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• The future is female

  With their project Tits N Ass, design studio Butler/Lindgård have conquered the world of design and art. They have also been provocative. On their fabrics, breasts, body hair and floating spots become beautiful hand-printed patterns.

  par Caroline Söderholm
• The silky way

  Silk and organza, beauty and sensualism. This spring, Pasi Välimaa’s monumental designs will be installed in Stockholm.

  par Susanne Helgeson
• Junkology

  Fast food chains have always produced tons of waste. Today, plenty of climate-smart solutions crop up – such as coffee ground cups and packaging material made out of potato peels. But complete circularity remains a utopian dream.

  par Nils Forsberg
• Milan

  Everything you need to know about Milan

  par Leo Gullbring
• House of horrors

  When Kieran Long became director at ArkDes two years ago, he inherited an institution in crisis. But is the situation any better? Leonidas Aretakis tells of a museum where daily rebukes and sudden dismissals have become part of life. Kieran Long’s explanation: “There was a lack of talent.”

  par Leonidas Aretakis
• The secret world of plants

  The Swedish hydropower plants are architectural expressions of the 20th century’s belief in
  technical progress. Form followed the curvaceous trail of the Indalsälven river.

  par Bo Madestrand
• Ticket to heaven

  Copenhagen architects Norrøn design tourist destinations and rescue eroding shorelines on the basis of slow analysis. Then they let the challenges do the hard work.

  par Rasmus Graakjær
• Fifty shades of grey

  It’s been 100 years since the founding of Bauhaus, a jubilee that will be celebrated throughout 2019. Hedvig Hedqvist recounts the marks that the movement has left on Swedish design history.

  par Hedvig Hedqvist
• Glass Art Society

  In 2020 Sweden will host the world's greatest glass conference.

• Close, but not quite

  The renovation of Röhsska unveils both gems and duds.

  par Mark Isitt
• The Danish Museum of art & design

  The Danish Museum of art & design gets a beautiful refurb

  par Rasmus Graakjær
• Bosse Yman

  Jöns Ljungberg och Härjedalens rokoko

  par Nils Forsberg
• John Selbing

  John Selbing's photos helped shoot orrefors to success

  par Bo Madestrand
• The future is here

  During the furniture week in Stockholm, Ung Svensk Form opened at ArkDes, an exhibition showcasing the best of contemporary Swedish design.
  Form photographer Rana Van Pellecom was there.

  par Rana Van Pellecom