Kristoffer Fagerström – Arkitektur & Design

Cabinetmaker Karolina Stenfelt who built the SOOT desk for her journeyman project has been awarded with:
”THE BEST JOURNEYMAN PROJECT OF 2011″ and
”THE BALVENIE ACADEMY AWARD 2011″

Read more (only in swedish):  www.hantverkarna.se
and visit Karolina at: www.stenfeltochdahl.se

Read more about SOOT at:
www.notedesignstudio.se
www.otheredition.com
www.dezeen.com

The cooperation between me and cabinet maker Karolina Stenfelt has resulted in a highly experimental architects desk full of hidden surprises and astonishing detailed carpentry.

Now exhibited at Carl Malmsten School of Furniture’s Spring Exhibition!

Read more at under Projects…

photo by: Jann Lipka

Welcome to NOLA’s stand at this years Stockholm Furniture Fair. Our bench, originated from Konstfacks outdoor café, has evolved into a product carefully developed by NOLA industrier. The PYLON bench.

Welcome to stand A12-31 to experience the bench first hand.

Personal meetings can be arranged through NOLA or by contacting me or Marcus in advance // KFA&D

As you know by now I work at NOTE Design Studio as product designer full time. Lately me and the NOTE crew has been occupied by a veeeeery interesting project, Marginal Notes 2011. During the Stockholm Furniture Fair NOTE will launch the first Marginal Notes Event, filled with new ideas, experimental form and pure creative joy.

Find the event at facebook.com

Our experiment with using raw untreated swedish pine at the Konstfack outdoor cafe has sofar exceeded our expectations by far. After one and a half year in the outdoor climate the pine has recieved a silver surface and really shimmers in the sun. A couple of tags decorates the surface, a student has carved his initials. I’m looking forward to what another nordic winter and a new vintage of art students will do to the surface.

NEWS! You will be able to see the developed bench at this years furniture fair under the wings of a reknown furniture producer, more info later…

Thanks again to everyone who helped us with this project // Kristoffer

The project SOOT is under development…

From this day and on I’m employed by Note Design Studio as Interior Architect and Product Designer. I’m super excited to work with this extremely talented and vigorous design studio. No doubt you will hear a lot from them in the near future.

Check out our website: www.notedesignstudio.se or find us at www.facebook.se

KF A&D is still alive and kicking but larger comissioned interior design projects are directed through Note // Kristoffer

My bachelor work together with Marcus Abrahamsson is rewarded with “Best Student Work” in I.D Annual Design Review. We are very happy about this and thank the jury for selectecting our work with the Konstfack outdoor Café and the furniture concept FRAME.

Words from the Jury:
“It shows that with a very simple set of materials—and without changing them much—you can create this playful, optimistic situation.” –Judge Manuel Miranda

About the Award:
Since 1954, the Annual Design Review has recognized the best in product, furniture, graphic, and environment design, from the iconic to the obscure. Throughout the years, this annual showcase has chronicled the evolution of design, and highlighted its impact on our material and visual culture. Each year, the featured work is chosen by a jury of leading practitioners, who, along with I.D.’s editorial team, focus the abundance of submissions into a clear survey of the state of design. The resulting overview is published in the July/August issue of I.D. magazine — the Annual Design Review issue.

EXHIBITION!

The exhibition with us and the other winners is held at the AIGA National Design Centre in New York between the 30th of August and the 10th och September.

Gallery opening hours are:
Monday through Thursday: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m–5:00 p.m.

Please RSVP by August 27, 2010 to Nicole Florence at idcompetitions@fwmedia.com

Together with Marcus Abrahamsson under our co:op flag ”FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON” we were commissioned to design the new head office of swedish fashion company LOOKLET. This young and exciting company will move in to their brand new office in the during this summer, so please check back for images of that project. For now it will have to due with a picture of Marcus experimenting with the light in this beautiful 19th century factory located at Södermalm in Stockholm.

FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON just delivered 5 brand new FRAME benches to Uppsala Resecentrum (Uppsala Travel Centre). We where asked to fill the FRAME modules with swedish pine, painted in the graphic program of the property owner Jernhusen AB. This project is one of the largest architectural projects in the history of the city Uppsala. FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON is of course very proud to be a small part of this huge project. The architects behind the interior is Wester & Elsner through Jenny Söderström.

Photo: Jenny Söderström

Each month the Interior and lifestyle magazine ”Vårt Nya Hem” features an up-and-coming designer with a full page interview. This month I’m proud to be the ”Bubblare” of the month. Buy no 2/2010 now and read more about me and my designwork. Out in stores now!

photo by Lisa Paulsson

For the second time, Kristoffer Fagerström Architecture & Design and Marcus Abrahamsson Architecture & Design exhibits together under the name FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON. They have now officially emerged as a design duo and will continue show some of their new design products at CheckIn 2010. A big surprise is that they will present their continued work with the FRAME-Sofa. The outdoor concept has developed into an indoor concept.

