This year’s edition of Stockholm Furniture Fair presented a remarkable lineup of exhibitors, talks and cutting-edge installations, offering visitors new perspectives on design and architecture. With a carefully curated programme that merges commerce with culture, the fair served as platform where innovative ideas are tested and relevant themes are explored.
The 2025 Guest of Honour, Faye Toogood, brought her unique voice to the fair with the installation Manufracture, in which she invites visitors into her design process. Toogood’s personal archive of maquettes took centre stage as she opened the doors to her studio, revealing her creative process to encourage conversation and demystify the process of designing and making.
With works spanning design, art and fashion, Toogood’s interdisciplinary approach aligned with the fair’s 2025 theme, Connecting the Dots, which merged different creative fields and explored the cross-disciplinary influences shaping contemporary design.
The fair presented four thought-provoking exhibitions, each examining topical themes within design, society and innovation. Alexander Lervik delved into a philosophical exploration of light and colour, while Olsson Lyckefors offered a behind-the-scenes look at architectural creativity. Visitors could also explore a critical investigation of plastic as a material through Lund University’s Plastic Perspectives, as well as the timeless quality of Italian design through Italia Geniale, curated by the ADI Design Museum.
Three unique design bars offered spaces for dialogue on topics ranging from climate change and circularity to creativity and innovation. Paper Bar, by the Helsinki-based design studio Fyra, was built entirely around paper and paper-like materials. Emma Olbers’ Material Dialogues bar was conceived as an area for exploring new circular solutions and sustainable materials, while the Greenhouse bar En Bar Bara (“Just a Bar”) by All Matters Studio, blended artistry and function for a calm retreat from the bustle of the fair.
Paper Bar doubled as a venue for Stockholm Furniture Fair Talks 2025, curated in collaboration with Dezeen and Disegno Journal and featuring prominent names such as Faye Toogood, Ineke Hans, Ini Archibong, Snøhetta, Schemata Architects and Clap Studio.
As a new addition, the fair debuted Industry Talks, a seminar programme held at Material Dialogues. This series focused on today’s most relevant topics in the design industry, with a special emphasis on innovation, sustainability and circular transformation. Presented in collaboration with TMF, the Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry, the programme gathered leading experts, innovators and decision-makers from the design and architecture sector.
Greenhouse, the fair’s dedicated platform for emerging designers, celebrated sustainability, ancient craftmanship and cultural expression. Over 35 designers from countries including Panama, Chile, Nigeria and Hungary, presented projects that challenge conventions through innovative materials, methods and narratives. This year, Greenhouse also featured 20 design and architecture schools, a bar designed by All Matters Studio and Svensk Form’s Young Swedish Design exhibition.
The popular Älvsjö gård returned for a third edition after last year’s successes, showcasing experimental and limited-edition pieces by designers and makers moving between small-scale work and industrial design. This year’s participants included David Taylor, whose work in aluminium blurs the line between artistry and functionality, and Jenny Nordberg, debuting a furniture series made from discarded office equipment in collaboration with the factory Soeco. The exhibition was curated by The New Era Magazine.
With additional highlights such as creative workshops, walks & talks, book signings, author talks and temporary shops hosted by Swedish art and design book shop Konst-ig, bespoke furniture maker Public Studio and art space Way Gallery, the fair was a highlight of the 2025 design calendar.
