”We wanted to create a sanctuary, where you can stay, think, dream and spend time together,” says Ted Muehling. ”Using the Svenskt Tenn archives, with all that Josef Frank and Estrid Ericson have left made available to us, we have staged a home.” Adds Mats Gustafson: ”In reality, interior design takes time to settle. Here we have had the opportunity to improvise, play with instant effects, and to mix the luxurious and extravagant with odd pieces of different value.”

Don´t get confused, NoEarlyBirds is not a newly discovered species. It is the name of a new Swedish furniture manufacturer and the result of a 10 year old dream of architect Per Söderberg and creative director Peter Simonsson to create a brand that reflects their personal believes regarding design and lifestyle.

With over 20 years of working experience in the fields of interior design, architecture and the fashion industry, they now felt the time was right to realize their vision based on the values emotional, inspirational, uncompromising and honesty. The first collection by NoEarlyBirds goes by the name of “New Habits”. A system of shelves, tables, benches and a stool based on an ingenious cross-leg structure inspired by the distinctive shape of a birds leg.

The almost obvious, yet innovative design and the ambition to create an extensive and coherent collection with interesting colours, materials and detailing – this is what makes the whole just as interesting as the parts.

“With the New Habits collection I wish to encourage new ways of furnishing homes and public spaces, while at the same creating timeless furnitures that age with beauty”, says Per.

We want to be able to control every step of the production and we have been extremely careful in the choice of materials and finishes regarding quality and environmental impact. To produce in Sweden was therefore a natural choice.

Per Söderberg holds a degree from the Domus Academy, Milan. Among his former projects you’ll find the storage system Funk, private houses, shops, restaurants and office interiors for clients such as Moschino, J.Lindeberg and Orrefors. Peter Simonsson has formerly worked at David Design, Adidas and Björn Borg among others. Design agency Kurppa PHA and photographer Peter Gehrke are also involved in the project.

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The knowledge company Designboost is announcing today that Ross Lovegrove will attend and talk at DesignBoost February 12 at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm. Also Henrik Otto, design manager at Electrolux and Jens Fager, the new hope for Swedish Design, will come and share their visions about how we create design for a better life.

The complete list of speakers and panelists look like this: Karim Rashid, Ross Lovegrove, Stephen Burks, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Henrik Otto, Gert Wingårdh, Thomas Sandell, Satyendra Pakhale, Ilse Crawford, Monica Förster and Jens Fager.

It’s free entrance to the BoostTalk on February 12, but you must register at mija(at)designboost(dot)se no later than February 8. Designboost says it is important that everyone should be able to be inspired by creative talks about design regardless of thickness of wallet…

-Ross Lovegrove in one of the leading Design icons and we are of course very happy that he has chosen to participate at DesignBoost. On  the other hand Jens Fager is just in the beginning of his career. I am sure that we will here a lot about him in the future, says David Carlson, from Designboost.

-The theme for DesignBoost at Arkitekturmuseet is “Design for Life”. It’s important to look at sustainable design with a holistic view. At DesignBoost we will discuss how companies and organizations can use design as a competitive advantage. It will be interesting to listen to Henrik Otto, how he is working with design thinking as chief designer at Electrolux, says Peer Eriksson, from Designboost.

As reported earlier DesignBoost will take place at Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm February 11-12. The overall theme is “Design for Life”. As earlier years Designboost has invited speakers from all over the world which represent the true frontline within design.

Today Designboost reveals four new speakers for the BoostTalk (lectures) on February 12th.

Karim Rashid – one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries…

Ilse Crawford – a creative director and designer who crosses the worlds of brand creation, interiors and design.

Satyendra Pakhale – A cultural nomad born in India and now working from Amsterdam.

Monica Förster - One of the leading young designers from Sweden.

Last week Designboost revealed the name of the first nine speakers: Stephen Burks, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Gert Wingårdh and Thomas Sandell.

