Scandinavian Innovators

Where the design of the future takes shape

The Stockholm Furniture Fair is launching a new area where visitors can discover and network with Scandinavian innovators across the entire industry value chain. Here, new opportunities for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and business are created, helping to drive the furniture industry forward.

This area showcases new ideas and sustainable solutions in materials, technology, production, and circularity. It brings together companies, designers, researchers, startups, and organizations that challenge established ways of working and drive development forward—with a focus on innovation, sustainability, and the needs of the future.

This area highlights and explores:

Materials
New materials, bio composites, bio-based materials, recycled materials, fossil-free materials, green steel, cellulose, bio-based binders, alternative wood-based materials, waste materials and byproducts, plastic-free materials, non-toxic materials, and surface treatments.

Technology
New technologies and tools, AI, material scanning, sensors, solar cells, battery technology, energy solutions, recycling technology, and electrified transportation.

textile samples are being tested
gray material with holes in it

Production
New production techniques, additive manufacturing, automation, robotics, digital manufacturing, precision manufacturing, local and decentralized production and resource-efficient manufacturing.

Circularity
Circular material flows, reuse, recycling, upcycling, design for disassembly, design for recycling, and circular business models.

What exhibitors in the Scandinavian Innovators section have in common

We are looking for participants who:

  • Drives innovation in materials, technology, production, or circularity.
  • Challenges established practices and develops new solutions for the industry.
  • Contributes research, knowledge, technology, or business models that can shape the future of the furniture and design industry.
  • We want to inspire, share knowledge and ideas, and forge new partnerships across industry boundaries.
  • Has a clear focus on sustainability, innovation, and the needs of the future.

Exhibition Package

Scandinavian Innovators: Stand package – Table, Innovation Area

Private exhibition space with a table

Price: 20,000 SEK

The package includes:

  • Starter Package (learn more about the Starter Package here)
  • Marking the area with yellow tape
  • Sturdy table or podium with adjustable height: 10, 20, 40, 60, or 80 cm. Supports up to 300 kg.
  • Countertop measuring 240 cm x 120 cm, painted in NCS 2005-Y20R
  • Option for hidden storage of items under the table
  • Lighting from overhead rigging

Showcase your innovation

Do you have an innovation that’s best experienced or explained?
Reserve a slot in our workshop space at Scandinavian Innovators and let visitors discover it for themselves.

Workshop area

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Scandinavian Innovators 2027