Young Swedish Design 2026
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Discover the most exciting young Swedish design today. In the exhibition Young Swedish Design 2026,
22 designers from across Sweden present unique works and creative ideas spanning product and furniture design, graphic design, and digital design.
ArkDes highlights how design and architecture shape our lives. Young Swedish Design (Ung Svensk Form) offers insight into how the next generation approaches questions of society, climate, the body, identity, and production. The exhibition provides a glimpse into the energy of today’s young design scene in Sweden and is the result of an award with the same name.
Exhibition tour
ArkDes: 3 February – 8 March 2026
Borås Textile Museum: 28 March – 10 May 2026
Sara kulturhus: 28 May – 30 August 2026
IKEA Museum: September – 1 November 2026
Dunkers kulturhus: 19 November 2026 – 3 January 2027
A Co-Production
The exhibition Young Swedish Design 2026 is a co-production between Svensk Form ↗ (The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) and Dunkers kulturhus ↗. The project is being carried out in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden, the IKEA Museum ↗, and a long list of partners, scholarship providers, and exhibition venues, with support from the City of Stockholm.
The jury for Young Swedish Design 2026 brings together broad expertise in crafts, design, architecture, fashion, and industrial design. After the application period has closed, the jury works intensively and with great care to select the participants and award the grants.
Moa Romanova – Graphic Design and Illustration ↗
Ulrika Knagenhielm-Karlsson – Architecture ↗
Architecture:
Stellan Gulde — Banal buildings
Wera Holmquist & Elin Kováts — Dirty Preservation
Nicholas Niemen — X-TRAKOJAN: From Building Waste to Public Space
Graphic design and illustration:
Alicia Sivertsson — Broderade porslinsdjur
Julius Lindahl — Innanför Kastet
Industrial design:
Sebastian Acaymo Fältström — Macro fibers – Outnyttjad ull mot oljeföroreningar
Craft:
Ludvig Hyrefelt — Fully Functional
Fashion and textiles:
Johannes Jansson — Caution Fashion
Diana Lazare — Race against age
Kristian Falden — Unraveled in Time
Furniture:
Love Persson — Himmel och jord
Alexandra Lindmark — Maximera form – Minimera spill
Gustaf Douhan — Free-Style Listverk
Explore some of the exhibition’s contributors:
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