Folkform is launching the new furniture line Masonite:Memoriam containing Masonite cabinets designed exclusively for Svenskt Tenn. The cabinets are made from original recovered Masonite from 1929, in combination with the last Masonite boards produced in the factory in Rundvik in April 2011.

Check out the new cabinets here.

Folkform cabinets by Svenskt Tenn

May 10 – June 10

Masonite:Memoriam
Launch of a new furniture line and exhibition of Masonite cabinets designed exclusively for Svenskt Tenn by the Folkform design duo. The cabinets are made from original recovered Masonite from 1929, in combination with the last Masonite boards produced in the factory in Rundvik in April 2011.

Opening: 10 maj 2012
Address: Strandvägen 5, 114 84 Stockholm | Find

Auction of studio produced objects by Swedish and international designers; Ingegerd Råman, Matti Klenell, Folkform, Åsa Jungelius, TAF, Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Per B Sundberg, Thomas Bernstrand and more.

Exhibition: Feb 6th – 10th, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Address: Jakobsdalsvägen 15A, Subway: Örnsberg | Find
www.ornsbergsauktionen.se

Stockholm designweek 2011

FOLKFORM was invited by fashion brand Whyred to create an exclusive installation for the newly opened flag ship store. The duo describes the installation as a celebration of old industrial processes and traditional manufacturing techniques. This exhibition will show limited edition pieces in brass and bronze.

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FOLKFORMs Unique Standard collection, masonite cabinet was acquired for the permanent design collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway.

Gallery Pascale, the first dedicated design gallery in Sweden, will be hosting an exhibition of a limited edition series of candelabras by FOLKFORM.
Folkform has created its Candle Collages series for Gallery Pascale in cooperation with Liljeholmen Candle Factory. The collection is comprised of unique candelabras and candleholders. Simple tea light candles are placed side-by-side with pillar candles and more exclusive hand-crafted votives. The various lights are traditionally used in separate contexts. The new candelabras combine these different types of candles with unique materials to create an entirely new form of expression. {–––}

The exhibition will focus on work by a new generation of swedish designers who explore the narrative potential of objects. Featured designers are Zandra Ahl, Anders Jakobsen, Anders Ljungberg, Per B Sundberg and Sandra Backlund. {–––}

The Swedish Design Award premiers for the second time around the best examples of Swedish design. Among over 200 contributions only 19 designs have been nominated by a renowned. A number of these nominees will then in June be premiered with the Swedish Design Award. {–––}

Furniture line and exhibition of Masonite cabinets designed exclusively for Svenskt Tenn by the Folkform design duo. {–––}

Natural flowers have been inserted into the huge masonite presses to embed a permanent organic decoration. {–––}

The collection Hidden Layers is a number of cabinets, where experiments were carried out using different surfaces and materials, to re-create cracks and natural wear. {–––}

The crystal pieces will be presented at the biennale for art and design at the chateau of Mikulově.

Date: 1–3 june

Address: Regional Museum in Mikulově, Chateau Mikulově, Czech Republic | Find

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“We looked at two decades to the mark of the new millennium and amazingly we find ourselves thinking, imagining, representing, designing,
and still dreaming about candles.”

Poldi Pezzoli Museum | Via Manzoni 12, Milan | Find
5th April – 21st May 2012
10 am – 6 pm (closed on Tuesdays)

Opening
Wednesday 4th April, 2012 | 6.30 pm
Cocktail
Thursday 19th April, 2012 | 6.30 pm

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Folkform invites you to the group exhibition Work in Progress. New talents and renowned designers uncover their work processes and tell the stories behind new ideas and works.

Exhibition: Feb 8th – 10th, 12:00 am – 6:00 pm
Address: Regeringsgatan 48, Stockholm | Find
www.work-progress.se

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The lamp was gifted to the Swedish consort Her Majesty Queen Silvia for her seventieth birthday from the Prime Minister and the Swedish Parliament. {–––}

FOLKFORMs Sea Plant Cabinet was acquired for the permanent design Collection of S. Bensimon Gallery, Paris, The cabinet will be on show for this year’s Maison&Objet

Date: 22-27 january
Address: 111 rue de Turenne, Paris
Tel: 0033 142 74 50 77

“Warsaw Under Construction” 2009

On Oct. 3 the Museum launches its feature project – “Warsaw under construction”, a trailer of a new festival focused on design and architecture in Warsaw.

Experimenta Design Biennale 2008, Westerhuis Gallery, AMSTERDAM
Welcome to join the Opening 19th of september 9.00 PM
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The product will now be on display in Material ConneXions four locations; New York, Bangkok, Cologne and Milan

For this new furniture range Folkform invited collectors to take part in the design process.
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The collection Unique Standard, questions our perception of various materials. {–––}

In this collection, FOLKFORM was interested in exploring the brutal aesthetics of a bare machine. The lamp is inspired by the movement of the huge gearwheels in the hardboard factory. The lamp slowly rotates around its axis, transferring the movement to the next module. {–––}