Anna Holmquist

Stockholm-based Folkform is a design studio owned and run by industrial designers Chandra Ahlsell and Anna Holmquist. They work on their own independent projects as well as with clients such as Nola, Stockholm Parking and the Interactive Institute. Folkform has a strong focus on new areas of application for material and material experimentation.

Chandra Ahlsell

Industrial designer MFA

Studied at Pratt Institute of Design in New York before moving back to Stockholm and Konstfack Industrial Design Department in 2001. Previously worked at the MarchOne arkitekter.

Anna Holmquist

Industrial designer MFA

Studied industrial design at Goldsmiths University, London, before moving back to Stockholm in 2001 to complete her MA studies at Konstfack. Previously worked at the Saatchi Gallery and the Interactive Institute in Stockholm.

Founded Folkform together with Chandra Ahlsell 2003.

Awards & Nominations

2006 Future Design Days Award 2006 nomination

2006 One of nine winners of the Swedish Design year Award

2006 The Design Marathon by Svensk From

2004 Masonite Anniversary Honorary award

2003 JM Design Award

Exhibitions

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The Design Marathon

Ministry of Culture, Stockholm

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SaloneSatellite Milan

Collaboration with Dutch designers from Cultivate

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Exhibiting with Nola

New products showed at Stockholm Furniture Fair

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Design 4 Elements- Contemporary Swedish Desgin

Ambiente Internationale Frankfurter Messe

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100% Design Tokyo

Part of the Global design tour

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100% East London

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Design: Stockholm

Stockholm City Museum

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Young design

Design exhibition at the Swedish parliament

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Designers block, Milan

Chosen for the curated show

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Swedish Style Milan

Representing Stockholm Furniture Fair

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Stockholm FurnitureFair

Greenhouse

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Museum of Architecture, Stockholm

Från folkhem till framtid

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Future Design Days

Stofair, Stockholm

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Lecoo gallery, Milan

Made in Sweden

2004

Swedish embassy, Tokyo

Swedish style, The design express