April 2021 |

2021.04.28

Hand-picked favourites from Stockholm Art Week

The positive impact of art and inspiring young creatives is needed now more than ever – especially as most cultural events have been cancelled, and institutions have had to close within the last year. Fortunately, with the return of Stockholm Art Week, we are starting to see things gradually lifting again, with Swedish Crown Princess Victoria digitally opening the week in alignment with UN’s global day for innovation and creativity. Throughout the week there have been a number of events and exhibitions both open for public viewing, as well as digitally – giving those outside of Stockholm a chance to also get a glimpse into the vibrant Nordic art scene. We have picked some of our top highlights during the week.

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INTERVIEW

2021.04.27

Creative agency Ray Atelier on the post pandemic future

After working together at renowned JoAnn Tann Studio which has a focus on window display, Saba Gedda, Kia Lublin, Cora Hamilton and Elin Skogkvist decided to go on their own mission by opening the creative agency Ray Atelier during 2018 in Stockholm. Tiger of Sweden, Totême and Hermès, are just some of the international brands they have created visual interiors for. In a time when the physical manifestations of a brand is more important than ever their knowledge is in demand.

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DESIGN

2021.04.23

Vaarnii presents a new and brutalist take on the Scandinavian design aesthetic

Launching this week, the Finnish furniture company Vaarnii aims to introduce “a new Finnish vernacular” using local materials and local makers – from specialised factories to individual craftsmen – which are all carefully introduced alongside the furniture pieces online. Their first range of furniture is completely made from uncultivated Scots Pine grown in the middle, north and north-east of the country, which is slow growing and thus more dense. Naturally occurring fractures are kept visible and filled with natural resin, staying true to Vaarniis values of honest and unconventional furniture making.

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DESIGN

2021.04.22

Massproductions launches webshop plus increased focus on transparency

The Swedish/British furniture company Massproductions founded by Magnus Elebäck and Chris Martin has just launched a new webbshop with best-selling products as well as limited edition pieces. In connection with the launch, Massproduction unveils The Transparency Project, an initiative to investigate its environmental imprint.

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INSPIRATION

2021.04.11

Photographer Mike Karlsson Lundgren on his biggest inspirations

Before becoming a photographer, Mike Karlsson Lundgren worked as a hair stylist in Paris and New York. As a result he was early on drawn to the fashion industry working for legendary editors and creative directors such as Grace Coddington and Fabien Baron. Now, some 40 years later his biggest focus is on interiors, still life and portrait photography. We talk to him about what has shaped his way of capturing images and how he loves pairing them to tell a deeper story.

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INTERIORS

2021.04.02

Extract from The New Era ISSUE 02 – A visit to the Halleroed hideaway in the Swedish woods

Exclusive extract from The new era magazine ISSUE 02 – The couple behind Halleroed, Sweden’s most sought after interior architect firm, escape the work and city buzz deep in the woods of their favourite island. Arriving here makes them forget reality for a bit. In an exclusive extract from issue two, we share some photographs from their hideaway.

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Okategoriserade

2021.04.02

LAUNCHING ISSUE 02 APRIL 2021

In our second issue we visit the couple behind acclaimed interior architecture firm Halleroed at their forest hideaway, and we visit a 17th-century home and garden where time has stood still. Celebrated fashion designer Diana Orving creates a textile art installation in an empty museum exclusively for us, and we spend some time in the beautiful, sparse home of glass maestro Ingegerd Råman. “We are not easily tempted to buy things,” she says about her and her husband’s decision to live with the bare minimum of objects.

“I will defend the empty space.” Elsewhere in the issue, we discuss the profound effects of the built environment on our wellbeing. “I want to be part of a cultural movement that recalibrates what matters in society, and in life,” says Danish chef Fredrik Bille Brahe in Hugo Macdonald’s article on reconnecting with our roots. “I think courage to be local is important.” Born at a time of change, our hope is to inspire new ideas on the subject of living well. It’s time to welcome in a new era.

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Okategoriserade

2021.04.02