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Activities during Formex January 20-22, 2026

Celebrate Traditions is this year’s theme! A celebration of Swedish traditions, the changing seasons and the power of craftsmanship. A bright and sensual world takes shape where past meets future – with floral splendor, sunny table settings and summery rituals that blow away the winter cold.

At the same time, we highlight sustainable initiatives, innovation and the designers of the future, where business and responsibility go hand in hand.

Playful cake party at the entrance square

This spring’s main exhibition is designed to engage all the senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing and touch. Inspired by childhood festivities and a sense of playful opulence, classic pastry crafts meet contemporary design trends. The result is an installation that celebrates creativity, imagination and the joy of making – just like sharing a cake with others. A sensory journey from childhood feast to modern design.

Interior stylist and art director Saša Antić and set designer Niklas Hansen are the creators behind the exhibition, which interprets the spring theme Celebrate Traditions by transforming the Formex entrance square into a colorful and sensual cake party. Welcome!

Read the full press release

Formex Trends spring/summer 2026

The Trend Exhibition

The exhibition is filled with products from our exhibitors, carefully selected to fit in with the trends of the coming season.

The trendguide

The printed trend guide is placed around the fair – full of inspiration, color and ideas to take home.

Click here to access the times of Formex Trends lectures

Trend lectures

Jan Rundgren presents the trends for the upcoming season with inspirational images, color schemes, spotting and thoughts.

Discover the programme

Click here to see the time and place of the Things-I-Love parade

The Garden Party

Welcome to Lena Nyholm’s The Garden Party in collaboration with Alcro Studio!

Color, creativity and community are the focus of the 90-meter-long exhibition that spreads along the aisle outside the A-hall. The exhibition, signed by interior designer and creator Lena Nyholm, showcases 30 colors from Alcro Studio and a long table where no less than 15 invited creators interpret the theme based on color, inspiration and their own creativity.

statuette made of recycled material from different types of stone.

Sustainability Award

In the entrance square, an exhibition will showcase all this year’s nominated entries for the Formex Sustainability Awards. The winner of the 2026 award will be rewarded with a unique statuette by artist Susanne Poltrago, PS Public Studio and will be announced on stage during the press breakfast on the opening day, January 20.

Read about the nominees

Lounge with seating area with curved sofa in light red color with matching table and two armchairs. Green plants are visible in the background.

Vilax and Kolhäger Flower Design

Vilax and Kolhäger Blomsterdesign invite you to a lounge environment in Hall B, where they present sustainable overall solutions for a pleasant public environment. As a visitor, you are welcome to take part in examples of decorated environments where furniture and floral design are combined into sustainable overall concepts for, for example, offices, hotels, restaurants, care environments and other public spaces.

A person gives a tour of Formex for people who want to hear more about sustainable products at Formex.

Sustianability Walk

Join Maria Soxbo, sustainability profile and jury chair for the Formex Sustainability Award, on a tour through Formex in search of answers to what sustainability really is. The Sustainability Walk starts at the entrance square and then continues through the halls where you will make quick stops at a number of exciting companies.

To the programme for Sustainability Walk

The Garden of Mathilde

In the exhibition The Garden of Mathilde in Hall A, Chamois’ spring and summer 2026 collection is presented in an interpretation by Charlotte Amle and Dennis Valencia. They describe the exhibition as a place between dream and reality, presented in an inspiring display where hand-printed block patterns, tactile textures and unique shades tell their own story. A quiet celebration of true craftsmanship, where every detail bears traces of the human hand, creativity and moments that take time.

Happy workers picking tulips at a tulip farm

Tulips galore

In collaboration with Blomsterfrämjandet, we invite you to an exhibition in the entrance square that celebrates the tulip! Three tables set up in 70s style filled with tulips and Swedish cultivation history. This year’s tulip will also be displayed here after it has been unveiled during the opening day press conference.

table set up inside a greenhouse. Green plants are visible in the background and nice light comes in from all windows.

Spring Bloom Café

In the A-hall you will find the Spring Bloom Café with a beautiful light green greenhouse from Classicum. The double-door gable is replaced by a portal of flowers that follows you into the orangery. Take a break and have a coffee in the greenery and get a taste of spring and Easter.

Midsummer Dream

In Hall B, you can enjoy a bite to eat in the Midsummer Dream buffet restaurant, where Karl Fredrik is responsible for styling and decor. Here you are promised a dining experience with a midsummer feel surrounded by draped fabrics, flower arrangements, long benches and greenery.

Formex Shop

The shop features a selection of new spring products from exhibitors for sale, as well as a variety of books and magazines. Take the opportunity to buy something to take home from the shop.

New this year, the shop will have a special section for products with a sustainability focus.

Design Talents

Design Talents is one of the most exciting features of Formex. In Hall A, there is an entire area dedicated to talented and as yet unestablished designers from Sweden and internationally, who want to showcase their design solutions to the industry.

Inspirational speakers on stage

Check out all the speakers coming to the stage, Formex Talks. Click on the button below to see the full program.

Explore the programme

Enjoy life with the luxury bohemian and pattern designer!

Meet Karl Fredrik and Hanna Wendelbo in a fun conversation where aesthetics and vegetation are in focus.

The future is recycled!

Malin Jensen shares how reuse and circular thinking can transform environments into sustainable, personalized and aesthetic spaces – with concrete tips and inspiration for the future of interior design.

How to build a strong social media brand in 2026

Creator Sofia Björk shares insights on how businesses can create authentic and engaging content, work smartly with influencers and build trust that drives sales.

Lena Nyholm’s question box

The popular feature from Nyhetsmorgon is moving to Formex, where visitors can ask interior design expert Lena Nyholm questions and get inspiring answers directly from the stage.

Mirelle Skoog & Therese Skoog in an armchair

The art of celebration – inspiration for all seasons

Helena Lyth inspires why holidays are important and how we can fill every day of the year with energy, community and celebration through traditions, table settings and creative rituals.

How would you like it?

Designer and TV personality Halvor Bakke shares inspiration, interior design tips and his take on how you want your home to look, with examples from Adventurous Renovation and his work with timeless design that combines aesthetics and function.

Stefan Nilsson and Helena Lyth laughing and a red house in the background

How to build marketable range using color trend

Louise Klarsten presents a lecture on how to think about building your range in a color-coordinated way and with which tools. Color theory in practice for interior design and design, with a hint of the range for autumn and winter 2026 / 27.

How Yvonne built a dream with a French touch and Swedish stubbornness

Yvonne Tenninge talks about the courage to follow her dream and how she created a personal Bed & Breakfast in France – building a brand with warmth, soul and heart.

Portrait image of Marie Olsson Nylander looking into the camera, she is wearing a white dress and her hair is up.

From factory ruin to design – A journey in reuse and creativity

Gustav Ovland shares how the journey from Husdrömmar to his own design collection taught him the value of recycling, slow processes and daring to follow his own path in design.

Portrait picture of Helena Kolhäger, she is smiling and wearing a striped shirt

The quest for stability – SS26

After years of uncertainty, Louise Byg Kongsholm explores how consumers’ growing desire for stability, calm, and authenticity is reshaping values, consumption, and how brands can respond.

Please note that the lecture will be held in English.

Formex Trends – Spring & Summer 2026

Designer and creator Jan Rundgren presents Formex Trends for the upcoming season; spring & summer 2026 with inspirational images, color schemes, tensions and thoughts.