Industry Development

Industry Development

Form/Design Center continuously focuses on creating new opportunities for professional practitioners in architecture, design and crafts by promoting cooperation, development and sustainable growth regionally, nationally and internationally.

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INDUSTRY MEETING: A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS

25 NOV 2024
Play

Watch an industry meeting from 25 november where talk about the ongoing work with a national association for professional designers. Hear Daniel Byström talk about the project of the national mapping of design companies that has been initiated to provide an overall picture of the industry. Also listen to Johanna Nylander from theSwedish Games Industry who is leading a study on better statistics for cultural and creative industries on behalf of the Swedish government. 

(English subtitles will be added soon)

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Kajsa och Karin Formgivarpodden

Formgivarpodden

Podcast

In Formgivarpodden – Sweden's only podcast about life as a designer, textile designer Karin Olu Lindgård talks with industrial designer Kajsa Willner about topics related to design, often together with invited guests.

Form/Design Center is a proud partner of season 6, which will be released in the fall of 2024.

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SSDD open call

SSDD 2025: Open Call

1 Nov 2024 – 15 jan 2025

Take the chance to be part of Southern Sweden Design Days 2025! Register your participation between 1 November and 15 January and take part in the design festival on 22–25 May. Through your participation, you will have the opportunity to reach a wide audience through exciting program activities.

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Plastic Perspectives

PLASTIC PERSPECTIVES

Spring 2025
Exhibition

"Eight practitioners/teams are participating in the project and exhibition Plastic Perspectives. They were selected in tough competition from an open call that received great attention; a total of 116 applications were submitted.

The project is funded by Formas and is carried out in collaboration with researchers from STEPS, Form/Design Center, Konstfack, Furniture Fair, and Formprocess."

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Utställningen RISK på Form/Design Center

7 x konsthantverk

7 x konsthantverk is a series of seven exhibitions that will take place during the period 2020 – 2024 through a collaboration between Arts and Crafts Center and Form/Design Center. The project shows, through changing materials and expressions in the exhibitions, the breadth of the craft and the expertise that the craftsman possesses.

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