Chandra Ahlsell

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
060307-060529
The Design Marathon
Ministry of Culture, Stockholm

060405-060510
SaloneSatellite Milan
Collaboration with Dutch designers from Cultivate

060208-060212
Exhibiting with Nola
New products showed at Stockholm Furniture Fair

060210-060214
Design 4 Elements - Contemporary Swedish Desgin
Ambiente Internationale Frankfurter Messe

051101-051107
100% Design Tokyo
Part of the Global design tour

050922-050925
100% East London

051001-061001
Design: Stockholm
Stockholm City Museum

050611-050613
Young design
Design exhibition at the Swedish parliament

050413-050417
Designers block, Milan
Chosen for the curated show

050413-050417
Swedish Style Milan
Representing Stockholm Furniture Fair

050209-050213
Stockholm FurnitureFair
Greenhouse

050127-050306
Museum of Architecture, Stockholm
Från folkhem till framtid

2004
Future Design Days
Stofair, Stockholm

2004
Lecoo gallery, Milan
Made in Sweden

2004
Swedish embassy, Tokyo
Swedish style, The design express