With flamin' hot spacedisco mixes by dj lil;D, a real live Alice from Wonderland we participated in 2007 years furniture fair in Stockholm. We showed our disco-remix of the classic Arco lamp, the Giant Teddy, and premiered the 3M colabbo Magic Monogram#1. The light from the Arco disco-remix together with our magic monogram made the whole space sparkle, together with the sounds from the boombox it made us feel right at home, We had a lot of fun and we were happy to host the only after party at the fair on the opening day in our 3x3m box.
To celebrate the release of our limited edition black & white postcard set, we created a small exhibition with our products the Peace-Pillow & Giant Teddy. For this occasion we worked together with the club collective Heads Up and the visual artist Unlucky Monkey. We invited all our friends and gave away 50 black & white postcard sets.
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06/02/07
Furniture exhibition at the ministry of foreign affairs in Stockholm
In association with UD, Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm Visitors Board
DFTS was hired to curate and design a secret furniture exhibition for the Swedish government. The exhibition area was inside the foreign affairs press hall and because of that there were many rules to follow. So we hired four massive green lasers and got to work. The designers were: Gunilla Allard, Peter Andersson, Åke Axelsson, Lena Bergström, Thomas Bernstarnd, Stefan Borselius, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Don't Feed The Swedes, Samir Alj Fält, Monica Forster, Anna-Karin Garhamn, Anki Gneib, Marge Arkitekter, Cecilia Hertz, Helena Hörstedt, Nina Jobs, Matti Klenell, Anna Kreitz, Gunilla Lagerheim Ullberg, Alexander Lervik, Tomas Mankovsky, Fredrik Mattson, Ingegerd Råman, Mats Theselius, Pia Wallén, Anna Von Schewen.
For the grand opening of the new Japanese concept store Tokyo Hipsters Club designed by Tom Dixon, DFTS were honoured to be among the first to be asked to exhibit. We premiered our first prototype for our stool Cap and also showed a teddy bear and our Headlamp.
DFTS asked nine prominent Swedish creators from various disciplines to design a hand skateboard (7x27 cm) each. The boards were for sale at 800kr per board. The creators themselves decided which organisation to donate the money to. Five of the boards were sold and the opening party at Sportif was great with lots of good music, people, cheap beer and pop art. The creators were Boutique Sportif, Claesson Koivisto Rune, Defyra, Disey, Don't Feed The Swedes, Hundarna från söder, Radio LXMBRG, Samir Alj Fält, Ziggy.
DFTS was asked by Svensk Form (the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design) to create a lounge for the official opening party for the 2004 furniture fair in Stockholm. We designed a lounge featuring our lamp Academy and played records on top-of-the-line speakers from Bang & Olufsen.
DFTS arranged a one day art festival on the rooftop of Kulturhuset (the culture house) in Stockholm. We presented our lounge table Raphael, did the scene design and curated the participating performance acts. Swedish and Japanese djs and artists performed from 12:00-24:00 Swedish participants: DFTS, Dandy Digital, Axel Boman, Hird, Pettish, Derek and Toga. From Japan: Satoshi Kudo (former student of Sonny Chiba) with Stockholms Saxofonkvartett, dance performer Umeda, action painter Hiraku Suzuki, faderboard expert ShingO2 and dj A1.
Extreme Indoor Living was a design performance made by DFTS. The performance consisted of Andreas and Gustaf (DFTS) living in a small room inside a bar in central Tokyo with full exposure for 48 hours. DFTS decorated the living area with DFTS designs, played records and broadcasted this live on the internet. Fun Fact: this is how the name DON'T FEED THE SWEDES was born.