Stockholm Furniture Fair
Last week we had the pleasure of spending some time at Stockholm Furniture Fair,- the worlds largest platform for Scandinavian design with over 400 exhibitors in the interior sector.
The fair is pretty large and with over 400 exhibitors, there was still clear trends recurring throughout the fair. Sustainability and circularity were the main themes across all the platforms.
With all the excess plastic in the world today there is definitely a market to recycle. NCP (below) recycle their chairs from plastic derived from the seafood industry.
Below you can see the Public chair on display, along with the materials used, the chair is the result of a collaboration we had with NCP and Agoprene where the majority of materials are made from recycled plastic and waste and untapped materials from the sea.
We were thrilled to see how many people showed interest in the innovative choice of materials used in the chair, especially the un-dyed skin we brought as an example, and there definitely is a marked for this kind of ´naked´ Norskin leather.
Public chair in Ocean Black
More brands are looking towards the recycled plastic trend :
Wild Studio CHP use plastic waste in their beautiful designs, their vision is to see the mountains of waste and plastic as a raw material just waiting to be made into something new.
Wild studio Copenhagen Moon stool
Now or Never
The fair had so many interesting displays, and one that really stuck out was an exhibition showing the true climate impact of materials used in furniture design.
The exhibition is created by Swedish furniture designer Emma Olbers and is called Now or Never – 1kg CO2e. The exhibition allows for people to see how much of a certain material produced is needed to create 1 kg of carbon emissions. The exhibition poses the question : ‘what impact does our furniture have on the climate?’
This allows furniture designers see the benefits of choosing sustainable materials, and helps raise awareness amongst consumers aswell when choosing what furniture to bring into their homes.
Made to be remade was a clear mission for most exhibitors this year. With all the ´greenwashing´ going on around, it is nice to see brands and designers taking action and re-using materials or waste for new purposes.
Few are 100% sustainable or circular, but many are moving in the right direction by smart sourcing and recycling.
