Diane von Furstenberg designing business cards
A week ago New York-based fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg together with internet based design company JohnLook.com launched a collection of limited edition of personal business cards and correspondence cards, exclusively for Sweden. The design is based on Diane von Furstenberg’s classic vintage print from the 70’s called ”Diamond Cubes”. The cards can be seen...
Galerie Nordenhake by Erik Andersson
Art space specialist Erik Andersson has just designed another premium gallery in Stockholm. The new Galerie Nordenhake provides a suite of three large rooms, surpassing the gallery’s previous capacity and enabling exhibitions of the scale and ambition for which Nordenhake’s Berlin and Stockholm galleries are well known. The ground floor of 300 square metres is...
Tactile and sensorial design
I think that tactile and sensorial experiences are important parts of good design. It adds an universal understanding to products and objects. One designer that recently made some experiments in this vein is Timo Wong. His cellular phone Cells is a good example. The key pad is inspired by regular fruit trays used for stacking....
House Alta by Johannes Norlander
Johannes Norlander is according to me one of the most interesting architects/designers in Sweden at the moment. One of his latest house projects is called House Alta. The house is 160 square meters and built in a town called Älta just outside of Stockholm. Johannes Norlander has not only designed the house but also built...
Clean cuts from Les Couleurs Nationales
Les Couleurs Nationales womens wear recently presented its SS08 collection under the tagline ”if it’s not risky, it’s boring”. Les Couleurs Nationales is based in the charming fishing village of Simrishamn in southern Sweden. The designer Maxjenny Forslund explains that the idea behind the new collection of Les Couleurs Nationales is to put things on...
The greenwashing trend
The greenwashing trend is unfortunately flourishing. Greenwashing is when companies (or governments) spend more money or time advertising being green, than on investing in environmentally sound practices. Marketers and business executives suddenly understand that green is selling. But sustainability is not about marketing. Sustainability is about design. It means that designers around the world have...
Stajl by Malmö
Stajl by Malmö is a design bazaar that takes place on August 26 and offers the best of local fashion design from the town of Malmö (in the southernmost part of Sweden). With Stajl by Malmö the organizers would like to stimulate creativity and fulfil the dreams of creators with various background. The event works...
Harry Allen retail design for UNION
The second store by New York designer Harry Allen for prestigious streetwear retailer, UNION, is one part archeological dig and two parts humble masterpiece. Located two doors down from the site of the original UNION store on Spring Street in Manhattan, the new space incorporates some of the elements we developed for its counterpart in...
Smart products from Muuto
Muuto, a new Danish design company, strives to add fresh perspectives to Scandinavian design and thereby put the region back in the lead on the international design scene. That is why they chose the name Muuto – inspired by the Finnish word ”Muutos”, meaning change or fresh perspective. Muuto is firmly rooted in Scandinavian design,...
Richard Avedon retrospective
The first retrospective exhibition of the work of photographer Richard Avedon since his death three years ago will open at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark next Friday on August 24. Richard Avedon was one of the iconic star photographers and his rough and unveiling style stands out as brilliant. The exhibition at Louisiana...
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