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The Material Realisation Laboratory is a perfect place to learn more about different materials, their properties - and what they feel like. With more than 1,500 samples gathered in one room, it's a great resource for LiU's students.

What many within the building industry already knew has now been scientifically proven: wood used in buildings, furniture and walls promotes health and well-being. The three-year research project Wood2New has just ended.

For the first time since 2013, Malmstens Linköping University is exhibiting at Milan Design Week. In an old monastery in the city centre, ten new pieces highlight the students’ design and craft skills.

Shapes that we now may be able to make in 3D printers could be made by the most skilled 17th century craftsmen using lathes, chisels and knives, with the aid of ingenious machines.

Students in the Furniture Design programme at Malmstens accepted the challenge of designing the interior of a young person’s apartment measuring 23 square metres. The result is a window seating, a rail system for wall storage and a room divider.

The international design and furnishing event Salone de Mobile is considered to be the most important of its type in the world. This year’s Malmstens Linköping University will be there. The students will exhibit innovative furniture for modern times.

The joy of gymnastics, the opportunity to climb to the top and perch, or to gather in a group for quiet chat – all are inspiration for students of furniture design at Malmstens LiU. They plan to fill pop-up parks this summer with relaxation and joy.

Nothing beats wood for the manufacture of furniture, says Andreas Nobel, newly inaugurated professor of furniture design at Malmstens Linköping University.

The first year-group from the international master’s programme in design has graduated.“It suited me perfectly that the programme was new and a bit disorganised. I’ve benefited from everything in the master’s programme” Caspar Reuterswärd assures us.