Jasper Morrison exhibits in Stockholm. With reference to the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February Forum, the magazine for Scandinavian architecture, interiors and design, brings Jasper Morrison and his exhibition Jugs, Jars and Pitchers to Stockholm. The exhibition will be shown at Hallwylska Museet.

As the name implies, the exhibition consists of personally selected jugs, jars, and pitchers – ordinary objects that are chosen on the basis of their aesthetic and functional qualities.

Jasper Morrison is a British furniture- and industrial designer. Born in London 1959 he had his breakthrough at the end of the 80s with the tubular steel armchair The Thinking Man’s Chair. Since then Morrison has been one of the world’s leading designers. He has designed everything from cutlery and doorknobs to tramcars, and worked for several well known brands like Alessi, Cappellini, Flos, Magis and Vitra.

Except for his own design, which is characterized by a simple style, Jasper Morrison is known for his work to acknowledge the ever yday objects, which he among other things has done with the book Super Normal – Sensations of the Ordinary (2007) that he has written together with the Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa.

The exhibition that is to be shown in Stockholm is a part of this work. This is what Jasper Morrison himself has to say about Jugs, Jars and Pitchers:

“Jugs, Jars & Pitchers is an exhibition on the age old theme of containers and pourers, show-ing a variety of examples in glassware, ceramic, plastic and stainless steel. The intention is to explore the essential nature of a time-honoured aspect of daily life.”

“Jugs, Jars & Pitchers is a unique opportunity for us in Sweden to take part in Jasper Morrison’s view on design. His entire work, from the products he himself has designed to the ex- hibitions, is about acknowledging the anonymous and normal, which seldom is recognized, but which always is there and always works. It is design whose foremost quality is not to be spectacular but to be long lasting. Jasper Morrison does only a couple of exhibitions a year. We are very happy that he has chosen to do one in cooperation with us,” says Forum’s Editor-in-Chief Daniel Golling.

The exhibition is shown 11–28 February at Hallwylska Museet, Hamngatan 4, Stockholm.

Jugs, Jars & Pitchers is presented by Forum and Henrik Nygren Design in cooperation with Hallwylska Museet.

The theme of this autumn’s DesignBoost in Malmö was Design for Life. Now the question is once again being posed, how to make design economical, ecological and fair when DesignBoost collaborates with Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm.

At this DesignBoost people of worldwide reputation such as Stephen Burkes, Ineke Hans, Katrin Olina, Ilkka Suppanen, James Irvine, Richard Hutten, Bjarke Ingels, Gert Wingårdh and Thomas Sandell will participate. Additional participants will be announced.

Design for Life is about how we shall shape our way of life. How we plan, produce, deliver and consume everything from cities, transportation and infrastructure as well as food, entertainment, products and brands. Over the years design unfortunately has developed more and more into an exceedingly contributing source of pollution and over consumption. Therefore some of the biggest names in the world of design will once again meet, to show how design and architecture may be used to create better conditions for people as well as for the environment.

One of the speakers is Stephen Burks, known among other things for his border breaking collaborations with artisans in South Africa and Peru.

We need to redefine design and focus on people’s needs, rather than just surface. When design is put in a humanistic perspective one understands the tremendous ability it has to make change happen, socially as well as economically and ecologically. With knowledge of design, we can solve and improve everyday life of people both in Sweden and globally, says Peer Eriksson.

DesignBoost at Arkitekturmuseeum in Stockholm will take place on the 11-12th of February with around seventy especially invited participants. During two days BoostChats (workshops) and BoostTalks (lectures) on the theme Design for Life will be held. BoostChat on the 11th is exclusively open to those especially invited guests while the talks on the 12th will be open to the public.

As a part of this a BoostShow (exhibition) with examples of holistic sustainable design will be open until the 7th of March.

DesignBoost invites the most pioneering thinkers. Stephen Burks is established as one of the worlds greatest designers but other brilliant talents will also attend, such as Bjarke Ingels, architect and maker of Denmark’s pavilion on the world exhibition in Shanghai later this year, David Carlson tells us. He, along with Peer Eriksson is the initiative behind DesignBoost.

