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Stockholm Design Week 2016: Design under the hammer

Stockholm – Artist-run auction house the Örnsbergsauktionen is back for a fifth year, taking centre stage in the heart of the city.

A collection of design and craft objects from 30 practitioners will be on display at a pre-auction exhibition
The pieces will then be sold at a live auction

Studio Swine at Örnsbergsauktionen, Stockholm

Ilaria Bianchi at Örnsbergsauktionen, Stockholm

Fredrik Persson at Örnsbergsauktionen, Stockholm

Per B Stunberg at Örnsbergsauktionen, Stockholm

The Örnsbergsauktionen’s new home in the city centre is its biggest yet and sets a new precedent for its role during Stockholm Design Week.

‘When we first started, it was very unusual for furniture designers to self-produce,’ co-founder Kristoffer Sundin tells LS:N Global. ‘It has become a key theme in the design scene in Stockholm.’

Featuring the work of designers such as Hilda Hellström, Jenny Nordberg and Studio Swine, the exhibition is open to all, with starting prices from £0.08 to £775 (SEK1–SEK9,500, $12–1,120). Stand-out pieces from the impressive line-up include Lea Hein and Magnus Pettersen’s pigmented concrete, iron and granite table, and Lotta Lampa’s Ghost Mirror.