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.
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.
22–25 May 2025, Form/Design Center will organize Southern Sweden Design Days for the fifth year in a row. For four days, Malmö will be filled with exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and festivities at various locations across the city. Explore the program with over 160 program activities, 450 participants, and 80 locations to experience in Malmö during the festival days!
Read moreThe group exhibition represents a joint effort between Copenhagen Architecture Biennale and Form/Design Center, covering two venues — Halmtorvet 27 in Copenhagen and the Form/Design Center in Malmö — thereby deepening the exploration of the theme 'Slow Down'.
Apply nowSPOK and Hantverkarna Stockholm have launched a new collaboration where six prominent designers and six highly skilled craftspeople come together to create new objects. The results will be showcased in a group exhibition during Stockholm Craft Week later this autumn.
Read moreForm/Design Center has produced a unique report, mapping over 20,300 active design companies. This is the first report of its kind, aiming to serve as a starting point for continuously tracking the development of the Swedish design industry, its impact on other sectors, and society at large.
READ THE REPORT HERE (IN SWEDISH)Statements from the parliamentary seminar Designbranschen som tillväxtmotor i Sverige (The Design Industry as a Growth Engine in Sweden) on January 29, 2025. The seminar aimed to highlight the significance of the design sector for Sweden. During the event, Form/Design Center presented a unique national survey of the design industry – an important step in the effort to establish Sveriges Designers Riksorganisation.
Watch here (In Swedish)The creative industries are becoming a key sector for Sweden, with significant potential for growth, innovation, export, and the green transition. Form/Design Center is engaged in a long-term industry development initiative to strengthen opportunities for professionals in architecture, design, and crafts. Watch a short film highlighting the importance of this work.
Watch here (in Swedish)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.
Read moreWatch 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.
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See hereSouthern 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.
Read moreDuring 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".
Läs merSPOK 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.
Read moreGOING 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’.
Read moreThe 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.
Open the industry guideDuring 2024, a new round of Form/Design Center's mentoring programs for designers operating in Skåne, Halland, Småland and Blekinge will be implemented.
Read moreEach 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.
Read moreIn 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.
Read more (in Swedish)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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