Design

The Big Eksell

DESIGN

23 March, 2013
Writer: Sara Norrman

Everybody knows Olle Eksell's eyes. Created for chocolate brand Mazetti in 1957, the graphic designer settled on a pair of deceptively simple, openly staring line-drawn eyes as a brand, marking that the cacao used was as pure as can be.

Over his long career, starting in 1932 when Eksell as a…


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Isitt Love/Hate

DESIGN

18 March, 2013
Writer: Sara Norrman
Images: Mark Isitt

Architecture writer Mark Isitt has wandered the streets of Sweden and beyond to find great urban design (and not-so-great design), instantly showing what he loves and what he hates


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Set In Granit

Set In Granit

17 May, 2013

Granit is that most exemplary of interiors shops – beautiful and useful


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High And Dry

High And Dry

17 May, 2013

DRY Things' products are perfectly pitched in design and execution


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Creative Mind

Creative Mind

17 May, 2013

Hilda Hellström’s artdesign is full of symbolism, with a lingering sense of protest


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Flowers and Power

Flowers and Power

11 May, 2013

Designer Lisa Bengtsson’s textiles brim with blowsy blossoms and herrings in top hats


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SDW Top 13

SDW Top 13

09 March, 2013

From pop-up lamps to robot arms, here is the latest, best and most beautiful finds from Stockholm Design Week 2013


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The Cube Rolls On

The Cube Rolls On

26 June, 2012

Get a square meal high above Stockholm and London in Electrolux' Cubes


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Leg It

Leg It

24 June, 2012

Customise Ikea furniture with Prettypegs geniously stylish legs


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Style Stallion

Style Stallion

12 June, 2012

Hästens' celebratory beds marry denim checks to luscious leather


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Swedese’s Happy Colours

Swedese’s Happy Colours

07 June, 2012

Stool Spin and coat hanger Tree get fresh shades for spring


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Common's AW12 collection is hyper-modern and anchored in national pride

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New art museum opens outside Stockholm in June, celebrating the spectacular archipelago

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