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June 23: PechaKucha Night on Tour at Grimslöv Folk High School

 

 

June 23: PechaKucha Night on Tour at Grimslöv High School

We’re taking our PechaKucha on tour to Grimslöv Folk High School as part of the ongoing creative summer courses. As always, it’s 20 x 20—20 slides and 20 seconds per slide, for a total of 6 minutes and 40 seconds—before, after a few wrap-up questions, it’s time for the next speaker. As always, it’s interesting and varied! The first speaker starts at 7:20 p.m.

Tonight's speaker will be:

David Louveau De La Guigneraye, ceramic artist
Alice Kettle, designer and artisan
Maria Lindberg, photographer
Marie Karlsson, Färg&form, Älmhult
Birgitta Bergsten, KHD Arts and Crafts/Design

WELCOME!

Venue: Ekhagen Conference Center, Grimslöv Folk High School, Grimslöv.

Mark your calendars for this fall's PechaKucha Night!

November 4, Vol. 57, in Växjö, in collaboration with the Småland Museum
November 18, in Kalmar, in collaboration with the Kalmar Art Museum and Restaurant Byttan.

Report from the Annual Meeting on March 22

A great annual meeting in a beautiful and interesting setting—Bruno Mathsson’s glass house in Kosta—where Maja Sjöberg spoke about the ongoing work to furnish the houses with period furniture and artifacts.

We welcome two new members from Kalmar County: Lina Hultberg, a graphic designer and teacher at Linnaeus University, and Ida Liffner, anillustrator and designer specializing in children’s culture design.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Amanda Alskog, who stepped down at the annual meeting.

 

Mold carriers in Småland 2025

The Design Archive has been nominated as a Shape Bearer 2025 with the following motivation:

"Svensk Form Småland appoints the Designarkivet in Nybro as Form Bearer 2025 to recognize the important role and work of the archive. Ever since it was founded in 1978, as the Archive of Swedish Design, the Designarkivet has worked to preserve designers' sketches and working materials and thereby try to capture and portray the design process.
The collection, which is national, currently comprises around 120 000 records from more than 800 designers and is constantly growing through new donations. The collections are maintained and made accessible despite limited resources.
The Design Archive has also reached a wider audience through the summer exhibitions of recent years, last year on the textile designer Göta Trädgårdh and the circle of designers around her and this year on KF's design history. Content-rich and interesting exhibitions that exemplify the importance of the archive, the collections and a desire to create a wider knowledge of what shapes our everyday lives.
Also worth noting is the organization behind it, the non-profit organization Kalmar konstförening, which runs Kalmar Konstmuseum and Designarkivet, with municipal, regional and state support."
The award was presented on October 5 in connection with a study visit to the Design Archives.

 


Blog with Svensk Form Småland

Svensk Form Småland has a blog, but we have not really had time for it in recent years. But now we are taking new steps! Here is the address: http://svenskformsmaland.wordpress.com/.

Benefit friends - offers for members

As a member, you have discounts in several stores around Sweden. Take a look here!

Shops/visits in Småland where you have a member discount:

  • Mörbylånga/Öland: Karin Öberg - 20%, Tel: 0480-481 16
  • Växjö: Smålandsmuseum/Kulturparken Småland - go two for one!