A platform for final year students from the Swedish design colleges Beckmans, HDK, Konstfack and Malmstens.

In the midst of a pandemic 2020, the graduating design degree student’s exhibitions had to take place virtual, which meant that students lost the opportunity to show their work in physical form. Möbeldesignmuseum (the Museum of Furniture Studies) wanted to highlight how important it is for students to be able to present their work in front of the eyes of the industry and receive feedback and develop new relationships with key figures and producers.

The museum’s main focus is to support design-, architect- and craft students. Our goal is to help evolve the design culture and build bridges between young designers and the Swedish furniture design industry. The Ex-works exhibition was created by the museum to help build a platform for the final year students from Beckmans, HDK-Valand, Konstfack, and Malmstens to exhibit their creations at our gallery. The Ex-Works exhibition was the first Scandinavian collective exhibition of its type. The students’ works covers a considerable range, demonstrating high-level artistic or intellectual processes, thoughtful functionality, exquisite craftsmanship and use of materials, and often a well-thought-out circularity concept.