Stockholm Design Week starts Monday February 06, with its key exhibition Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair opening Tuesday 07 till Saturday 11 February. ARTS THREAD previews the highlights.

Design Village/ Puff & Flock

Designersblock collaborated with the UK’s largest trade interiors event, Interiors UK, to curate a Design Village at the Birmingham NEC. The Village contained unique products and market stalls from up-and-coming and award-winning designers, B&Bs designed by top interior designers and even a Village Local where you could grab a pint and chat with the exhibiting creatives. ARTS THREAD select a few of the best things on show at the Village:

Colleen Ellington/ Lucy Alice Porter/ Sophie Adamson

Interiors UK 2012 showcased the work of this year’s New Design Britain Awards finalists with the winners in each design category being announced on the 23rd of January. Each winner in the four categories (furniture, furnishing accessories, surfaces and fabrics) were awarded a placement within the industry.

Camilla Barnard

ARTS THREAD and Designersblock teamed up once again to bring you some of the best and brightest emerging design talents, this time at Interiors UK, Birmingham. From our Call for Entries, we selected six unique creatives from the realms of illustration, ceramics, product design and textiles.

Send to Print/Print to Send/ Riccardo Bovo, Flock Lampshade/ Chaur Har Lee, Rapidform Shoe

Send to Print/ Print to Send at The Aram Gallery gives visitors a glimpse into how 3D printing is revolutionising contemporary design

The University of the Arts London unveiled their Future Map 11 exhibition yesterday at the Zabludowicz Collection. Featuring 30 of the most ‘cutting edge’ talent from 2011′s graduates. ARTS THREAD takes a look at a handful of the best creatives on show.

Mark Kobine

How can design influence healthcare, well-being, society and sustainability? A new generation of designers from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Edinburgh College of Art, Gray’s School of Art, The Glasgow School of Art are exploring just how in Design and Democracy, the latest exhibition to open at the Scottish Parliament.

Gravity Stool, Jolan van der Weil / Gousset, Raphaëlle Bonamy

A fresh crop of designers will be unveiling their unusual creations as part of the [D3] Contest exhibition at the imm Cologne + LivingInteriors trade fair 2012. The [D3] Contest, which is open to students and graduates who specialise in furniture, lighting, textiles and accessories, gives young designers the fantastic opportunity to present their ideas to an international audience. Each year the competition receives hundreds of applications, with 2011′s contest receiving a record number of 862. ARTS THREAD takes a look at what to expect this January.

Giles Miller, 'Cardboard Christmas Trees'

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas tree, How lovely are your corrugated branches!

Saved by droog at Laboratory of the Future

Liquidated products are given a second chance by creative pioneers Droog and put on show in their latest exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Art at Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw as part of the Laboratory of the Future international art program.