Sami Kallio wants to create furniture by people, for people. His chairs are sculptures for sitting, created by a craftsman with a deep love for his chosen material: wood.
Memento mori
Chairity project
par Bo Madestrand
· visuels:
Ola Kjelbye
One in a million
What is it about The Million Programme that causes aversion, the inhabitants or the architecture? Writer Carlos Rojas and photographer Ola Bergengren find beauty behind the scenes in Sweden’s most demonised suburbs.
Buzz builder
From the sculptural church to the fantasy scraper with a piezoelectric coiffure - Rahel Belatchew Lerdell emphasises the experiential qualities of architecture. Art critic Nils Forsberg and photographer Daniel Lundkvist visit the visionary architect in her Stockholm office.
Sweet dreams are made of this
par Jenny Damberg
· visuels:
Patrick Miller
The romantic tendencies are strong in jewellery, ceramics and fashion. It is memento mori all over again, in an era of roaring belief in growth and digital infinity.
Green room
par Salka Hallström Bornold
Oslo is trying hard to become Scandinavia’s own Manhattan. Salka Hallström Bornold talks sustainablity with one of the hard workers behind the city’s green facade: Tom of Mad Arkitekter.
Secret of the unicorn
par Malin Zimm
The digital revolution is not as new as it sounds. Malin Zimm reminds us that we’ve been here before - and envisions how we all can become digital winners.
From riches to rags
Textile designer Maja Sjöström was a rising star in early 20th century Sweden. Today she is totally forgotten. Pontus Dahlman traces the footsteps of a female pioneer who handlessly fell for a fascist dictator.
Bringing the gap
par Rasmus Graakjær
The inner harbour of Copenhagen has been connected by a web of bridges, to the delight of the city’s cyclists and flaneurs. Rasmus Graakjær takes us on a walk in his pedestrian-friendly hometown.
Klong
par Susanne Helgeson
Klong has a lingering clang
Design S Day
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