Stockholm Fashion Week S/S 2009 by Berns 30 June–2 July 2008. Acne, Cheap Monday and Tiger of Sweden confirmed so far.
wifikartan.se
Wifikartan.se is mapping out Swedens free internet access spots. Very useful.
fanzine exhibition at konst-ig
Exhibition of fanzines made by students from Beckmans College of Design at the book store Konst-ig, Åsögatan 124 starting June 11.
european design week in stockholm, 15–19 may
5 exhibitions, 2 seminars, 2 presentations, 2 design walks, 2 parties, 1 competition and 1 major conference (including speakers from 15 different European nations). European Designweek Stockholm, 15–19 may.
helvetica film stockholm
See the Helvetica Documentary film in Stockholm October 29. Presented by Research and Developement, tickets available here.
pixelvärk festival october 5–7
Mejan Labs is together with the PixelACHE founder Juha Huuskonen organising the second PixelACHE festival in Stockholm as a part of the Game Art exhibition in September and October. The Stockholm version, PixelVÄRK, will this time concentrate on seminars discussing aesthetic qualities and a club event with Dj and Vj performances.
pictoplasma conference
Wohoo! off to Berlin for the Pictoplasma Conference. No updates until next week. 'Til then, take care and keep mailing your favourite Swedish designrelated links.
ben drury exhibition
London based designer Ben Drury will stage his first ever exhibition in Stockholm at Beneath. The exhibition will run from the August 24 — September 16 and will feature a body of work entitled ”Trust me London”. More info here.
tenstabo06
TenstaBo06 is a housing exhibition placed in the Stockholm suburb Tensta. The exhibition is showing housing projects that have been completed, in progress and planned. The focus will be on highlighting the potential and possibilities of the suburbs. August 17 — 27.
genus & design
FormgivningNormgivning, an exhibition on the subjects of gender and design with works by students from HDK, July 26 — September 3 at Svensk Form. More info here. In Swedish.
grafiktriennal 2007
The 13:th annual Grafiktriennal takes place on January 13 — February 18 2007 at Konstakademien. Artist interested in participating in the exhibition can apply from August 1 — September 1. More info here. In Swedish.
Stockholms Stadsmuseum are offering guided tours to the street art of Stockholm on July 28 and a schlockholm
Events and general news from Stockholm at the blog Schlockholm.com In English.
garbo’s garbos
Ongoing exhibition at Nordic Museum called Garbo’s Garbos displaying photos from the moviestar’s personal collection. The exhibition is open until September 3.
Greta Garbo at wiki.
the caravan project
The Caravan Project is a non-profit group that wants to bring design and art back to the people. The pink and yellow caravan will tour Sweden in July 2006 displaying artwork by various artists and designers. More info here. In English
where the action is
Slick flash site for the music event ”Where the action is” here, gathering Sweden’s finest rock bands; Backyard Babies, The Hellacopters, Millencollin, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and The Hives.
The traditional summer talkshow on Swedish radio P1, Sommar, has an online SMS reminder service saving the planet in style
O2nordic, Albaeco and Konstfack have founded a design competition with the purpose of stimulating Swedish design that contributes to a sustainable future.
The winner will receive a prize of 20 000SEK and is to be presented during Future Design Days 2006. Applications to be submitted before September 13th, 2006. Read more here.
top 100 swedish websites 2006
Here's the list of nominees for Internetworld Top 100 Swedish Websites 2006.
Popaganda music festival this weekend, May 25-27. Free admittance, go stig lindberg exhibition
Designer and illustrator Stig Lindberg (1916—1982) is honoured with an exhibition at Nationalmuseum. The exibition is open May 11 — February 25. Read more here. (In Swedish)
Svenska Dagbladet-article
Dagens Nyheter-article
guldägget 2006
The winners of the Swedish advertising and design awards ”Guldägget” here.
