Stockholm Design Week 2013 // Best New Furniture & Products.

The 62nd annual Stockholm Design Week 2013 and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair took place between 4-10 February. Despite the fact that I observed the developments of this significant Scandinavian design event from the comfort of my own chair, I wanted to share with you the highlights, new product releases and emerging talent that caught my attention.

Due to the enormity of this post, I’ve decided to split it in two parts. Today I will talk about some of my favourite new furniture and products. Next week I will bring you my top selections of new lighting and interesting installations that took place during the design week.

Airberg seating by Jean-Marie Massaud for Offecct // This sofa and armchair give the first impression of being inflated with air. In reality, sofa’s structural frame is filled with a flexible padding material creating the illusion of lightness.

Cape chair by Nendo for Offecct // This prototype chair is super light-weight and features a signature Nendo ultra-thin frame look. The seat shelll creates an illusion of a cape draped over a frame.

Hai Lounge Chair by Luca Nichetto for One Nordic Furniture // Designed to fold-down and cut the packing requirement in half, making it an easy chair to sell online and ship around the world. Super clever.

Homework table by Tomas Kral for Super-ette // This timber table features a folded ‘aluminium cloth’ which acts as a toolbox to store documents, object and photos.

Copper Breeze Table by Monica Förster for Swedese // New addition of Breeze table now available in copper. Hubba, hubba.

Small black vases by Nendo for David Design // 3D wire forms intended to be coupled with user’s favourite glass or another vessel.

Paper collection by Claesson Koivisto Rune for David Design // New series of tables and chairs that is thin like paper.

Rink Table by Eva Schildt for Klong // This elegant table combines a metal frame, leather edge trim and brass detailing. Delicious!

Spike Chair by Alexander Lervik for Gallerie Pascale // Limited edition chair made from 60 rods in thirty different sizes. Inspired by the shape of the rain in the Philippines, only 10 chairs have been produced and sold via Gallerie Pascale in Stockholm. Check out this video for more.

Kantarell table by Maria Bjorlykke // Cascading coffee table with powdercoated metal base and timber top. Presented at State of Things by Klubben.

Kilt cabinet by Claesson Koivisto Rune for Asplund // See full post on this collection here.

Nate by Lisa Berkert Wallard // This cabinet was part of the exhibition titled Is This It? by Beckmans College of Design at Greenhouse (Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s arena for independent designers and design schools).

Collect Cabinet by A2 // Limited to only 81 cabinets, the cabinet has a fish scale patterned front made in Tärnsjö leather.

lilla Ateljen Collection by Haruka Furuyama Design & Craft // A furniture collection dedicated to a house used as an atelier by Swedish painter William Nording (1884-1956)’. Nording was a central figure in the ‘vicklebyskolan’ (Vickleby school) artist community, known for the unique light found in Vickleby, Sweden.

No.1 rug collection by Oyyo // Swedish design studio’s debut collection consisting of six dhurries handwoven by a community of craftspeople near India’s Blue City, Jodhpur. The rugs are made from 100% organic cotton and vivid vegetable dyes derived from local plants.

Brass objects from Skultuna // Swedish designers Monica Förster, Claesson Koivisto Rune and Folkform collaborated with 400-year-old fine metals company Skultuna to produce an exquisite collection of brass objects – flower pots, coat hooks and bookends respectively.

The Woods by StokkeAustad and Andreas Engesvik // These glorious hand-blown glass objects were inspired by the changing colours of trees in the forests. Sculptural and without any specific function other than the purely decorative one, these beautiful objects deliberately close the gap between design and craft.

Dezibel by Note Design Studio for Zilenzio // Floor-based sound absorbing panels designed with crowded public spaces and offices in mind.

The Wool Parade by Doshi Levien for Kvadrat // A playful installation of upholstered objects, inspired by the avant-garde parties and architectural theatre costumes from the early Bauhaus period, and highlight the unique qualities of wool. See more in this video.