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Malin Pierre
Malin Pierre

Utmärkt Svensk Form

2026 — Award sculptures, Svensk Form

One of the Utmärkt Svensk Form award sculptures: a crumpled, knit-textured form of clear glass streaked with red, yellow and pale blue, standing in sunlight on a white table in front of a dark green sofa.
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Excellent Swedish Form is an annual award presented by Swedish Form.

The award ceremony on a stage of light wooden panels: a man with papers and a woman with a microphone stand among grey stone plinths holding small glass award sculptures, beside peach sofas and a large bouquet.
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Two men in dark suits shake hands on stage; one holds a white glass award sculpture streaked with red and yellow, and more of the awards stand on grey stone plinths behind them.
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The 2026 award was designed by me and consists of thirteen individually blown glass sculptures. Using the traditional rag rug (trasmatta) as a reference, I transferred the structure of the woven textile into glass. The soft becomes hard, the transient becomes lasting. The tradition of rag rugs is included in Sweden’s national inventory of living cultural heritage and carries generations of craft knowledge, reuse and care for materials. The colour palette is based on Excellent Swedish Form’s visual identity. In the thirteen awards, cultural heritage and contemporary design come together, each with its own distinct expression.

The awards were presented by His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip at Sara Kulturhus in Skellefteå.

Material
Blown glass
Two men in suits talk on peach sofas on stage, with the glass award sculptures on stacked grey stone plinths behind them and a tall bouquet of summer flowers.
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