11am-5pm
11 Nov 11am-6pm
Auction
12 Nov 1pm
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