Tag Archives: Design
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Easy pieces
November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen
Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments
Tags: Consumer behaviour, Design, Europe, Fashion, High Street, Recession, Retail, Scandinavia, Style
London, Paris, Milan… Stockholm and Helsinki? Scandinavia has no international reputation for its fashion. But as its high quality and simple - yet contemporary - style finds new fans during the recession, all that looks set to change, as Josh Sims discovers
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Beyond blonde
November 22nd, 2011 by Tony Nguyen
Posted in Celebrating Scandinavia | No Comments
Tags: Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Design, Scandinavia, Style
The Scandinavian architectural tradition has long had tell-tale traits without ever being obvious. Jonathan Bell explains how they still inform the most progressive work of the region’s architects today - and how they go well beyond the blonde-wood and white-wall stereotype