17 Swedish Designers – all young, progressive women – are going on tour in the United States. The First stop is The Cleveland Institute of Art, where the exhibit will run from November 6 to December 23.

Based on the book 17 Swedish Designers – chez Pascale, the exhibit features seventeen designers who have shown their work at Gallery Pascale in Stockholm.

From November 2009 to early 2011 the tour of the exhibit will include venues as the Cleveland Institute of Art, the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, the Swedish American Institute in Chicago, the World Market Center in Las Vegas and House of Sweden in Washington DC.

Portraits and photos of the designers can be found at www.17swedishdesigners.com