Form, Nummer 3 2026

Form grundades 1905 av föreningen Svensk Form och är världens äldsta, fortfarande aktiva, tidskrift om design. Form skriver om design och hantverk i Sverige och Norden, med internationella utblickar. Form ges ut med fyra nummer per år och är från och med nr.3 2025 tvåspråkig (svenska och engelska) i en och samma utgåva.

Form was founded in 1905 by the Swedish Association of Design and is the world’s oldest design magazine still in circulation. Form writes about design and craftsmanship in Sweden and the Nordic region, with an international outlook. Form is published four times a year, and is, starting with issue no. 3 in 2025, bilingual (Swedish and English) in the same edition.

Text: Bilingual (Swedish and English)

In this issue:

This year’s third issue of Form contains:
Harvest Time in Iceland
A feature on Iceland’s design scene and interviews with Katrín Ólína Pétursdóttir, dean at the Iceland University of the Arts, and designer Hanna Dís Whitehead. By Gustaf Kjellin

Design ffrom across Sweden
A feature story on projects aimed at highlighting local opportunities and conditions for working in rural Sweden. By Christina Zetterlund

Åke Axelsson
A portrait of interior designer and chairmaker Åke Axelsson, who passed away in May 2026. By Johan Örn

About Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss and Archival Work
Interview with Helene Larsson Pousettes about her work compiling an archive dedicated to the designer Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss. By Maryam Fanni

The Price of Swedish Design
An article about the work involved in developing new agreements between designers and clients. Interviews with Christina Wainikka, Katarina Renman Claesson, Dan Johanson, Anna Kraitz, and Ingegerd Råman. By Karin Ohlsson-Leijon

Ericsson and Volvo: Today and Tomorrow
An article about Ericsson and Volvo, and how they approach issues such as rising energy consumption, the environment, and AI. Interviews with Börje Ekholm and Martin Lundstedt. By Gustaf Kjellin

As well as a calendar of events and a presentation of this year’s winners of Svensk Form’s “Utmärkt Svensk Form” award.