Next week sees the start of Stockholm design Week, this year featuring a number of small scale but interesting installations and collaborations. With many brands opening up their showroom by appointment, quite a few design and architecture talks taking place and a number of digital launches and exhibitions on the agenda, the week offers much by way of inspiration. This is a mindful design week that can be enjoyed on safe distance – from the comfort of our homes, from a shop window or by a one to one appointment. We have hand picked 15 initiatives for you to enjoy.

Next week Veermakers launches its first collection in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded by Swedish Liljencrantz interior design studio and the KFK Master-cabinet makers, Veermakers design and produce furniture and accessories in honest materials combining a contemporary aesthetic with well crafted design.

A new generation of Scandinavian textile designers and artists are reviving the ancient craft traditions. Their new expressions and techniques are questioning their surroundings and at the same time demonstrating visual beauty. We spoke to four of them catching our attention.

Inspired by the flowing lines and tailored cuts in fashion, the porcelain series Pli Blanc is the first collaboration between Swedish design duo Färg & Blanche and Rörstrand.

Interior decorator Kirsten Visdal founded Håndverk + about six years ago, a platform where the Norwegian craft and design communities can meet and learn from each other. She sees a new generation Norwegian designers challenging traditional norms. ”They have a more transparent approach and don’t let the market dictate their expressions. They also move fluently between art, design and craft,” she says and points to the importance of new platforms such as Sorgenfri and Galleri Pytonare exhibiting experimental design and craft. We asked her to pick six Norwegian designers pushing the norms.

The exhibition L’art plissé, a collaboration between design studio Folkform and fashion designer and artist Roland Hjort, opened at Bar Brillo in Stockholm in October and has extended its show time until early next year.

The world’s first shower with a recirculating system, which up until now has only been used in hospitality, is finally available to consumers. While an ordinary shower uses around 10 litres of water every minute, the Orbital shower uses up to 90 percent less water and 80 percent less energy.

The new carpet collection Space is made in collaboration with stylist duo Sundling Kickén and plays with different structures to create a pattern.

Fiskars could not have picked a better time to launch its first fashion and accessory capsule collection with ”garden staples” aimed at everyone wanting utalitarian and good looking clothing for time spent outside.