The project begins!

 

Thinking in progress at Rumpan Bar, Högsåra

We are young furniture designers from Novia University of Applied Sciences. The school is located in the seashore city Turku, next to the beautiful Finnish archipelago. We are a group of eleven students, all of us designing our own pieces of furniture for the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair in February 2015. We are excited to participate the fair!

Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair

Well, what exactly is Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair? It is said to be the most popular design fair in the Nordic countries. It usually takes place the first week of February. The fair gives young design students a chance to show their skill as well as it gives design schools an opportunity to “put themselves on the map”, so to say.

Villa Victoria, Högsåra

The first week of September started with a trip to Högsåra. Högsåra is an island in the Turku archipelago, about an hour and a half south of Turku by car. We stayed at a place called Villa Victoria, which is a lovely old house that was built in the beginning of the 20th century. During our stay we started to plan how we should get on with the Stockholm Fair-project. We made a list of different kinds of responsibilities (economy, graphic, housing etc.) and divided ourselves into different groups.

The next thing to do was to come up with a concept to the exhibition. What kind of message do we want to mediate to the crowd? Well, easier said than done; it took quite a while before we came up with an idea. But, when we actually did come up with a concept - Senses - could we finally take the next step: at first hand to put out dead lines, search for accommodation, think about the graphic part and contact the press. 

The journey starts here!