Urban artist ROA working on a show in Stockholm
The Scarlett Gallery is working on a show in Stockholm with the urban artist ROA. Right now he’s among the top five muralist/installation urban artists in the world, his most recent shows include Gambia and Australia and in the last three months of last year he showed in four continents. His work was at MOCA, LA last...
The room in-between by Nude
Nude is Stockholm based creative atelier that creates energy-filled rooms for well being. During Stockholm Design Week they will launch The Room In-Between, accompanied by a limited edition of specially designed furniture. The founder of NUDE, Eva-Lotta Axelsson, describes their philosophy: In the city, everything is represented by a facade. The facade and its location becomes...
The Atelier Collection from David Design
I just got the good news that my former company David Design, which I founded back in 1988, has got a new management, new designers and new products. I left the company 6 years ago and I’m happy to see that there is some new power behind the brand! I have heard that the work...
Superior quality fabrics from HOSOO
The Danish design bureau OeO has teamed up with Japanese textile brand HOSOO for their new fabrics collection that was just presented at Maison & Objet in Paris from 20-24 January 2012. Building on its celebrated legacy, HOSOO develops superior quality fabrics for high-end interior. The new fabrics collection from HOSOO reflects the company’s strong commitment...
New Solutions for work and storage by Per Söderberg
Per Söderberg continues to futher develop the No Early Birds collection. This year at the Stockholm Design Week he presents new solutions for work and storage. What appears to be plain but subtle boxes with elegant brass fronts – placed on a cross-leg structure base – turns out, after a closer look, to be units with...
Art and Tech Combine to Create New Social Marketing Trends
The trend towards less invasive advertising and marketing strategies in the public sphere is certainly one of the more interesting design concepts to contemplate right now. These trends overlaps with technological innovation and commercialism in surprising ways. Starting with holosonic sound beams that were used to market the A&E show Paranormal Activity, people began to...
Work In Progress – ideas, prototypes and processes
Work in Progress is an exhibition focused on ideas and creative processes behind and not only the final product. It’s an opportunity to see the sketches, models and prototypes of both new talents and some of Scandinavia’s most renowned designers. The exhibit tells the stories behind 15 designers’ work – some designs are brand new...
Rubble floor by Dave Hakkens
Dutch designer Dave Hakkens has just finished a new project called rubble floor. You will find Dave’s story below where he talks about why he started the project and how it came out in the end. Usually when a building/bathroom/shed etc. is being demolished a completely new one takes over his place. This is done without...
Örnsbergsauktionen – a platform for unique items and projects
In a time when large scale production no longer takes place within the borders the city and has decreased within the country, designers tend to form small but strong units based on specific knowledge within materials, traditions and areas of application. Örnsbergsauktionen wants to create a platform for the unique items and projects that form the...
Monograph about Mathieu Lehanneur
The German publisher Gestalten is about to publish a monograph about designer Mathieu Lehanneur’s career and inspirations. The book will focus on his intellectual and visual approach. The book gathers photos which inspired, sketches, photos of processes, objects in context and immerses the reader into the very heart of the designer’s studio. Over the years Mathieu Lehanneur has made...
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