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.
Industry Development
Industry Development
A national association for design professionals
A united voice, a strong national community, good working conditions, clear industry practice, access to advice and knowledge sharing - within the profession as well as among design actors and politicians, the need to organize the design industry through a national professional organization is highlighted. Form/Design Center will investigate how we can contribute to a professional organization for designers coming into place.
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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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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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Southern Sweden Design Days 'Main Location'
Southern Sweden Design Days
Design event
Southern Sweden Design Days is an annual event that highlights and builds knowledge about design – focusing on sustainability, collaboration, development and innovation. For four days, a platform is created showcasing a full range of design disciplines through seminars, workshops, exhibitions and networking events. Southern Sweden Design Days invites visitors from all over the world to experience the best the creative southern Swedish design region has to offer.
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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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SPOK – FIND MANUFACTURERS
Production plattform
SPOK is a production platform that aims to gather and spread knowledge about local manufacturing possibilities ranging from handicrafts to industries. SPOK aims to promote the development of local production in Sweden and in the long term also more-local consumption.
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industry guide
Find your local designer
The industry guide is a platform that makes the southern Swedish form, architecture and design scene visible. Visit the guide to find your new collaborations, assignments and inspiration. Search for companies based on geography, industry affiliation, specialization or free text search - find them via map or AZ.
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Going Pro 2025
Apply before 2 December
Open Call
GOING PRO is a business development program where ten motivated designers are given the opportunity to take the next step in their creative entrepreneurship. Through participation in the program, the designers will also be able to present their work in a group exhibition at Southern Sweden Design Days’ ’Main location’.
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MENTOR PROGRAM
During 2024, a new round of Form/Design Center's mentoring programs for designers operating in Skåne, Halland, Småland and Blekinge will be implemented.
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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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What Matter_s 3.0
2024-2025
development project
During 2024-2025, What Matter_s 3.0 will be carried out, a development project where creators are brought together with industry stakeholders in manufacturing to collaborate interdisciplinary within the theme "Materials and manufacturing industry".
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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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The Architecture Days
Each September, Architects Sweden and Form/Design Center organise the annual event The Architecture Days at Form/Design Center. The aim of the event is to advance and discuss architecture and the role of the architect going forward.
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Funding and scholarships
Here you will find funding and scholarships for practitioners in form, design and architecture.
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Play: film archive
Play is Form/Design Center's digital platform for knowledge sharing and inspiration. Explore the wide variety of films from our seminars, exhibitions and projects in architecture, design and crafts.
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