Play is Form/Design Center's digital platform for knowledge sharing and inspiration. Here you will find our live broadcast or recorded seminars, guided tours of exhibitions and films from projects in architecture, design and crafts. Please note that some of the videos are in Swedish.
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Perspectives on Form/Design Center
Industry development
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)
Designbranschen som tillväxtmotor i Sverige
parliamentary seminar
Industry development
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)
Conference: Place- and nature-based architecture in the Nordics
12 nov 2024 / 08.30 - 21.00
SUSTAINORDIC
A full day conference where we together explore how actors in the Nordic countries can encourage accelerate and the transformation by (re)introducing local materials, combining tradition and innovation towards building practices to keep architecture and construction within planetary boundaries.
Watch the conference online and listen to leading experts in architecture, urban design, research, policy, and industry as they explore the future of place-based architecture and nature-based construction.
Watch here
INDUSTRY MEETING: A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS
25 NOV 2024
Watch an industry meeting 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)
Watch here
Formgivarpodden
Podcast
Form/Design Center is a proud partner of Formgivarpodden – Sweden’s only podcast about life as a designer. Every other week, textile designer Karin Olu Lindgård and industrial designer Kajsa Willner discuss design-related topics, often joined by guest speakers.
Listen here (In Swedish)
SPOK Dalarna: Fyra samarbeten
SPOK
Watch a film where SPOK Dalarna highlights four projects showcasing the results of these four designers' collaborations with local producers in ceramics, textiles, metal, and wood.
Watch here (In Swedish)
Arkitekturdagen 2024
10 SEP 2024
CONVERSATIONS AND LECTURES
On 10 September The Architecture Day at Form/Design Center was back for the seventh year in a row. Together with Architects Sweden, and in collaboration with Arch+, we're organised a day full of talks and lectures about architecture.
Please note that most conversations were held in Swedish.
Watch here
Conference: Möjligheterna för en mer jämlik bostadsförsörjning
01 OKT 2024
Arkitektur
As part of the Skåne Housing Network, Region Skåne hosted a full-day conference featuring lectures and discussions on the opportunities found at the intersection of public, private, and nonprofit perspectives on regional housing issues.
Watch here (In Swedish)
Form/Design Center 60 år
Our reporters Alva Nyblom and Oskar Kercso reported live from Form/Design Center's big anniversary party on June 5.
See here (In Swedish)
INFO MEETING: Plastic perspectives
Info meeting
Workshop
See the info meeting from 18 June about an open call for architects, designers or artisans who want to participate in a collective exhibition that communicates the role of plastics in a circular economy.
See here (In Swedish)
Planetary Boundaries
21 MAJ 2024 / 17.00 - 19.45
Seminar
To reduce our planetary impact, an innovative approach is needed in design and architecture. During the seminar we will learn about a number of research and development projects that, from different perspectives, reflect on the potential of materials and the built form.
Watch here
Monumental Knit
Exhibition
In what way can we use textile techniques to develop new methods for a post-fossil and circular architecture? Hear Research Studio for Knit and Architecture tell more about their process and background.
See here (In Swedish)
Sveriges Arkitekter Studenterna: Tema arkitekttävlingar
10 APR 2024 / 11.30 - 14.30
Architecture
During the day, the award Ung svensk arkitektur will be presented and you will have the chance to get an insight into the work of some of the nominated architectural offices. Then follows information about the Mellan-rummet – a 72-hour announcement, requesting a spatial installation at Hedmanska gården in Malmö, aimed at newly established architects in building, interior design, planning and/or landscape.
See here (In Swedish)
Skapa plats!
Residensprojekt
How can areas in public space function as artistic places accessible to all? The residence Skapa Plats! (Create Space!) gives artists the opportunity to both explore and take a place, in this case at Tomelilla Square and Tomelilla Art Gallery.
Watch here (in Swedish)
Arwidsson Talks: Blandstad – levande och högljudd
Panel discussion
Podcast recording
In October, Arwidsson Talks recorded their podcast in front of a live audience at Form/Design Center. Listen to the episode with a Marcus Horning, City Planning Director Malmö City and representatives from CSAM (Centre for Land Use Studies) when they discussed Malmö's development and the possibilities of the mixed city.
Listen here (in Swedish)
Cathedral Thinking
16 MAR 2023
Seminar
A half-day seminar where the theme of the exhibition Cathedral thinking is deepened, presented and discussed under the leadership of journalist Lars Mogensen together with, among others, Lund Cathedral's chaplain Lena Sjöstrand (N.B the event is in Swedish).
See the seminar
Photo: Korta ben
Practicing Research/Research in Practice
03 JUL 2023 / 17.00 - 21.00
Seminar
UIA
As part of UIA World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen, this event features a roundtable in which five experimental practices within architecture will discuss possible futures for the discipline, in between institutions, universities, and practitioners.
See the seminar
SSDD Studio
25 MAJ 2023 – 27 MAJ 2023
Southern Sweden Design Days
Live broadcasts
Broadcasted from the old railway workshops in Malmö SSDD Studio showcased a rich program. Experience panel discussions, seminars, interviews and workshops. Revisit the tableau if you missed something or want to watch it again!
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Can competitions create new landscape architecture?
30 MAR 2023 / 09.00 - 15.00
Seminar
See the seminar between academia and practice on architectural competitions and how they can be used to create innovative landscape architecture (N.B the event is partly in Swedish).
See the seminar
Video archive
Explore all our recorded seminars, lectures, workshops, guided tours and much more in our Play archive. Here you can filter by subject area, program type, year and more and find exactly what you are interested in.
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What Matter_s
Presentation
What Matter_s is a project that brings together designers with actors from academia and business to create new materials, innovative concepts and business opportunities based on sustainable development. The project has attracted a great deal of attention both nationally and internationally and shows the potential of interdisciplinary collaborations. Through these cross-fertilizations, we can visualize complex research and advance the positions in the work for a more sustainable future.
In the videos, you will see the participants present their projects.
Watch the films
Watch the highlights from the festival in the video player above.
Se höjdpunkter från Southern Sweden Design Days 2023
25–28 May, Malmö was filled with 160+ exhibitions, seminars and workshops at 60+ locations in the city. Lokstallarna was this year's main arena with 6,000 square meters of exhibitions, pop-up shop, food court and live studio. Southern Sweden Design Days is organised by Form/Design Center.
Watch the seminar in the video player above.
Risk as a process and driving force within crafts
Seminar
In Swedish
This seminar took place in connection with the exhibition RISK, part of the "7x Konsthantverk" series. Listen to two of the participating exhibitors, Nina Westman and Agnes Larsson. Hear them talk about their respective artistry and discuss how they relate to the exhibition's themes.
Nina Westman is a glass artist and showed her work "Hjärtat på kavajslaget" in the exhibition. Agnes Larsson is a jewelry artist and showed "Med risk att få svar", a work made in charcoal and in a new format for her.
About the exhibition
Guided tour of the exhibition Define/Refine
Guided tour
In Swedish
What is architecture that emerges locally from its natural and cultural context? How can it be rooted and yet varied and inquiring, respect history and context while serving as the starting point for innovation and as an expression of its time? Fostering a discussion on the role of architecture for a region’s identity and character, the exhibition Define/Refine takes its point of departure in the concept of Critical Regionalism, which is interpreted and elaborated upon.
Join Gunilla Kronvall as she guide you through the exhibition that was shown at Form/Design Center August 27–November 15, 2020.
Watch the tour