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 Mette Kahlos The chairs are all…
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Iselin Lindmark Dubland’s side table is designed for “lazy sofa days”
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 one metre by 50 centimetre elongated…
long reads
feature :: the new scandi
I was recently commissioned to write an article for the Guardian Weekend Magazine about Scandinavian design, so I thought I would share it with you here too. With an appetite for innovation and a new generation of talent, the Scandinavians are coming – again. Katie Treggiden explores the rebirth of…
long reads
feature :: the law of jante
I’m sharing some of my favourite 2014 posts throughout December – this one was actually inspired by the interview with Petter that I shared on Tuesday… As I typed the pleasingly alliterative phrase ‘Danish design duo’ for the umpteenth time, it struck me how often I’ve met Scandinavian designers working…
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out and about :: 100% norway
100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway celebrated its 10th anniversary this year – making it just one year younger than the London Design Festival itself. Longstanding curators Henrietta Thompson (London) and Benedicte Sunde (Oslo) came up with the concept “10 x 10” and invited 10 rising stars to showcase their work alongside 10 established…
interviews
interview :: folklore
Folklore opened in Islington in May of this year and is already one of London’s top design destinations. It’s a space that induces calm sighs of satisfaction: design at its quiet, understated best. With the ethos that “better living is possible through design” there is an integrity to everything co-founders Danielle…
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out and about :: 100% norway (LDF12)
100{ff546b69e23b1524d799f96c6ba7a638e1f677053b0a2a1568b05315fd5f8fc7} Norway was another highlight of London Design Festival – I’m a sucker for Scandinavian design! Now in its ninth year, it has been going almost as long as the festival itself. And it’s now in a shiny new venue, Dray Walk Gallery, just around the corner from Tent. The light-filled…