Guest blogging here is rather timely so I found out when I received an email today from Emma, about the current exhibition, Design S - Award Winning Swedish Design being held here in Vancouver at the Pendulum Gallery, March 12 - March 31, 2007.

The Swedish Society of Crafts and Design, the Advertising Association of Sweden, and the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation created the Swedish Design Award to single out designers and companies who have contributed to today's advancements in the design field. The design projects in this exhibition ranged from industrial design to furniture, textiles and graphic design.

This touring exhibition aims to demonstrate that good design can lead to better communication, better business, better functionality and better sustainability.

I really must make a point of seeing these! Thanks for the tip Emma!

A few favorites:


Ava Table, Design, Märta Friman (mentioned before in Emmas blogg here, and the post is now translated)


Brio My First, Design, Camilla Lundsten/Puff Design, Product Development /Michael Heun, Lars Olsson, BRIO


Innovation C Chair for Blå Station, Design by Fredrik Mattson


Free Skiing Coffee Table Book/Instructions, Design by Frankenstein Stockholm


Bin - A Talkative Wastepaper Bin, Design, Front


Norrland Pillows for Klässbols, Design by Lena Bergström

by Jan at Poppy