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Highlights from Stockholm Design Week

Designs that display our values - Scandinavian aesthetics, sustainability and innovation.

The design community was back in force in Stockholm last week, but while our focus was on presenting the new Artico HomeLift Compact, we found time to peruse the stands of the other 400 exhibitors. We’ve picked out five outstanding pieces from other brands that share our values.

Soft Serve table lamp by Crème Atelier

Soft Serve table lamp by Crème Atelier

This whimsical, ice cream-inspired table lamp was awarded Winner of Interior Detail of the Year at Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair this year. Elegant, sustainable, and affordable, each lamp is 3D-printed from biologically produced plastic extracted from corn starch and recycled food packaging. Soft Serve comes in a range of colors that nod to ice cream flavors – vanilla bean, wild strawberry, rhubarb, cloudberry, matcha and mocha. To minimize waste during the production process, the lamps are seamlessly crafted layer by layer over six hours and only printed on demand.

 

T-shirt Chair, Rag Edition 2.0 by Maria Westerberg

T-shirt Chair, Rag Edition 2.0 by Maria Westerberg

When Maria Westerberg created a chair using old T-shirts for her graduation project for the University of Konstfack in 2008, it proved a sensation, picking up awards and commissions from Åre Östersund airport and world-renowned architect Bjarke Ingels. After a break from designing to have two children and a short but successful career as a TV presenter, Maria is back with a new collection with a slightly different concept. The Rag Edition 2.0 is made from manufacturing offcuts salvaged from textile producers with added padding for more comfort, hand-woven around a stackable frame. Each piece can be customized and comes with a unique serial number.

Design by Nature by Front

Design by Nature by Front

Swedish design duo Sofia Lagerkvist and Anna Lindgren have come a long way since they debuted their studio Front at Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture Fair’s platform for incubator brands, back in 2004. Their furniture, lights, products and textiles have been commissioned by industry heavy hitters Moroso, Moooi, Vitra and Kvadrat, and now appear in the permanent collections of museums such as MoMA, the V&A, the Vitra Design Museum and Centre Pompidou.

 

Returning almost two decades later as the fair’s first ever Swedish Guest of Honour, Front had its own moodily lit pavilion exhibiting its extraordinary creations. The Design by Nature seating collection for Moroso, which was crafted from 3D scans of rocks found on forest walks, took center stage. They were upholstered in patterned, tapestry like fabric that emulates moss, lichen and algae, produced by Dutch textile company Febrik which is owned by Kvadrat.

Mood Fabric Lintex

Mood Fabric by Lintex

Mood boards are critical for any creative environment, and Swedish company Lintex has taken this simple tool to the next level, elegantly mixing aesthetics with functionality and flexibility. Its latest collection includes the Mood Fabric panel which has a glass writing board on one side and sound-absorbent fabric made from recycled polyester on the other. Available a range of colors with black, grey, solid oak or walnut feet with black castors, it can be used for brainstorming sessions or presentations, and then discreetly wheeled away.

Lumi pouf, Lisa Hilland

Lumi leather pouf by Lisa Hilland

Inspired by the shape of snowflakes, the Lumi pouf (Lumi means snow in Finnish) is more than just a sculptural take on floor seating as designer Lisa Hilland has carefully considered every aspect of the production process. Its characteristic structure uses innovative sewing techniques and pattern construction to create a series of small pockets that require minimal padding but result in maximum comfort. Each pouf is hand-crafted by skilled upholsterers who are trained via a program for the long-term unemployed. Hilland chose Swedish Elmo leather, a by-product that is tanned and dyed using an eco-friendly water-based process, which is unusually soft and develops a beautiful patina as it ages.

CN

ARITCO TRUNG QUỐC, THƯỢNG HẢI

Aritco Homelift (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

B310-2, Wending Living Style Plaza,
No. 258 Wending Road
Xuhui District, Shanghai P.R.
China

Phone: +86 400 6233 121
Email: info.china@aritco.com

CN

ARITCO TRUNG QUỐC, SƠN ĐÔNG

504, No.32 Building, Tian’an Cyber Park
No.88 Chunyang Rd. Qingdao
China

Phone: +86 532 66736895
Email: info.china@aritco.com

DE

ARITCO ĐỨC

Aritco Deutschland GmbH
Widenmayerstrasse 31
DE – 80538 München
Germany

Phone: +49 7123 9597272
Email: info.germany@aritco.com

ES

Aritco Tây Ban Nha

Avenida de la Constitución 24, nave 10
288 21, Coslada
Madrid
Spain

Phone: (+34) 918 622 552
Email: info.spain@aritco.com

SE

ARITCO THỤY ĐIỂN

Aritco Lift AB
Elektronikhöjden 14
175 43 Järfälla
Sweden

Phone: +46 8 120 401 00
Email: info@aritco.com

SEA

ARITCO NAM Á

35/5-7 Comet office building,
Krung Thonburi road, Khlong Ton Sai
Khlong San, Bangkok 10600
Thailand

Phone: +662 166 9944
Email: info.sea@aritco.com

UAE

Aritco UCác Tiểu Vương Quốc Ả Rập Thống Nhất

Aritco Lift AB c/o Business Sweden,
Concord Tower, 26th floor,
Office 2607, Media City
Dubai, UAE

Phone: (+971) 58 285 0719
Email: info.uae@aritco.com

UK

Aritco Vương quốc Anh

United Kingdom

Phone: +44 1604 808809
E-mail: info.uk@aritco.com