Stockholm Creative Edition 2026 – Photo via IG by @stockholmcreativeedition.

Design. With the Stockholm Furniture Fair cancelled this year and set to return in 2027 as a biennial event, Sweden’s design ecosystem shows no sign of slowing down. From 3–7 February, Stockholm Creative Edition, now in its sixth edition, takes over the city with a carefully curated programme of open showrooms, exhibitions and site-specific presentations.

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Scalp lampshade by GNILMYD KCAB – Courtesy of the designer.

The festival’s own exhibition at Industricentralen, developed in collaboration with Swedish urban development company Atrium Ljungberg, strikes an optimistic, future-focused note. A curated selection of 35 exhibitors explores new approaches to materials, function and form, united by a bold, risk-taking attitude. Hudiksvallsgatan 4 – Map.

The Chairs We Heard by Marcelo Guajardo Dávila – Courtesy of the designer.

Highlights include the Scalp lampshade by GNILMYD KCAB, alongside Matsson Marnell’s collection of solid wooden eggs, carved from sustainably sourced timber left to decay slowly. Marcelo Guajardo Dávila’s The Chairs We Heard investigates sound as a design method, translating acoustic experiences into furniture.

Photo by Matsson Marnell.

As fairs take sabbaticals to reassess their purpose and digital formats continue to evolve, Swedish studio Form Us With Love invites reflection on what a showroom can be today. Their annual showcase expands into a four-month event, unfolding as a temporary showroom and living space. Visitors can discover new designs and ongoing collaborations with BYBORRE, String, Tarkett, Savo, Forming Function and BAUX. Norr Mälarstrand 58 – Map.

Testing Grounds Showroom by Form Us With Love – FUWL x BAUX – Photo by Mattias Sodermark.

FÄRG & BLANCHE launches Extreme Stitching Lab within its studio, merging artistic research with industrial craftsmanship. Developed with textile machinery specialist INDUKTA, the lab features advanced sewing and embroidery machines, laser cutters and Sweden’s most powerful long-arm cylinder sewing machine. The initiative will run for at least two years. Kvarngatan 4 – Map.

Extreme Stitching Lab by Färg & Blanche – photo Martin Brusewitz.

At ArkDes, the architecture and design centre, the Ung Svensk Form platform presents the winners of its 2026 edition. Through material-driven, spatial and investigative projects, emerging designers engage critically with resources, production and the ways we live together. Exercisplan 4 – Map.

Fully Functional by Ludvig Hyrefelt at Ung Svensk Form 2026 – Photo by the designer.

Step inside The Building, a 17th-century palace in central Stockholm, where seven visionary Nordic design brands gather for a curated exhibition. Alumni from the city’s leading design schools present work shaping the future of glass, textiles, lighting and furniture. Västra Trädgårdsgatan 9 –Map.

CYBER RAY by Alma Duran at Ung Svensk Form 2026 – Photo by the designer.

FAB Grönlandet unveils newly commissioned site-specific installations created in dialogue with Sigurd Lewerentz’s architectural legacy. Invited artists Ingrid Unsöld and Contem each develop new works using materials sourced partly from the building itself, fostering an intimate exchange between architecture, material memory, and contemporary artistic practice. Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata 8 – Map.

Courtesy of Grönlandet.

At Klättermusens Verkstad, studio KRYSS presents lounge chairs crafted from repurposed climbing ropes, while Alvidesign, founded by Åsa Alvi Kärner, introduces the alvichandelier series—one-of-a-kind sculptural chandeliers composed of burned-out bulbs arranged in pearl-like chains. Nytorgsgatan 36 – Map.

Alvichandelier by Alvidesign – Photo via IG by @majabrand, follow @alvidesign_studio.

Galleri Duerr showcases a curated selection of Swedish glass and ceramic artists operating at the intersection of design and art, in dialogue with Tove Mauritzson’s paintings, which weave memory, family life and imagination. Shaped by heat, pressure and time, the crafts give physical form to acts of holding, containing and preserving. Hudiksvallsgatan 6, 2nd floor – Map.

Burgundy Love by Fanny Ollas – Courtesy of Galleri Duerr.

Stockholm Creative Edition also collaborates with leading Swedish design brands, including Bolon, Sandra Rugs and Fogia. At the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ingridsdotter presents a curated selection of furniture by Jonas Bohlin—pieces rooted in Stockholm’s most legendary restaurant interiors, now reimagined through refined colour palettes and tactile fabrics. Fredsgatan 12 /Jakobsgatan 27C, Floor 4, Map.

Sahco by INGRIDSDOTTER – Photo by Elizabeth Heltoft.

Elsewhere, Massproduction and Hem co-host a joint showcase launching their latest collections. Högbersgatan 27 – Map.

Woodi by MASSPRODUCTIONS – Photo by Andy Liffner.

Stockholm Creative Edition ultimately reveals a resilient, forward-looking design culture—one that thrives on collaboration, experimentation and local intelligence, even in the absence of traditional fair formats.

Photo via IG by @markus.elblaus, follow @studio.kryss.