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5 Favorites: Wooden Nativity Scenes
I come from a pretty secular family, but when it comes to Christmas, we embrace traditional holiday decor. Our hand-carved windmill nativity scene, passed down through so many Germanic generations...
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New HeartOak Floors from Dinesen
New from Denmark-based Dinesen: ultra-wide HeartOak flooring, made from centuries-old oak and featuring natural cracks locked with butterfly joints of oak. According to Thomas Dinesen (a descendant of...
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5 Favorites: Home Collection from Calypso St. Barth
SPONSORED POST With the holiday season upon us, we've been searching for that perfect, timeless house gift for close family and friends—at an affordable price. Enter Calypso St. Barth's home...
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An Austere Retreat on an Ancient Shoreline
Situated on a 10th century shoreline in Gotland, the Atrium House by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter overlooks the Baltic sea and is planned around an enclosed atrium courtyard that functions as a...
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A Pop-Up Marketplace on Helsinki's Harbor
May 19th in Helsinki is "Restaurant Day." The city opens up to pop-up restaurants in the streets, city gardens, or buildings; this year, six design students from the Aalto University School of Arts,...
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Children of Design Dictators
It's not that we Design Dictators are controlling or anything: It's just that we're convinced that the best toys for going the distance are the ones we want to play with as well. Here are five...
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Scandinavian-Inspired Textiles by Way of Vermont
Hailing from the "tippiest and nippiest" corner of Vermont, a textile designer creates goods that bring a little bit of Scandi-inspired sunshine to the home. When Valerie Ormiston was small, she...
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High/Low: The Iconic Artichoke Lamp
Designed in 1958 by Danish architect Poul Henningsen, the Artichoke Lamp is the ultimate modernist light fixture. It's also one of the priciest. Above: The Artichoke Lamp is available in several...
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5 Favorites: Holiday Trees for Apartment Dwellers
This year, I picked out a two-in-a-half-foot-tall Douglas fir for our one-bedroom apartment, but next year, I'm thinking about one of these wooden trees (I'd decorate it with my own garland or tiny...
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Cross Lover
What is it about the enduring image of the cross that makes it so eminently appealing? Here are four cross bearing gifts to give (and to receive). Above: Linen Cross Tea Towel from Olive and Joy; AU...
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The Theater Crowd: Bar & Co. in Helsinki
In close proximity to Helsinki's Alexander Theatre, National Theatre, and Swedish Theatre, the newly opened Bar & Co. is the new post-performance hangout in the city. Designed by Joanna Laajisto,...
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A Momentous Loft in Malmo, Sweden
My oldest friend lives in the center of Malmö, in a remodeled loft furnished with midcentury finds and vintage rugs from Turkey and Morocco. It's one of my favorite places, for reasons having nothing...
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Down Under: An Elegant Table from Scandinavia
Swedish designers Mattias Ståhlbom and Gabriella Gustafson of Stockholm-based design and architecture studio TAF have long been fascinated by the underside of furniture; with their Upside-Down table,...
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10 Favorites: Scandi Christmas Decorations
Often inspired by nature, Scandinavians have a fresh, understated approach to holiday decor that we find hard to resist. Above: Yet another inspired DIY project from Annaleena's Hem, these black paper...
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Teacher
When my son was much younger, the school he attended in San Francisco suggested that all teacher gifts should be homemade. The intent was well meaning, but for working parents it was a nightmare. Thus...
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Design Sleuth: A Swedish Kitchen with a Tiled Ceiling
As surfaces go, ceilings are often overlooked. These ceramic tiles by Swedish architects Tham & Videgård hint of the outdoors and add texture, pattern, and color without detracting from the...
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A Remote Retreat Designed by Swedish Survivalists
What more could one want in a forest other than protection from wild animals, weather, and wind? Perhaps a cup of strong Swedish coffee.Urnatur guest cabins and retreat began as a private farm...
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Current Obsessions: Winterscapes
Here's a roundup of what's piquing our interest this week: Above: Alexa has been admiring Au Vélocipède in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France.• It's almost winter solstice, but we're dreaming about...
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Holiday Table: A California Architect's Wabi-Sabi Picks
San Francisco architect Cary Bernstein brings a wabi-sabi aesthetic to her holiday entertaining. For twenty years, Cary Bernstein, a member of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory, has been...
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An Urban Cabin Made in Brooklyn
The young design firm Workstead, whose work encapsulates the thriving creative scene in Brooklyn, has just completed an apartment renovation where everything from design to manufacture was made in...
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