The application is open between 15 May – 15 September 2024!
Apply to Sweden’s largest national design competition for young designers! Since 1998, the award and the touring exhibition Ung Svensk Form have served as a unique arena for the meeting between innovative designers and the industry, media & audience.
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What?
Ung Svensk Form is an annual award and traveling exhibition that has been running since 1998. The main aim is to broaden the knowledge of young and innovative Swedish design. From hundreds of applications, a renowned jury selects the winners who participate in the touring exhibition. Over the course of a year, it is shown at the majority of the country’s cultural centers and museums with accompanying design talks, screenings and scholarship trips.
For whom?
Ung Svensk Form is aimed at young designers and creators active in Sweden or Swedish citizens active abroad. You who apply can be no more than 36 years old or older if you are a student at the time of application. All areas of design are welcome: for example graphic design, product design, architecture, furniture, arts and crafts, glass, ceramics, textiles, fashion, game design and industrial design. Together, the winning entries represent a cross-section of today’s most central themes within the broad field of design.
Cost of registration
For those who apply and at the same time become a member of Svensk Form, a discounted price applies to both membership and the application to Ung Svensk Form. You then pay a membership fee of SEK 275 (Ord. Price 580).
The registration fee for those who are/become members is then SEK 200. If you want to apply with several different projects, each application costs SEK 200.
For those who do not want to become a member, each application costs SEK 500.
Common questions and answers
Can there be more than one person behind an application?
Yes, you can be several behind the same application, register with one name and mention in the application that there are several of you in the project, it is important not to write any names in the text as all applications are anonymous. If the application goes through the selection process, we will of course include all names.
Can you choose several categories for an application?
No, you choose one category per application.
Free age for students, what applies?
As long as you are a student or if you graduated in 2024 you can apply no matter your age.
Problems uploading files and movies.
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Can I apply with a collection in an application?
Yes, as long as the collection applies to the same project.
How many applications can I apply with?
You can apply with as many applications as you wish.
How do I design the application?
Remember to clearly describe the contribution, both in images and text. The jury should be able to easily get an idea of materials, technology, craftsmanship, please include a close-up. You have 6 photos per application.
When will I find out if I move on?
The application is divided into two stages:
STEP 1, the jury votes digitally on a number of entries that they want to see in physical form at a jury meeting at Svensk Form on Skeppsholmen. You will be notified if you proceed at the end of week 39, then you will receive an address and instructions for submitting the contribution on site.
STEP 2, the jury meeting at Svensk Form takes place during week 41, when a final decision is made on which 20 – 25 entries will be included in Ung Svensk Form. You will be notified whether you will proceed at the end of week 41.
Everyone who has applied to Ung Svensk Form will be notified regardless of whether they go on or not.
The exhibition Ung Svensk Form is a co-production between Svensk Form and Dunkers Culture House. The project is carried out in collaboration with Svenskt Trä, IKEA of Sweden, Stockholm Furniture Fair, the city of Malmö and a long list of exhibition organizers and scholarship providers.