The 62nd annual Stockholm Design Week 2013 and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair took place between 4-10 February. Despite the fact that I observed the developments of this significant Scandinavian design event from the comfort of my own chair, I wanted to share with you the highlights, new product releases and emerging talent that caught my attention…

“Monobloc” chair sculptures by artist Bert Loeschner is a project that breathes new life into banal white plastic chairs and also examines the role of the “infamous garden chair” in contemporary design culture. The artist uses heat to modify the chairs into striking sculptural pieces that are sometimes functional, and absolutely always witty and clever…

Oh man, this is almost too much excitement for a Wednesday, but I’m up for it. Shall we? Lets do it! Our friends at KE-ZU are super excited to announce the launch of a brand new furniture range to add to their already impressive stable – Bernhardt Design. To celebrate this very special launch, we have partnered with KE-ZU to bring you a super hot giveaway. Yes, we are talking about the amazing and super beautiful LOFT Lounge Chair (RRP from $4,295). OH EM GEE!!!

New York based Sit and Read and Still + Co. put their clever heads together and came up with this magnificent concept for rug sling chairs. Overdyed Persian rugs are cut, hemmed, and hand stitched into welded wrought iron frames. Made in Brooklyn, New York, available in edition of 2. Buy them here.

Design alchemy at it’s best…

World’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian design – Stockholm Design Week and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair – took place last week between February 7th and 11th. Even though I’ve never (yet!) had the pleasure of attending this event in person, I’ve always kept a reasonably close eye on the goings-on in the fine city of Stockholm, and Scandinavian design scene in general. Couple this with the fact that I’ve been teased and tantalised by countless press releases about some of the products released at the fair this year, I decided to share with you a little round up of some of the things which caught my eye. Awww, aren’t I nice? I know, I know – it’s ok, stop saying it… I’m totally blushing now.

It is interesting to note that vibrant colours and colour blocking seen in Milan last year are still very relevant in the world of furniture and product design, and we can expect to see this trend continue filtering through the mainstream for quite some time. Super duper I say, as delicious colours are “a few of my favourite things”. So without further ado, I present you with the following little gems…