While February can be a dreary month, it comes with a major consolation: Stockholm Design Week offers a dose of fun, colour and novelty that helps quell the winter blues — and ease us into the busy design show season. What started in 1951 as a traditional furniture fair has grown to become a city-wide celebration of design, expanding to showrooms, studios and exhibitions. Veterans like Form Us With Love had another spectacular showing, and the launch of newcomer brands and exciting collaborations offered proof that Stockholm remains a hotbed for design innovation and discovery. Here, we round up five highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2025.

Gustav Winsth Designs a Sleek Glassware Showroom

When we last caught up with Swedish designer Gustav Winsth in 2023, he was designing sofas using virtual reality. This year, he not only proved that his work has real merit IRL, he also showed serious range. At Stockholm Design Week, in collaboration with Max Stjerna, Winsth unveiled a sleek, understated showroom for glassware brand BOBO.

The interior expertly blends the brand’s minimalist approach to glassware design with a warm, tavern-like atmosphere. Stained MDF built-ins evoke the warmth of a classic wooden bar, serving as both a display surface and a functional bar counter. This warmth is juxtaposed with an industrial-inspired stainless steel floating shelf, softly illuminated with integrated lighting. Throughout, red ceramic sconces add a pop of colour and an organic quality that contrasts with the clean-lined space. It all adds up to a cozy atmosphere that offers the perfect escape from the winter cold.

Kord is the Latest Swedish Design Brand on the Scene

Nothing kills the vibe of a well-designed space like unsightly cords and power bars. David Lindell and Gustav Rosén set out to change that with Kord, a new Swedish brand launched during Stockholm Design Week 2025 that marries advanced technology with sophisticated design. “We saw an opportunity to take something as common as power strips and give them a distinct presence and design that feels natural in both homes and other environments. There are few products in this segment that deliver both function and aesthetics – and we wanted to fill that gap,” says Lindell.

The company debuted with four product launches. To start: Cuboid and Cuboid+. Despite having three to four outlets and a two-meter cable (plus two USB-C ports on the Cuboid+ model), they are the world’s smallest power strips. Their asymmetrical outlets and colour options allow these normally utilitarian products to stand out for all the right reasons. Next came Hidy, a powder-coated stainless-steel screen that serves as an elegant cable management solution. It can be paired with Cuboid using the Cumulus Case, an accessory that acts as a shell, transforming the power bar into a sculptural object fitting of display.

Form Us With Love Launches Lighting, Storage and More

Form Us With Love is a perennial favourite at Stockholm Design Week, and this year was no exception. The design studio launched products with four different brands, including a large-format panel collection with acoustic experts Baux and a functional (and vibrantly colourful) modular shelving system with Dalform. But what stood out, perhaps more than the products themselves, was the way they were debuted. Evolving their Testing Grounds concept from last year’s edition of SDW, the studio opened its doors to create a pop-up bistro showcasing their latest products with +Halle, Blond and String Furniture. String’s Center Center perforated metal storage system served as a minimal backdrop, allowing the new Nest Club Chair from +Halle and Catena architectural strip lighting system from Blond to shine — both showcased in a bright, poppy red.

Emma Olbers Stages an Exhibition

Stockholm Furniture Fair is the cornerstone of the city’s design week — but it’s not all about new launches. In recent years, the fair has made strides in reducing the material waste associated with trade shows, and at this year’s edition, Emma Olbers continued the momentum with her exhibition entitled Material Dialogues, which sought to spark important conversations about sustainability, circularity and fossil fuel alternatives. Olbers put these insights into practice with the exhibition design: She borrowed all the podiums, lamps and furniture on display, and calculated the installation’s total climate footprint. The results were on full display, clearly illustrating the industry’s potential to make an impact.

Interesting Times Gang Teams Up with Ingridsdotter

Design fairs represent a mingling of old and new, tradition and innovation. With this collaboration between legacy brand Ingridsdotter and circular design studio Interesting Times Gang, the two converge, with thoughtful, sustainable design as the common thread between them. The companies joined forces to create two tables: LIV Mahalo and LIV Tundra. The former reinvents Jonas Bohlin’s LIV table, designed in 1994, with a tabletop made from pressing fishing nets from the West coast of Sweden, drawing on the original’s nautical-inspired roots. The Tundra table, meanwhile, utilizes takeout packaging and yogurt containers to create a sea glass effect.

Both brands also had standout solo showings: Ingridsdotter re-released several of Bohlin’s designs, including the previously one-of-a-kind LIV chaise lounge, and Interesting Times Gang debuted Gigas, a new table made from invasive oyster shells and biodegradable polymers.