Gabor Palotai won the design award with a poster for the exhibition Estonia.
knitted fashion at beckmans
Knitted fashion shown at Beckmans this weekend.
beckmans+defyra
The design students at Beckmans College of Design have, togeteher with Defyra, been working with silkscreen. The result is shown as a Hotel concept at Stockholm Furniture Fair Februari 8-12. More info here.
open house at konstfack
Open house at Konstfack on January 30. ”Öppet hus är Konstfacks årliga informationsdag då vi öppnar portarna för att visa våra lokaler och låta de olika utbildningarna presenterar sig. Det blir en minimässa. Förutom sökande till våra utbildningar vill vi även bjuda in studie- och yrkesvägledare och allmänhet som är intresserade av Konstfacks verksamhet. ”
More info here.
vårsalongen
The traditional art exhibition Vårsalongen at Liljevalchs opens today, January 20.
more package design
It’s not only McDonald’s that wants their customers to help out with the package design. Two more Swedish companies are on the same bandwagon with these campaign sites: Kalles Kaviar and Felix Ketchup.
real/unreal
Real/Unreal is an exhibition at Kulturhuset showing photos of the USA 1966-2003 by photo journalist Hasse Persson. Featured amongst the more than hundered photos are Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dylan, Alfred Hitchcock, Larry Hagman, Muhammad Ali, Claes Oldenburg and a series of pictures from Studio 54. The exhibition is open January 27-March 22, more info here.
design competition
McDonalds, Svensk Form and Gustavsberg has teamed up to present a design competition that sounds quite exiting; create new patterns for McDonalds coffee cups. Three winners will be selected by a jury and have their patterns printed on all McDonalds’ coffee cups this summer plus a scholarship of 20.000 kr. One of the patterns will also be printed by Gustavsberg on real porcelain cups in a limited edition.
The competition opens tomorrow, January 10th, when more information will be available at the campaign site.
The campaign and site was created by Ottoboni
Group. Illustration by Anton Nordstierna and Josefin Thor.
extraordinary powerful store
Electronics store Pause, located at the ground floor, cleverly transformed the skyscrape building into a speaker. More pictures here. Scroll down for some of the award winning adverts by their advertising agency ÅkestamHolst.
Via Reklamfeber
just for kicks
Club Yes will arrange a screening of the sneaker documentary ”Just For Kicks” this Thursday, Deceber 8 at Berns in Stockholm. DJ-ing at the after party will be none other than the great DJ Premier (Gangstarr).
The Swedish photo magazine filmmakers wanted
Allmänna Galleriet 925 is seeking proposals for digitally produced, low budget films between 1 and 10 minutes in length.
3–5 films will be commissioned. The budget range is 5.000–50.000 sek depending on the nature of the project. Application Deadline: 5 pm, January 13, 2006. Go to the site for more information.
poster exhibition
As part of the ongoing war-poster exhibition at The Royal Library in Stockholm (October14—January 31), a series of lectures is held on Thursdays at 18.00 hrs. This Thursday its about Anders Beckman, Swedish advertising pioneer and founder of Beckmans College of Design.
The Royal Library has a collection of ca 500.000 posters in their vaults, a small fraction of the collection is available online.
david lloyd visits sweden
The graphic novel V for Vendetta (wiki) has been translated to Swedish. The books’ illustrator David Lloyd will visit Serieteket on November 19 at 16.00 hrs to talk about the project. More info on the event here (in Swedish). The story was recently transfered to the silverscreen.
new design-competition
The Swedish advertising newspaper Resumé has added a new category called Design of the Month to their regular ”Campaign of the Month”-competition. Deadline for the first round is November 30. In Swedish.
The Beckmans tempo documentary film festival
Time for Tempo – Documentary film festival in Stockholm, November 9–13. Site in Swedish only.
beckmans window shopping
Beckmans College of Design goes Window Shopping at Gallerian, Stockholm November 10–13. Grand opening (by invitation only) on November 9 at 20–01 hrs, with fashion show, presentation of the ”Gallerian Fashion Schollarship” and performance by Jay-Jay Johansson. As usual there’s no info at Beckmans’ site.
stockholm film festival
Tickets for the 16th international Stockholm Film Festival, November 17–27, are now available at the site.
access all areas
Access All Areas is Sweden’s annual showcase and networking event for the international music industry. The event is back for the third year at Kulturhuset, November 9–10. More info here. AAA is a co-operative venture between Export Music Sweden and The British Council.
fashionstreet at street market
Street Market is Stockholms first permanent art, music and design market á la Spitalfields in London. Today at 16—21 hrs, there’s a special event called Fashionstreet, showcasing unestablished fashion designers. The event will recur on November 25 and is arranged by fashion designer Camilla Wellton. If you’re a design student, you might also be interested in Street Springboard. The Street Market is located at Hornstull, Stockholm, unfortunately the site is only available in Swedish.
frank form
Frank Form is a small but nice shop in Stockholm, filled with interior accesories and other things. They’re celebrating their one year anniversary tomorrow, October 28, so swing by Kungsholmsgatan 20 this weekend. ”Grattis” from Swedesres!
