I really like the new Acne Resort Spring/Summer 2012 collection. What is especially striking is their silhouettes mixing over-sized and fitted pieces, their lightweight sheer fabrics paired with sweats with their pastel color palette. The Resort 2012 women collection is all about comfort and style. I also love their leather perfecto jackets. The(...) Read More about Acne Resort 2012 Collection (14 words)

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Swedish industrial and furniture designer with a studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, Staffan Holm has always been fascinated about the poetry of crafts as well as of the wonders of new technology. His latest Milano 2011 collection consists of five new items each inspired by (...) Read More about Staffan Holm: Scandinavian Furniture (250 words)

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Denise Grünstein is one of the best known and most highly respected profiles in Swedish photography. Her images are easily recognized for their characteristic, intensely present, highly personal and quite romantic artistic expression. Considered one of Sweden´s foremost portrayers of (...) Read More about Denise Grunstein Photography (107 words)

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To call Monki a concept store just wouldn’t be enough. The Swedish brand has television, “mozik”, a magazine, and even its own Monki World—all amazingly conceptualized and themed according to their own quirky-cool style. For starters, check out their Monki Style layouts, with titles like(...) Read More about The Monki Styles (41 words)

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Icona Pop are Swedish babes, Caroline Hjelt & Aino Jawo. Their native country, never lacking in accessible chart toppers, has released “Still Don’t Know” from its artful clenches. Despite their pop sound–not to mention, their name–the two-some seem to have an experimental taste for bells and whistles,(...) Read More about Icona Pop: Still Don’t Know (130 words)

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Swedish photographer Bjorn Keller knows how to do a lot with a little. His still life photography takes simple objects and turns them into beautiful graphic compositions without all the frou frou. I love all the white/airiness in these shots. It really gives the viewer the space to appreciate what is being photographed in a different light than one might see it normally.(...) Read More about Bjorn Keller Still Life Photography (3 words)

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Here is a little recap of Stockhom Fashion Week S/S 2012. I have featured our favorite looks from our favorite Swedish brands. I definitely felt that Hope’s S/S 2012 collection was the strongest of them all. It really felt like a collection. Simple silhouettes paired with great prints and a bold royal blue that weaved its way throughout many of the looks kept the collection looking super fresh. (...) Read More about Stockholm Fashion Week : S/S 2012 (126 words)

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