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• Salone del Mobile

  It was green. Curvaceous, shimmering, metallic,
  pink and playful. Generous amounts of marble and
  a lot of Sottsass inspiration. But also the opposite:
  a dash of bleak asceticism. This year’s design week
  in Milan was more about furniture as a solo player,
  rather than generic office designs. In the city,
  we were impressed by the new Ventura Centrale
  and 5Vie districts - not least the magnificent
  exhibitions by Luca Nichetto and Färg & Blanche.

  par Salka Hallström Bornold
• Smoky bay

  Lava stone toys and fish skin bags – necessity has become the mother
  of art in Iceland. It’s also a haven for creatives from all corners of
  the world. Salka Hallström Bornold returns to the annual event
  DesignMarch and sees a city undergoing massive changes.

  par Salka Hallström Bornold
• The pineal eye par Johan Deurell
• Blowing in the wind

  They shoot out like exclamation marks in the
  landscape. Enormous, white and unnatural, but
  with an uncanny beauty. Gerry Johansson has
  photographed windmills on a variety of rural
  locations in Sweden. Nils Forsberg bows before the
  Swedish master of desolate landscapes.

  par Gerry Johansson
• The construction of comfort

  A comfortable collection that seamlessly integrates into residential or
  commercial environments. Design by Lievore Altherr Molina.

• Crack in the glass ceiling

  A feminist platform and an experimental workshop
  – the members of glass collective Boom are united in the search for
  new work methods and a desire to broaden the arena for glass.

  par Jenny Damberg
• GBG sharing city

  Stockholm continues its
  transformation into a shopping
  metropolis, but Gothenburg does the
  opposite. The Swedish town takes
  the same path as a number of world
  cities and invests in collaborative
  economics.

  par Ola Kjelbye
• Early creations

  The flat landscape calls for a special kind of
  architecture. Rasmus Graakjær explains why
  Danish architects like to merge with nature.

  par Rasmus Graakjær
• Seoul power

  Next to sprawling Seoul, a new city is built: sustainable Songdo.
  Here, vegetables are grown in the shadow of skyscrapers and
  mobile masts. Form photographer David Relan went there.

  par David Relan