TheSe ARE THE nominees in Design S 2023!

Design S is celebrating 40 years of independent jury operation this year, to celebrate what consistently measures up in the design branches expanding field. Now we can uncover the nominated contributions in Design S – Swedish Design Awards – that is coming to Umeå 31 May 2023!

Design is important for sustainable development and in Umeå the green transition is a self-evident and natural part of the city's development. The announcement this year features twelve award categories, all categories are covered by sustainability as the primary assesment criteria. There is a whole branch with creators available that in different ways make lives good and facilitates everyday life for many of us. This peace of art is worth celebrating. Now the nominated in this years twelve award categories are uncovered, all nominated by the expert jury groups.

And the nominees are…

Architecture

Ladan – Johan Sundberg Arkitektur

Vårbergstoppen Utsiktsplatser – AndrénFogelström

Wisdome Stockholm – Elding Oscarson Arkitekter

Digital products and services

Elsa — en klimatkalkylator för svensk filmbransch – Studio Benedetta Crippa

Kivra – en bättre plats för dina viktigheter – Kivra

Mojo Home Kit – EY Doberman

Graphic design

Moraknivs nya hållbara förpackning – Identity Works

Sedir: Processen – Open Studio Stockholm

Tänk om. Tänk på Hjärnan – NORD DDB

Industrial and product design B2B and B2C

Bod by Matti & Simon Klenell for Kosta Boda (B2C) – Kosta Boda

KL+ (B2B) – Almedalsgolv

Luna (B2C) – Harvest Moon

Zparq Z10 (B2C) – Zparq

Åik :work (B2B) – CAKE

Interior architecture

ARC Club Camberwell – Studio Caro Lundin

BAUX Exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2023 – Ronnestam Creative Studio

Röda huset – Okidoki Arkitekter

Applied arts and crafts

Parallella rum – Lies-Marie Hoffmann

Stone from other mountain – Liu Chien Kuang

TEX-TILES – Eva Davidsson

Lights and lightning

Gubbängens fördelningsstation – Sweco Sverige

Lightbone Floor Lamp – Oblure

Sirkka – Mimmi Blomqvist

Furniture

Gemla Open – Gemla

Max – Blå Station

Viaduct – Nola

Textile

Draperi till Sara kulturhus – Viktoria Melinder

From Waste to Wonder – Beskow von Post

Horizon – Vandra Rugs

Service design

Listningstjänst för val av vårdcentral – Socialstyrelsen och E-hälsomyndigheten

När är det min tur? – Södersjukhuset

MOVS CLUB – MOVS

Design for Systemic Transformation (open for applications from the entire EU).

As if I already knew you… – Fabrique

Preventionsmottagningen – Södersjukhuset

tomorrow will be here. Anon – Jenny Grettve

Statuette of the Year

This year's Design S statuette is designed by Doberman and produced by RISE in collaboration with Raffaele Errichiello and Umeå School of Architecture. The statuette is created in the organic material mycelium that comes from reishi/lacquer mushroom in combination with wood chips from local producers.

This year's awards ceremony

This year's winners will be presented and celebrated with an award ceremony at the Väven cultural centre in Umeå on 31 May, during the graduation week of the world's top-ranked Umeå Institute of Design.

About Design S – Swedish Design

Awards Svensk Form started with the award back in 1983 when it was called Excellent Swedish Design, since 2006 it goes under the name Design S – Swedish Design Awards. Design S is Sweden's foremost and broadest design award and includes all design disciplines.

The winners of Design S 2023 are selected by an industry-based jury – an expertise made up of the ultimate blend of hands-on experience and professional practice. With the award, the laureates become part of a unique selection of the absolute best in the complex design domain – while the projects are spread all over the world through the dissemination of Form