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... day in Kungsträdgården commissioned by Stadsmissionen. There are 5,000 homeless people in Stockholm and Karin Lendrup says that they have been careful not to place the emphasis on the "feeling sorry for level".

Since February, they have familiarized themselves with Stadsmissionen's work, visited shelters and interviewed homeless people. You have probably also seen the posters in the subway, with a portrait of a homeless person and his own story, designed by the students from RMI Berghs.

The exhibition runs through May 31, open 11 – 20.

If one wants, one could announce a quick little competition for which of this year's exhibition catalogues is the finest. If so, it is likely that Beckmans wins with its white, fresh, large catalogue. And it is not just the catalogue that is fine at Beckmans. "They call us the poorhouse," writes art director Lars Fuhre in the book's foreword. And laments once again the cramped premises and dingy studios. But he also writes that the students themselves constitute the most important equipment.

At Beckmans, one gets a sense of enthusiasm and fervor that many of the other schools lack. Here, the exhibitors sit proudly by their works and want to talk and show. These are their graduation projects and they have every reason to be pleased and happy, which seems to have been forgotten at older sister Konstfack. Try not to miss the super-cozy stool consisting of four identical parts, designed by Alexander Lervik, and the adorable, bag-sized and very grip-friendly one-handed camera by Ebba Thott. For example.

Beckmans is worth a really long visit, and if you want to catch the fashion show at the same time, you can see it today, Friday, at 16:00 and 18:00, or on Saturday and Sunday at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 17:30. Sunday is the last day of Beckmans' exhibition.

Right now you can also view works from the graduating students at the art colleges in Umeå, Göteborg and Malmö. Umeå Academy of Fine Arts is exhibiting at Galleri Magnus Karlsson on Riddargatan, and Galleri Öhman and Galleri Flach on Skeppargatan, both of them. Thursday was the opening and the exhibition runs through June 14. Open 17 – 20.

Just a short distance from the other Skeppargatan galleries is Schaper Sundberg, where the Valand Academy from Göteborg has housed its students. Opening hours are 17 – 20 and that exhibition also runs through June 14.

The students from the art college in Malmö call their show Scenario, which they present together with Konstfack at Elverket on Linnégatan. The opening is tomorrow and the exhibition runs until June 19.

The design history of the 20th century seen through the eyes of a 26-year-old can be seen at the Beckman students' graduation exhibition. ALEXANDER LERVIK has drawn inspiration from the furniture, cars, art and fashion of the decades when designing a series of new-vintage stools, one from each decade. Alex himself sits on the postmodernist 80s contribution in raw steel. We'll remember his name.

BECKMANS

Last week Konstfack premiered its spring exhibition, and this week both RMI-Berghs and Beckmans followed. The design students at Beckmans have rightly attracted attention in recent years.

The exhibition has a delightful catalogue. One of the first spreads deals with the school's financially strained situation: They call us the poorhouse. The myth is unfortunately true. The students usually go through three stages of reaction. First year: delight and amazement. Second year: anger and irritation. Third year: pride and insight. The most important things are ambitions, vanity and above all will.

The bar remains high this year as well, in both individual and collective projects. The latter includes a camera assignment and making flower vases at Reijmyre. In just a few days, the group has created a number of variants that inspire desire. Personally, I immediately fall for David Skoog's thin, slightly swaying, elongated vase — which adds poetry to the Aalto concept.

Alexander Lervik has dedicated himself to a stool study from Mackintosh to his own 98 version. He has studied all the styles of our century to try, through this experience, to draw conclusions leading him into a new millennium. His own stool stems from an epiphany at a Japanese seminar. Shigeru Ban spoke about his life, his philosophy, his furniture and the houses he designed. Cheap, material-efficient, transport-friendly and beautiful is the concept. What more could one ask for? Lervik's stool is ingeniously simple; four identical parts are joined together into a stable construction. The idea could also be developed into a table.

A bathroom cabinet that is simultaneously a lamp and a neat white box for old newspapers in transparent plastic are Maria Håård's appealing proposals. One would love to see both products manufactured. A coat hanger or a snare in an unusually elegant rendition? One might certainly wonder a bit at Louise Hederström's innovative form for hanging clothes, but mostly admire it. She has also made a living room piece of furniture for people who like to stay close to the floor. A generous tabletop rests on a low base and functions as a table, bed and storage surface all at once. Cushions in different colors and a mattress make life OK even for those who are not so agile in their movements.

A wall does not have to be one-dimensional. In the Arkitekturmuseet restaurant, Pia Törnell showed how one can create a soft wall with hard ceramic. Pia Nixholm takes up the thread and has worked with tile or plastic plates in sculptural forms that give the wall an exciting relief effect. Her forms oscillate between razor-sharp and softly undulating.

Luminous bathroom cabinet by Maria Håård (left).

Poor man's art

Colorful cushions for a soft existence by Louise Hederström.

Hard wall gives a soft impression. Tiles by Pia Nixholm.

Stool assembled from four identical parts by Alexander Lervik (right).

English translation of the original article. Text read from the scanned original; small transcription errors may occur.