Formafantasma at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024
Guest of Honour at the Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024 is Formafantasma, the Italian design duo. In today’s design scene, the Formafantasma studio stands out as one of the most prolific. In fact, the studio has exhibited his works in galleries and museums worldwide. The research-intensive studio uses design as an agent of social and environmental transformation. Its mission is to demonstrate that design is much more than a tool for conceiving objects; it can change entire systems.
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Formafantasma, photo by Gregorio Gonella, courtesy of Stockholm Furniture Fair
Guest of Honour: Formafantasma at Stockholm Furniture Fair
Founded by Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin in 2009, Formafantasma investigates how social and political forces shape contemporary design, and explores its potential for transformation. We can mention Cambio, at the Serpentine Gallery in London, among the studio’s important exhibitions.
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Exhibition Cambio, by Formafantasma, at Serpentine Galleries. Photo George Darrell, courtesy Serpentine Galleries
Formafantasma began as a studio that focused on materials research. Later, the studio deepened its research into the impact of today’s designs on the environment. In fact, its research focuses on how we extract and process materials, and how knowledge can help make more thoughtful design choices. The studio works on both commissioned and self-managed projects.
As the Guest of Honour at the Stockholm Furniture Fair, Formafantasma will create an installation in the entrance hall. This is also the studio’s first exhibition in Sweden.
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Autarchy, a collection by Formafantasma, 2010
Among others, the Formafantasma studio has collaborated with clients such as Flos, Cassina, CC-Tapis, and Hem. Not only that, during Milan Design Week, the studio organized Prada Frames. The design lecture series, in collaboration with Prada, has sold out during Milan Design Week for the past two years. The studio is currently collaborating with Artek. With the Finnish company, Formafantasma is studying the changing conditions of Finnish forests and how these changes will affect furniture production in the future.
