> kulper.info Newsletter # 3/09
FURNITURE, LIGHTING, INTERIEUR DESIGN, PROTOTYPES, ART AND CRAFT, DECORATION
STOCKHOLM
DESIGN WEEK
3.3.-8. FEBRUARY 2009
go to:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2413041/ stockholm_design_week_09 and see a slide-show After some kind of emptiness and lack of real novelties in Cologne and Paris it was a bit more exiting in Stockholm. At the fair themselves the bigger Swedish furniture manufacturers showed under the troubled circumstances, occurred by the financial market, with proud and dignity their new products. Bla Station had 3, Materia 3, Swedese 3 and Offecct even 9 new pieces. Although Bruno Mathsson International came up with a new chair designed already in the 70s. Also the smaller exhibitors had at least one new item on their stand.
Sender:
www.kulper.info
It occurred that this year the color GREEN was on top of everything, beside the obligatory Greenhouse exhibition for young designers, the Swedish Furniture Industry (TMF) had their stand in green whilst the association of Smaland’s furniture producers (MÜbelriket) will send their latest prototypes under the slogan Green Design from here around the world. As such was the climate was quite positive and even journalists praised the entire show more than ever. The current financial resp. economical crisis was not a big issue like for instant on the IMM in Cologne. Number of visitors: 36,001 from 53 countries against 38,774 in 2008. But also downtown the show went on, perhaps not so colorful like on the fairground, but really very creative. Remarkable this time was that more Designers having their own shows, which might mean that Stockholm becoming a real counterpart against Milan.