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TAIL Living won the Design Talents first prize!

Charlotte Tholsby lacked functional pet products that would also work as an interior design feature, and decided to merge her passion for cats and interior design.

Multi-soap winner of the Sustainability Award

The winner of the Formex Sustainability Award 2025 was Tvåla & Tvaga with its multifunctional household soap “Skina”.

Strong new partnerships at Formex

Finding innovative, creative and profitable partnerships is something we at Formex are constantly working on. Take a look at four good examples here.

New venture - Sustainability Stand

IMMA selects companies and products with as much breadth as possible to reflect different aspects of sustainability. The Sustainability Stand is a recurring feature and part of Formex’s growing sustainability initiative.

Café with a strong focus on sustainability

The name of the café, Café Conversation Piece, refers both to the furnishings created from ‘junk’ and to the purpose of this meeting place – to promote conversation.

Krickelin to hold main exhibition in January 2025

The House of Creativity will reflect a home where both creative and everyday life are intertwined – where laughter, long dinners, dancing in the kitchen and resting coexist with the joy of creation.

10 craftsmen in one stand

In August, We Are Makers exhibited in a collective stand at Formex.
With previous experience of exhibiting at markets, the first fair experience was a hit.

Alba wins Design Talents in fall 2024

Albamatilde wins Design Talent’s first prize “Best in Show” at Formex in August 2024. Read the interview here!

Mitt & Ditt prepares for the fair

From Bjästa in Örnsköldsvik to Formex in Stockholm, year after year. “We love going to fairs! It’s the best thing we know.”

Archive

Anna Starrén

In August 2024, Formex created the entrance square exhibition together with creator and florist Anna Starrén.

Long-awaited exhibitor returns

Read the interview with CEO Lars Bonander about what brings A Lot back to the show floor in August.

Dennis Valencia

Dennis created the Formex entrance square exhibition in January 2024.

Monchiqe x Lisa Bengtsson

At Formex in January 2024, visitors could visit Le Café with an Italian Riviera theme.

Local Femmes Market

At Formex in January 2024, 16 creators exhibited in a shared collective stand.

Selected by

In January 2024, we invited three industry professionals to select their favorite products at the fair.

Lursta Cast Iron

Interview with Lursta – winners of the Formex Sustainability Award 2024.

Studio Madelen Möllard

Get to know the winner of the Design Talents Best in Show award in January 2024.

Selected by

We invited four industry profiles to select their favorite products at Formex in August 2023.

Café Mimou

Read our interview with Anna Starrén who created the popular café with Mimou at Formex in August 2023.

Lena Nyholm

Lena created the Formex entrance square exhibition with over 300 objects in August 2023.

CANCAN

In August 2023, Colorama’s new paint brand CANCAN was launched at Formex.

Emma Sjödin Design

Emma Sjödin has exhibited at Formex 23 times! In January 2023, she sold a record at the fair.

Bark Sweden

Interview with Bark Sweden – winners of the Design Talents Best in Show award in January 2023.

Plantstraws

Interview with Elin Fyhr – winner of the Design Talents Best in Show award in August 2023.

Filipiniana

Get to know one of the Formex exhibitors Filipiniana, a family business run by Gabriel Isip.

Gotland stand

In January 2023, Almi Gotland organized a joint stand at Formex where seven Gotland companies exhibited together.

Happynest

Johan Sjöstedt, CEO of Happynest, sees Formex as the obvious meeting place. Read the full interview here.

Tekla Severin

Master of color and interior designer Tekla created the Formex entrance exhibition at Formex in January 2023.

Halvor Bakke

“I don’t like talking about trends.” Read the full interview with Halvor here.

Gustaf & Linnea

“We have sold out of stock several times.”

A historical journey

In 2020, Formex celebrated its 60th anniversary with a unique exhibition created by stylist Cecilia Tivar.

Li Edelkoort

In 2019, the world-renowned trend analyst created a unique inspirational exhibition at Formex.

Zandra Rhodes

She is a legend in the design world, having dressed royalty and world-famous rock artists. In January 2019, she created for Formex.