Magazine
Between Swedish Grace and the Holiday CottageAxel Einar Hjorth and the road to Lovö and Utö
When people today speak about Axel Einar Hjorth, they often begin with the rough pine furniture he designed for holiday cottages in the early 1930s — the chairs, tables, and stools named after islands in the Stockholm archipelago. But Hjorth did not begin there. Read more …
A Modern Icon Before Its TimeThe Basket Club Chair by Nanna Ditzel
Some chairs feel familiar the moment you see them. Others hold your attention because they reveal their character slowly. The Basket Club Chair by Nanna Ditzel belongs to the latter group. Its form is simple at first: a woven shell resting inside a rosewood frame. But the longer you look, the more the chair begins to explain itself. Read more …
Between Art and UseThe Schröder Table by Gerrit Rietveld
In the quiet clarity of the Dutch art-movement known as De Stijl, geometry became a language, and objects a medium for exploring the tension between sculpture and daily life. Among the most compelling outcomes of that vision is the Schröder Table — designed by Gerrit Rietveld for the legendary Rietveld Schröder House and executed in the 1960s by master cabinetmaker G.A. van de Groenekan. The result is a side table that subverts expectations: a piece of furniture which behaves like artwork and a statement that remains functional. Read more …
Between Breath and FormAlvar Aalto and the design of wellbeing and harmony
In the north, as the air turns cold and daylight thins, one becomes more aware of space — of how rooms hold warmth, and how objects shape comfort. The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto understood this instinctively. His work was never only about function or form, but about the subtle balance between human life and the built environment. Few pieces capture that harmony more poignantly than his Armchair 42, also known as the Small Paimio Chair — a quiet masterpiece born from a vision of healing. Read more …
