I’ve told you all about Greenhouse, so now it’s time for the Stockholm Furniture Fair itself. It’s one of my favourite shows, always full of fresh new design that you just don’t see anywhere else. I loved the rich, yet typically restrained Scandinavian colour palette on Gubi’s stand. The Ronde Pendant is German designer Oliver Schick’s first product for Gubi— I love its neat, rotund form.
Another brand showing a similar palette was Menu, a Danish company founded in 1976. Their range of beautifully understated products perfectly captures what I love about Scandi design.
And more simple, yet striking lighting from New Danish brand Made by Hand, these elegant copper lamps handmade are in Denmark to an original 1951 design.
I am very happy to see that yellow is still very much on-trend. Aimed at cafes, restaurants and learning institutions, the upholstered birch Nami chair by Lepo Product head designer Kaarle Holmberg would fit just as well into a contemporary interior.
Innovative wall-storage solutions were a definite trend at the fair, and my favourite was the Pocket Organiser from Normann Copenhagen, available in a range of colours and handy for everything from stationery to washing up brushes.
Another example came from Maze, a company born out of a fruitless search for a smart bed shelf in 2003. Designed by Olof Kolte, it’s equally at home in the bathroom, office, or hallway.
A thoroughly Norwegian product, the Konfetti blanket was designed by Norwegian designer duo Anderssen & Voll for Røros Tweed which has been weaving in Norway since 1940, using wool from Norwegian sheep.
I love the simple and timeless Side Table 606 reissued from the Artek archives and new in this finish for the fair. It was designed in 1932 by Aino Aalto, Alvar Aalto’s first wife and Managing Director of Artek from 1941-1949.
House plants are back and one of my SFF favourites, Swedish design brand A2 has them exploding out of bookcases and bursting out of side tables – bringing the outside in with a bang.
And last but not least, I absolutely love these concrete coasters with fragments of a map of Stockholm by A Future Perfect, spotted in the designboom mart…
Further reading for the especially geeky:
- out and about :: home london 2014
- out and about :: coadg bursary at home london
- out and about :: east london design show
- out and about :: cornwall
