The winners of Ung Svensk Form 2026 point out the direction of contemporary Swedish craft, design, and architecture
Through material-driven, spatial, and investigative projects, they engage with questions of resources, production, and how we live together.
On February 3, the exhibition opens at ArkDes in Stockholm.
Since its inception in 1998, Ung Svensk Form has been Sweden’s leading award and exhibition for young craftspeople, designers, and architects. The selection offers a collective portrait of a generation that moves effortlessly between disciplines and scales, using form both to address concrete societal challenges and to explore new ways of thinking about how we produce, build, and live.
In this year’s selection, deep material knowledge and craftsmanship meet digital methods, industrial processes, and exploratory approaches. Several projects take their point of departure in questions of resources, sustainability, and circularity, while others focus on the body, ageing, identity, and care. Together, the contributions point toward a design practice that not only seeks to solve given problems, but also formulates new ones.
The selection was made by a jury consisting of Anton Alvarez, Moa Romanova, Daniel Rybakken, Ulrika Knagenhielm-Karlsson, Hampus Berggren, and Jenny Nordberg.
– Ung Svensk Form offers a unique insight into what is happening in craft, design, and architecture today. This year’s winners highlight the societal issues currently on the agenda—from resources and circularity to care, the body, and our shared environments. These are projects that both frame problems and point the way forward, says Axel Swanstein, Head of PR & Strategic Development at Svensk Form.
Winners of Ung Svensk Form 2026
All selected entries are awarded the Ung Svensk Form 2026 distinction.
Alexandra Lindmark — Maximera form – Minimera spill
Alicia Sivertsson — Broderade porslinsdjur
Alma Duran — CYBER RAY
Diana Lazare — Race against age
Gustaf Douhan — Free-Style Listverk
Harry Parr-Young — Reading Reeds
Jakob Reinhard — Soft Soft
Javier Masa — VIDE Betjänten
Johanna Nilsson — MONI
Johannes Jansson — Caution Fashion
Julius Lindahl — Innanför Kastet
Kristian Falden — Unraveled in Time
Love Persson — Himmel och jord
Lotta Sahlin — ROOT
Ludvig Hyrefelt — Fully Functional
Nicholas Niemen — X-TRAKOJAN: From Building Waste to Public Space
Rickard Torstenfelt — Thorn
Sebastian Acaymo Fältström — Macro fibers – Outnyttjad ull mot oljeföroreningar
Stellan Gulde — Banal buildings
Tara Dahlin — Carving Series
Wera Holmquist & Elin Kovàts — Dirty Preservation
Exhibition and Tour
Ung Svensk Form 2026 premieres at ArkDes in Stockholm and will subsequently tour Borås Museum of Textiles, Sara Kulturhus, the IKEA Museum, and conclude at Dunkers Cultural Centre.
Ung Svensk Form is a co-production between Svensk Form and Dunkers Cultural Centre, carried out in collaboration with IKEA of Sweden, the IKEA Museum, and a large number of partners, grant providers, and exhibition venues, with support from the City of Stockholm.
Svensk Form, grundad 1845, är en ideell medlemsförening och Sveriges riksorganisation för form och design. Med ett statsbidrag från Kulturdepartementet verkar vi för att skapa engagemang och belysa de möjligheter design kan ge för individen, samhället, kulturen och näringslivet. I Sverige verkar vi genom 14 regionalföreningar som årligen driver över 100 evenemang.