BE PART OF CREATING NEXT WINTER’S ICEHOTEL – THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN
PRESS RELEASE ICEHOTEL: THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN
Main Hall- Quasar, Wouter Biegelaar & Viktor Tsarski , ICEHOTEL 35, photo Asaf Kliger
Every year, ICEHOTEL in the north of Sweden, is reborn, created by creative individuals from around the world. Do you dream of creating an art suite made of ice and snow? Now is your chance to apply for the international design competition, with the deadline on April 21, 2025.
ICEHOTEL is more than just a hotel – it is an ever changing art project made from snow and ice from the Torne River. Every year, the hotel takes on a completely new shape. What design ideas, would you like to see at ICEHOTEL? Thought-provoking, innovative, creative, or beautiful – there are no rules for how the art suites should look. The only requirement is that it must be your original design, include a bed – and of course, be created from ice and snow.
A Unique Art Concept ICEHOTEL is not only an artistic achievement but also a tribute to nature and the Torne River – one of the last untouched rivers in Sweden. Here, artists create something extraordinary while visitors experience a unique artistic world built from the beauty of ice.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing the ideas that will shape the 36th edition of ICEHOTEL, a project so close to my heart. I’m sure they will be unexpected, challenging, and unique,” says Luca Roncoroni, Creative Director of ICEHOTEL.
Over the years, many award-winning designers and artists have contributed to this entirely unique art project, including Swedish designers Bernadotte & Kylberg, and design duo Kauppi & Kauppi, both of whom have received numerous international design awards, including the prestigious Red Dot Award, as well as the French designers Nicolas Triboulot & Fernand Manzi, who daily work with the design of crystal vases in Paris.
Ice Art on Nature’s Terms The creation of the hotel is an international art forum where selected artists gather in Jukkasjärvi at the end of November for two intense weeks of creation, using ice and snow as the canvas for their art. Each art suite is an original installation that melts and returns to nature when spring arrives.
“This morning, I walked along the river and was amazed to think that I was standing on next year’s ICEHOTEL. Soon we’ll begin harvesting the ice for ICEHOTEL 36, and I’m excited to see the creative contributions from talented artists worldwide,” says Marie Herrey, CEO of ICEHOTEL.
Application and Deadline ICEHOTEL welcomes not only sculptors of ice and snow but applications from all creative disciplines. The winning design submissions will be selected based on concept, style, creativity, innovation, feasibility – and of course, the experience provided to visitors. The artists are responsible for completing their suites with the help of a support team from ICEHOTEL and a lighting team that will work on a lighting plan in collaboration with the artists.
A jury from ICEHOTEL will evaluate the applications and select the artist teams who will have the opportunity to help build ICEHOTEL 36, which opens its doors on December 12, 2025.
For more information on the application process and to apply, click here.
See a selection of theart suites created over the years.
Press contact For images, press inquires and questions regarding the application process, please contact press@icehotel.com
Facts Icehotel:
44 Warm hotel rooms
28 Warm cabins
18 Year-round open art and deluxe suites of ice (-5 degrees Celsius)
32 Winter open art suites and ice rooms (-5 degrees Celsius)
1 Accessible art suite of ice (-5 degrees Celsius)
3 Meeting rooms
1 Ceremony hall made of ice in the winter hotel (mid-Dec to mid-April)
1 Ice and snow cinema for 29 guests, open year-round
1 Exhibition room made of ice and snow
1 ICEBAR “In Orbit”
1 Specially designed entrance
3 Restaurants
5 Wilderness camps
ABOUT ICEHOTEL ICEHOTEL opened in 1989 and is besides a hotel also an art exhibition with ever-changing art made out of ice and snow. Icehotel is created in a new guise every winter, made completely from natural ice from the Torne River - one of Sweden's national rivers and last untouched waters. When the winter season's hotel has melted back to the river in the spring, a part of the hotel remains so that visitors can experience the ice and snow year-round.
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ICEHOTEL, Marknadsvägen 63, Jukkasjärvi, Norrbotten 98191, Sweden
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