Welcome to CheckIn at Hotel Birger Jarl 9-13 February 2010!

> Read more about CheckIn at the official website www.checkin10.com

For the first time, Kristoffer Fagerström Architecture & Design and Marcus Abrahamsson Architecture & Design exhibits together under the name FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON. They have now officially emerged as a design duo adn will show some of their new design products at Formex 2010. I big surprise is that they will present the next generation of their famous project FRAME. The outdoor concept has developed into an indoor concept.

Photo by LillyMay

Welcome to Formex!

The Swedish trend analytics group ”Trendgruppen” has recently announced the ”Design-rockets” of 2009. This year, we are happy to announce that they choose Kristoffer Fagerström & Marcus Abrahamsson, FAGERSTRÖM & ABRAHAMSSON, to represent the most promising young designers of 2009.

-”We are inspired by the nomination and promise that 2010 will be full of design surprises!”

> Read more about Trendgruppen at their official website www.trendgruppen.se

Me and my colleague Marcus Abrahamsson created the FRAME outdoor furniture concept as our graduate project from Konstfack, 2009. We are now very proud to announce that the FRAME bench have been chosen by I.D.Magazine as one of ”The year’s sharpest products”. We couldnt ask for a better context and and would like to thank the editorial board for listing us. Buy their current issue ”New and Notable” now and flip through the best designs of 2009.

Invited by the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, Poland, Kristoffer Fagerström presents the Elsa easy chair as a part of the exhibition ”What is ethno design?”

Extract from the press-kit:
Designers get inspirations from ethnography and local heritage in various ways. And ‘ethno-design’ can be interpreted in various ways. During the exhibition we are going to present how the traditional structure, material, decorational motifs or texture are re-worked and newly interpreted by contemporary designers. During the exhibitions will be presented projects by Polish and foreign designers, like: Sitag, Ikea, Iittala, Vox, Boogie Bags, Scandinavianliving, Contraforma, Yksi Ontwerp, 5.5 and others.

Kristoffer Fagerström A&D is proud to be a part of the reopening of Oskar Persson konst och ramar. With Ulf Paulsson as the new owner of the renowned gallery in central Helsingborg, KFA&D redesigned the O.P brand including a new graphic profile along with new interior custom  designed for the O.P store.

photo by Lisa Paulsson

Designgalleriet launches their conceptual store with the conceptual exhibition ”Unique Pieces”. They invited Sweden’s most interesting designers and asked them for old projects they have in storage. Kristoffer Fagerström A&D was invited and is proud to let two old projects emerge from the storage depths.

Welcome the opening of exhibition “GRÖNSAKER” at SPUNTINO (Erstagatan 17) the 12e of June.

Photo by Marcus Abrahamsson

Photo by LillyMay

How can Konstfack communicate its inner soul in its external space?
The current concrete floor, which is part of the main entrance to Konstfack, has been converted from a windy no mans land to a well kept and pleasant outdoor café. Through clear choices of materials and generous design we have made it into a place for relaxation and spending time together in the sun. No pretentions, just a nice lunch in pleasant company.

We have created a framework that lets the space react to influences and allows it to change over time. In the future when the wood content of this framework is worn out it is up to the current students to decide the content. By this we hope that the space will develop into a collage of materials. We are leaving something behind us that not only represents us and Konstfack at present but can also represent Konstfack in the future.

Together with Marcus Abrahamsson we are the winners of the furniture competition for the new Konstfack restaurant. As a bachelor project we will design the new exterior restaurant for Konstfack, along with a permanent furniture setting. Everything will be presented at the opening at Konstfack Spring Exihibiton 2009, the 12:th of may.

Kristoffer Fagerström is awarded scholarship from Trä & Möbelföretagen.

Thank you TMF!

Experience this years new design approach at the TMF stand at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2009, “Minimalism of the future is to combine different functions”.

A growing need for many functions in one form demands new solutions in design. Our installation was a visualization of how one by joining and deconstructing traditional forms will create new structures and functions. In the movement of form we let the spectator find new dynamic and potential forms. With this installation wanted to share our joy and curiosity of the form for functions.

With last years success at Konstfacks X-mas market in mind we decided to donate this years whole income to Stockholms stadsmissions efforts in finding shelter for the hundreds of homeless people in stockholm. Our aim was to start a trend within the design schools of sweden to increase their social awareness.

We would like to thank everyone at the X-mas market who donated!

Kristoffer Fagerström is proud to present the new kitchen and dining area for the post-production house The Chimney Pot in Stockholm. The job included an overall remake of the kitchen, dinging, lounge and entrance area. Along with solving the acoustics problems I designed a custom made magazine wall and the high-stand table ”Birch” exclusively for The Chimnet Pot.

Photo by LillyMay