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The Röhsska Museum’s Design History exhibition was a chronological presentation of 200 years of design development – illustrated by some 1,000 design classics.

A monument to partying, complete with secret rooms. A teenager, looking for their identity. A place that has served its purpose. Visions for the Brunnsparken of the future differ wildly when architects are given a free hand to speculate around the future of one of Gothenburg’s most talked-about spaces.

At the beginning of 2020, the Röhsska Museum opened an exhibition with the London-based research agency Forensic Architecture. The exhibition presented three criminal cases where the group has contributed evidence material by utilising architecture and design strategies.

Innovative and experimental new designs from Sweden’s young creatives. The exhibition Young Swedish Design displayed unique pieces from a range of disciplines: from product design to crafts.

In the exhibition Katja of Sweden, the Röhsska Museum put a spotlight on a fashion brand that has achieved international success, while showing the wealth of fabric patterns they have created together with prominent textile artists.

The exhibition Svart Rya: A work by Pasi Välimaa was on display between 29 February and 17 May 2020. The iconic textile is a monochromatic rug made in a traditional rya technique in a monumental format by one of the Nordic region’s foremost textile artists.

With the exhibition Ocean Plastics the Röhsska Museum highlighted various conceptual design projects where design can be seen as the solution, rather than the problem.

The New Works in the Collection exhibition at the Röhsska Museum featured a selection of new pieces in the collection by designers and makers who are known for their unique design.