This article was published 10 years 14 Product and Spatial Design Masters students at Finland’s Aalto University School of Arts, Design, and Architecture each responded to the brief for a café chair to be made from the same material – blackened ash – resulting in 14 different prototypes. Kuu by…
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Iselin Lindmark Dubland’s side table is designed for “lazy sofa days”
This article was published 10 years Norwegian School of Art and Design (KHiB) graduate, Iselin Lindmark Dubland, has designed Birk, a coffee table with concealed storage for magazines, laptops and television remotes, and a removable tray perfect for TV dinners. The four-legged table is made of birch wood with a…
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fiera :: issue 02 has gone to print
This article was published 11 years We did it! Issue 02 of our sister publication Fiera Magazine has gone to print! The flat plan above has been our guiding light for months, and now every last page has finally been crossed off! In many ways, the “difficult second album,” I’m…
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out and about :: stockholm
This article was published 11 years As you know, I jetted off to snowy Sweden for the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February. I am incredibly lucky in that I get to travel all over the world visiting design fairs, but I’m often so focused on my work that I forget…
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out and about :: twelve at stockholm furniture fair, 2015
This article was published 11 years Disegno founder and editor-in-chief Johanna Agerman Ross curated Twelve for the Stockholm Furniture Fair, an edit of established independent, Nordic designers. The theme for this year was Methods. “In recent years, the documentation of research and the practical method of making has become just…
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out and about :: greenhouse, stockholm furniture fair 2015
This article was published 11 years Greenhouse is the reason I brave the snow in Stockholm every February. The Stockholm Furniture Fair‘s showcase of design graduates and new designers, it’s always an amazing place to spot new talent and meet passionate designers. The space was designed by Note Design Studio, for…
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confessions of a design geek :: the best of 2014
This article was published 12 yearsHello and happy New Year! I’m really excited to be back at my desk after a wonderful break and I thought I’d kick things off by reflecting on the last year. I’m really bad at taking the time to be proud of what I’ve achieved, so…
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interview :: a future perfect
This article was published 12 years I spotted “The Concrete Cities: Athens (Fragments)” by A Future Perfect at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February, and again at Ventura Lambrate in Milan, and loved the use of concrete as well as such a simple and graphical way of representing a city….
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interview :: sofia lazzeri and alexandra denton
This article was published 12 years I was fascinated by a half-glass, half-knitted vase I spotted at the Stockholm Furniture Fair in February, so I tracked down designers Sofia Lazzeri and Alexandra Denton to find out more… What’s the most important thing to know about you as a designer? Sofia: The projects I do are usually…
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interview :: malin bobeck
This article was published 12 years I met Malin Bobeck at the Stockholm Furniture Fair‘s student and graduate showcase, Greenhouse. I was immediately captivated by her experimental projects using light technology in textiles, Droplet and Liquid. I had to find out more… What’s the most important thing to know about…
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out and about :: stockholm furniture and light fair, 2014
This article was published 12 years I’ve told you all about Greenhouse, so now it’s time for the Stockholm Furniture Fair itself. It’s one of my favourite shows, always full of fresh new design that you just don’t see anywhere else. I loved the rich, yet typically restrained Scandinavian colour palette…
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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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out and about :: stockholm furniture fair
This article was published 13 years I was really excited about coming back to the Stockholm Furniture Fair, having enjoyed it so much last year. Founder of Nendo, Oki Sato exhibited for the first time at Greenhouse in 2004, was invited back this year as the guest of honour, in response to…
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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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out and about :: greenhouse at the stockholm furniture fair
This article was published 13 years The Stockholm Furniture Fair one of my favourite design shows and one of the main reasons for that is Greenhouse. Whereas some trade shows seem to pay lip service to showcasing student work, Stockholm makes a real investment in it. Entirely dedicated to new designers,…
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creative spaces :: stockholm furniture fair
This article was published 14 yearsThis week’s creative spaces post is a little different from usual in that it’s not one person’s space, but rather a collection of all the great products I saw at the Stockholm Furniture Fair designed for creative people’s working environments. I believe that the space…
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design geekery :: grass green
This article was published 14 yearsI fell in love with a new colour at the Stockholm Furniture Fair… grass green is this week’s topic for my Design Geekery column for We Heart. “Design Geekery; Grass Green I’m not a ‘colour’ person. My favourite colour is grey. I like grey and…