Terence Conran exhibition
The London Design museum is currently showing an exhibition about Terence Conran, called ’The way we live now’. The exhibition marks Conran’s 80th birthday and is on until the 4th March. All the work is displayed in one room with a wall that divides the room, which makes it easy to navigate through. It starts...
The sublime and the complex expression
My post on aesthetic sustainability finished with the following question: Is aesthetic sustainability only a matter of creating minimalistic, “clean” objects that you never get tired of looking at? Or can an aesthetically sustainable object also be an object that is so complex that you never feel like you are done with it? This is...
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...
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...
Muuse – The independent fashion talent community
With Copenhagen Fashion Week happening just this week I feel it is relevant to write about a recent fashion online initiative called MUUSE. It is a co-created, new and forward thinking business model within high level, couture fashion. MUUSE – describe themselves as “The independent fashion talent community”. Launched in 2011 ready for fashion week...
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...
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