{"id":34470,"date":"2025-12-10T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/?post_type=exhibition&p=34470"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:06:41","slug":"young-swedish-design-2026","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/arkdes.se\/en\/exhibitions\/young-swedish-design-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Swedish Design 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Discover the most exciting young Swedish design today. In the exhibition Young Swedish Design 2026<\/em>,
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ArkDes highlights how design and architecture shape our lives. Young Swedish Design (Ung Svensk Form)<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

Exhibition tour<\/p>\n

ArkDes: 3 February – 8 March 2026
\nBorås Textile Museum: 28 March – 10 May 2026
\nSara kulturhus: 28 May – 30 August 2026
\nIKEA Museum: September – 1 November 2026
\nDunkers kulturhus: 19 November 2026 – 3 January 2027<\/p>\n

A Co-Production<\/p>\n

The exhibition Young Swedish Design 2026<\/em> is a co-production between Svensk Form ↗<\/a> (The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) and Dunkers kulturhus ↗<\/a>. The project is being carried out in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden, the IKEA Museum ↗<\/a>, and a long list of partners, scholarship providers, and exhibition venues, with support from the City of Stockholm.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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The jury for Young Swedish Design 2026<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

Anton Alvarez \u2013 Craft \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n

Moa Romanova \u2013 Graphic Design and Illustration \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n

Daniel Rybakken \u2013 Furniture \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n

Ulrika Knagenhielm-Karlsson \u2013 Architecture \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n

Hampus Berggren \u2013 Fashion and Textile \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n

Jenny Nordberg \u2013 Industrial Design \u2197<\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Architecture:<\/p>\n

Stellan Gulde \u2014 Banal buildings<\/a><\/p>\n

Wera Holmquist & Elin Kov\u00e1ts \u2014 Dirty Preservation<\/a><\/p>\n

Nicholas Niemen \u2014 X-TRAKOJAN: From Building Waste to Public Space<\/a><\/p>\n

Graphic design and illustration:<\/p>\n

Alicia Sivertsson \u2014 Broderade porslinsdjur<\/a><\/p>\n

Julius Lindahl \u2014 Innanf\u00f6r Kastet<\/a><\/p>\n

Jakob Reinhard \u2014 Soft Soft<\/a><\/p>\n

Industrial design:<\/p>\n

Sebastian Acaymo F\u00e4ltstr\u00f6m \u2014 Macro fibers – Outnyttjad ull mot oljef\u00f6roreningar<\/a><\/p>\n

Johanna Nilsson \u2014 MONI<\/a><\/p>\n

Lotta Sahlin \u2014 ROOT<\/a><\/p>\n

Craft:<\/p>\n

Tara Dahlin \u2014 Carving Series<\/a><\/p>\n

Alma Duran \u2014 CYBER RAY<\/a><\/p>\n

Ludvig Hyrefelt \u2014 Fully Functional<\/a><\/p>\n

Rickard Torstenfelt \u2014 Thorn<\/a><\/p>\n

Fashion and textiles:<\/p>\n

Johannes Jansson \u2014 Caution Fashion<\/a><\/p>\n

Diana Lazare \u2014 Race against age<\/a><\/p>\n

Kristian Falden \u2014 Unraveled in Time<\/a><\/p>\n

Furniture:<\/p>\n

Love Persson \u2014 Himmel och jord<\/a><\/p>\n

Alexandra Lindmark \u2014 Maximera form – Minimera spill<\/a><\/p>\n

Gustaf Douhan \u2014 Free-Style Listverk<\/a><\/p>\n

Harry Parr-Young \u2014 Reading Reeds<\/a><\/p>\n

Javier Masa \u2014 VIDE Betj\u00e4nten <\/a><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n X-TRAKOJAN: From Building Waste to Public Space by Nicholas Niemen. Photo: Nicholas Niemen.<\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n
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\n Embroidered figurines by Alicia Sivertsson. Photo: Alicia Sivertsson.<\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n
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\n MONI by Johanna Nilsson. Photo: Johanna Nilsson. <\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n
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\n Unraveled in Time by Kristian Falden. Photo: Kasper Heden Andersen.<\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n
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\n Maximizing form \u2014 Minimizing waste by Alexandra Lindmark. Photo: Alexandra Lindmark & Ebba Green Salmonson.<\/i>\n \n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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