Swedishdesign: website and database of Swedish design

The aim is to build an open website that provides a good overview of current Swedish design products and services. There is currently no such platform. There is a need to inventory contemporary Swedish design and to make the range available, not least internationally. The website is therefore made directly in English. The funds applied for are intended to be used over three years for investment in the technical platform and to ensure a qualitative basic basis. Initially, we will rely on Svensk Form's professional members and submitted entries in the Design S and UNG design awards. After the construction phase, the intention is for the website to become self-sufficient through companies and designers who upload material for a fee in predetermined templates and categories. The content will be digitally archived on a continuous basis, including factual information of research preparation relevance. Some data is locked in the system, others are open source. Thanks to the internet and the technical methods available today, the website can be used for selection based on various criteria, both publicly and in purely professional contexts. The project is a collaboration between Svensk Form and the Centre for Business History. We are already working together on a digital archive of Swedish design history www.designarkiv.se and are now continuing to develop the database through this mapping of the present for future research. The project is based on CfN's digital archive system.