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Starting with 2006, the Romanian avant-garde fashion label Rozalb de Mura, is rediscovering fresh moments from the past, that he sets in utterly contemporary contexts, unflinchingly mixing real and imaginary characters, coolly playing with time and space. Moreover, the Rozalb de Mura label is developing as a multidisciplinary platform that commissions and supports unexpected and exciting collaborations with visual artists, musicians and writers

Outstanding performers such as Patrick Wolf, Roisin Murphy or Mikhail Karikis wear its sophisticated mixture of masculine and feminine cuts; influential magazines the likes of Dazed and Confused, CRASH, Double or British Vogue feature its sharp style and intriguing stories. It’s no wonder young label Rozalb de Mura is gaining a cult status in Europe. After a series of events in Vienna, Berlin, Seoul and Beijing, the last three seasons saw Rozalb de Mura’s collections within the prestigious OnIOff, London Fashion Week.

If you are in Stockholm, The Romanian Cultural Institute has a “Double Game” talk about cutting-edge fashion label Rozalb de Mura and interior design duo Liste Noire and their special interest in fashion storytelling and emotional interior design. The event will take place on October 22, 6.30 PM at Skeppsbron 20 in Stockholm.

On 25th September, H&M kicked off with the natural brand extension for a retailer: To jump from apparel to home textile and accessories.

However, instead of creating “yet another H&M to dress your HoMe” - i.e. ZARA home - they went for a risky brand reinforcement via a pantone-inspired and impressively cool showroom installed in their space in central Stockholm.

Climb upstairs and scan through the planned shows for the season, to you get a metallic palette.

Explore the open space where things are displayed in a art gallery-like manner and stick magnetic colors (one for each item to purchase) to your card.

Sold out item? No magnets left.

Changed your mind? Just leave the no-longer-wanted in the magnet parking.

Craving for more? Address to the color library that contains anything available though not present in the first show.

Don’t forget to drop by… Pay and get your stuff!

Home reflections is the first show called. I agree. There’s a lot to reflect on how this brand new experience of interior design moves a step beyond, from the familiar ikea-like environment, to a creative environment, where the customer becomes both critic and creator of his own oeuvre.

This is a post by the David Report contributor Claudia Muñiz García.

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Sturegallerian opens first crowd sprouting store in Sweden
- impressive discounts on exclusive shopping when Swedens first “group buy” store opens.
In the midst of global financial turmoil where many retailers have taken a blow Sturegallerian, a leading premium shopping destination in Stockholm, Sweden, introduces its own ”crowd sprouting” shop.

Monday May 4, the store Together opened its doors in the fashionable galleria in the Swedish capital. The store offers substantial discounts on products from Sturegallerian’s exclusive shops and boutiques.
Today there is a number of web sites such as, crowdsprout.com, which offers discounts to groups where a lot of pepole are interested in the same product. Now this concept is introduced in Sweden as a physical store, and that in one of Sweden’s most exclusive shopping destinations.

– ”Despite the financial crisis Sturegallerian is doing well. However, we believe that we need to stay on our toes and constantly be on the look out for new things. We see this as an exciting experiment to show the wide range of products and services offered in Sturegallerian”, says Pernilla Karvia, head of the shopping centre and responsible for the initiative.
The store will offer around 30 products every day and will be updated daily with new offers. In addition to all the shops in Sturegallerian, the exclusive gym and spa, Sturebadet, and the many restaurants will also offer discounts.

In the store, the merchandise will be on display and customers can submit their interest for a specific product or service. If enough people announced their interest the customer will then receive a text message saying that he or she can pick up the product at the store. Every offer is valid for a limited time only.
For those interested you need to be quick. The store will only be open during the month of May.
The idea behind Together and the design of the store is a collaboration between Sturegallerian and retail and brand specialists BAS Brand Identity.

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