This article was published 12 yearsI’m sharing some of my favourite post from this year all throughout December – I loved meeting Petter and am still really inspired by his experimental approach to creativity… Whenever I visit a city for Design Week, alongside the organised events, I always try to…
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Confessions of a Design Geek
feature :: for the love of leather
This article was published 12 years Man has used leather since prehistoric times, for everything from clothing and shelter to boats and armour. Leather tanning is one of the oldest human activities – early methods using animal fats are mentioned in Assyrian texts and Homer’s Iliad. As the design industry…
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photos of numbers :: 34, 296 & 23
This article was published 12 yearsSticking with this week’s theme, these are all numbers I spotted in Stockholm when I was there for Design Week. The first one was spotted in the workshop area of Farg & Blanche‘s studio. I spotted 296 tucked in between T-bann carriages, much to the…
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here’s one I made earlier :: wood tailoring
This article was published 12 years When I met Emma Marga Blanche and Fredrik Färg at Stockholm Design Week last year, they’d just bought each other a state of the art sewing machine for Christmas. They’d also just launched the highly FAB Chair Couture – chairs whose backs you can…
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out and about :: greenhouse, stockholm furniture fair 2014
This article was published 12 years It’s hard to believe it’s less than a week since I was in Stockholm for Design Week. The main event is the Furniture and Light Fair, and for me the highlight is always Greenhouse, a showcase of recently graduated and independent designers. The standard…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2013
This article was published 13 years 2013 has been a year of incredible highs and some fairly massive personal lows. It was a year in which my career choice has enabled me to be there for my family, for which I’m really grateful. And it’s also the second year I’ve…
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photos of numbers :: 5, 48 & 10
This article was published 13 yearsMy recent trip to Stockholm for Design Week, was a fabulous source of photos of numbers. The first one in today’s post is possibly in the running for best number ever – what do you think?! It was spotted in Per Soderberg‘s attic studio –…
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creative spaces :: stockholm
This article was published 13 years While I was in Stockholm for Design Week, I was very lukcy to be able to visit several designers’ workspaces. Note Design Studio (pictured above) had “popped up” in a temporary office-come-exhibiting space overlooking the harbour. They kindly invited us to have a nose around,…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2012
This article was published 14 years Wow – what a year! This time last year I had just made the decision to leave my day job, follow my dream and see if I could make a living as a design writer. A year later, I can confidently say that I…