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Olivia Öberg är en av våra kommande stora möbeldesigners – det är jag helt övertygad om. 

Near the entrance, 24-year-old design student Olivia Öberg displayed her latest work in a deliciously Instagramable mint green booth. The fledgling furniture designer, now in her final year at the Carl Malmstein Furniture Design program in Linköping, Sweden, presented a smart, customizable drop shelving unit, a mint-green armchair, and a wooden "Helio" lamp inspired by the solar system.

"I think it’s beneficial for everyone to have influences from all over the world," says Öberg of Scandinavian design’s global appeal. As for the classics, she acknowledges the extent to which their legacy has been an influence, but says she would never have them at home. "Every other house has 60s design and at a certain point it becomes like a caricature," she says. "It gets boring."

Öberg doesn’t take inspiration from a single period or designer, but rather picks and chooses. Ironically, she is occasionally influenced by American blogs’ interpretation of Scandinavian design, such as pairing Nordic furniture with what she considers un-Nordic elements, like splashy retro decor from the 1970s.

Despite the region’s design legacy and present popularity, the young designer is looking to the future. "I want to build my own box, and not fit into one," she says.

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