Stockholm Furniture 2015 News: Materials library for product design

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Materials Library has a permanent showroom at Stockholm Furniture 2015 where visitors can be inspired by more than 2,000 materials samples and possible technical solutions. Plastics, metals, woods, composites and technical textiles share space with manufacturing methods, surface treatments and future color trends.

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Stockholm Furniture 2015 has a special exposition this year, showcasing different materials and manufacturing methods, with special emphasis on the eco-smart arguments for the featured exhibits. The Materials & CSR Installation is produced by Materialbiblioteket [The Materials Library] and is taken place from 3rd to 7th February at Stockholm Furniture 2015.

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A sustainability and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) mindset has become the rule rather than the exception for furniture production and product design.

Björn Florman from Materials Library said:

“By far the most frequently asked question we get is: which materials are environmentally friendly? The idea of the installation is to inspire the visitor to learn to see the complexity surrounding an eco-smart mindset and be equipped to argue in favor of his or her materials choice. There aren’t any truly environmentally friendly materials, but each and every designer or product developer has a responsibility to take an environmentally friendly approach and minimize environmental harm to the greatest possible extent […]”

The Materials Library is arranging daily guided tours in English of the installation, which is located in Hall C. The area also includes the Design Bar and the Stockholm Design Talks stage, and has been created by designer Mattias Stenberg.