Ung Svensk Form 2018

24 Mar 2018 – 13 May 2018

Exhibition

Discover the most exciting young Swedish design right now! The exhibition presents unique works in a range of different disciplines from fashion and product design to crafts and architecture. Ung Svensk Form celebrates this year's 20th anniversary.

Matilda Norberg

Ung Svensk Form is an annual jury-rated award that increases the knowledge and widening the scope of new, innovative Swedish design; helping it reach new audiences. The exhibition is organised by Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) and tours both in Sweden and abroad. Ung Svensk Form is an arena for young Swedish design – one that showcases the need to make space for creativity in working with design. To believe in an idea and to implement it. To dare to play, to try things out, and to explore freely, without having to adapt to market demands.

Ung Svensk Form is organised by Svensk Form (The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) in cooperation with IKEA, the City of Malmö and ArkDes. The project was initiated by Svensk Form and Form/Design Center in 1998 and celebrates this year's 20th anniversary!

This year’s edition of Ung Svensk Form clearly shows how today the borders between art, crafts and design are more and more open,” says Mats Widbom, Managing Director of Svensk Form.

All the selected participants in Ung Svensk Form 2018

Matilda Norberg, Earth’s Crust – Material rules, Winner of the Stiftelsen för Garverinäringens Främjande scholarship
Jennifer Bergkvist, Form & Formalia
Kyung-Jin Cho, Swing jam
Anna Sjöberg & Malin Berglund, Cell – from one piece to a whole system
Isa Andersson, In/Visible Power
Victor Alge, Alces Alces
Björn Friborg, Implosion
Daniela Juvall, Östberga Type
Josefine Gennert Jakobsson, Mural Dressing
Alecsander Rothschild, Love Letter
Sophie Hardy, Object of Value
Amanda Borgfors Mészàros, Global Nomad
Kristin Larsson, Hybriderna
Hemmo Honkonen, Möbler som låter
Alvina Jakobsson, KläOm
Emma Brålander, Färg, illusion och komposition
Julia Westerberg, Gal Pals in Print
Per Nadén & Anton Kolbe, Villa Idun-Lee, winner of the IKEA scholarship
Martina Skyttberg, Över isen
Emelie Kasholm, Maybeday
Mariana Silva Varela, Gränslös folkdräkt
Andrej Malinin, Det är inte som det ser ut
Rebecca Petrini & Joel Fjällström, Mammut, Winner of the KVADRAT scholarship
Linnéa Olmarken, Under huden aka.The Pig
Anna Pers Bräcke, Fett fett
Agga Anne Mette Stage, BodySoapName-Generator.com
Benedetta Crippa, World of Desire
Ida Pettersson, Astral Grid
Karin Matz & Helen Runting, Secretary, Winner of the FOLKHEM scholarship

The juryn for Ung Svensk Form 2018

Samir Alj Fält – Designer at Design Lab S in Skärholmen
Parasto Backman – Studio Parasto Backman is a Stockholm based graphic design studio. Alongside the studio practice Parasto also teach and tutors at Konstfack University College of Art (Photo above by: Märta Thisner)
Margarita Bergfeldt Matiz – Industrial designer MFA and art and design curator for international exhibitions
Marcus Engman – Head of Design at IKEA
Salka Hallström Bornold – Journalist at Form Magazine
Tom Hedqvist – Designer, former dean at Beckmans Collage of Design and director of Rhösska in Gothenburg.
Åsa Jungnelius – Glass designer
Henrik Johansson – Director, Commercial Research & Development @Spotify
Kenneth Kvarnström – one of Scandinavia’s foremost choreographers, dance director at Kulturhuset/Stadsteatern
Petra Lilja – Industrial designer
Tor Lindstrand – Architect and Associate Professor at KTH School of Architecture
Kieran Long – Director, ArkDes
David Polfeldt – Managing Director at Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft studio
Bea Szenfeld – Fashion designer
Bolle Tham – Architect and founder of Tham & Videgård Architects

This year’s Ung Svensk Form scholarship winners
IKEA offers a working grant with salary and accommodation for 5 months in Älmhult at IKEA of Sweden. This year, the IKEA scholars is awarded Anton Kollbe and Per Nadén with the contribution Villa Idun-Lee.

Stiftelsen för Garverinäringens Främjande (the industry organisation for Swedish tanneries) presents a scholarship for SEK 50,000. This year’s winner is Matilda Norberg for her entry Earth’s Crust – Material rules.

Folkhem will grant one scholar with 100 000 SEK within architecture. This year's scholarship is awarded Karin Matz and Helen Runting with the contribution Secretary.

Folkhem presents a scholarship in architecture for SEK 100,000. This year’s winners are Karin Matz and Helen Runting for their entry Secretary.

In 2018 the Japanese company Askul established a new special scholarship to mark 150 years of diplomatic relations between Sweden and Japan. The scholarship involves close collaboration with Askul plus a trip to Japan. This year’s winner is Karin Andersson.

Kvadrat presents a scholarship which consists of materials, a cash sum, and an exhibition in Kvadrat’s showroom in Stockholm. This year's scholarship is awarded Rebecca Petrini and Joel Fjällström with the contribution Mammut.