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Konstfack – design students 2021

Sweden’s largest art and design school Konstfack is graduating 175 students this year. Graduation shows are spread over four weeks and this time I looked at the bachelors in interior design, textile, jewellry, graphical design and industrial design. So how…

May 9, 2021

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Updating the garden. Using ordinary oil paint for canvas to update my garden containers. Oh, and lesson learned… it stains on your pants…

Best lunch date in a long while. Checking out a new hang-out in Stockholm with wonderful Hedvig von Mentzer. @hedvigvonmentzer @sjostadenskybar @cawamedia

New landmark and restaurant in Stockholm. Full of nostalgia and stockholmiana. The red wall lights are obviously old phones from the 60s and 70s. Opening tomorrow. @sjostadenskybar

Zoom fika with design giants. Kurt, Anna and Dag. @garsnas1893

My review of the first graduation exhibition. Here is Konstfack. At Trendstefan.se. @konstfack

Spring… we’re getting there…

Friyay… #hornstull #stockholm

Just one more from Konstfack. I loved making pinecone animals as a kid but this is so much more elevated. Love this. By @siljelingas at @konstfack

Konstfack school of design. Graduation of bachelors. This year is all about heritage and origins. Where are you from? Do I belong here? What is a home? Full review this weekend. @konstfack

Today I was listening to the trend seminar of Li Edelkoort for 2023. As always she does ten or twelve chapters in a theme (birds or whetever). This time with art and artists. One of the themes was Georgia O’Keeffe. Edelkoort calls this a trend with neutruals with dusty pink, white and denim. And a bit of naughty. 😈 And when you look at O’Keeffe’s smirk… There is something sexy there.Part of the story is also the fact (according to Edelkoort) that O’Keeffe only owned 65 styles. IN HER WHOLE LIFE. So buy less, be sexy and be naughty.Cant wait for this. Looking forward to a naughty 2023.

My five cents on the post pandemic office. Interview at Convendum (in Swedish). Picture by Emma Grann for High-End by Swedstyle.https://convendum.se/sv/det-kommer-vara-pa-arbetsplatsen-du-skrattar/@convendumswe @highend_byswedstyle

Snowcrash - a new design exhibition at Nationalmuseum. Looking at Finnish Swedish design 1997-2003 when internet was fairly new and the Nordic wanted this region to be all about technology and connection (think Ericsson and Nokia). Full report on blog tomorrow. @nationalmuseumswe

Five years ago I was asked to do a setting for a Star Wars lover. Hope he still likes it. Happy Star Wars Day. May the Fourth be with you. #starwars

Doing radio today (11.30-12.00). Will be talking about colours for outdoor and summer 2021. Can’t believe How black, grey and straight everything has become. Even IKEA is lacking colour on outdoor pieces. I say - go for salmon pink and some fun green. Why not a door in pink as Jotun did. Or a pink wall with green barbeque. More colours for summer, please. #radio #summer

My green home office. Documented by Plantagen and photographer Frida Ström. See it all at www.trendstefan.se @plantagensverige @fridastromphotographer #homeoffice

Doing a guide about Stockholm for design fair Maison&Objet.https://www.maison-objet.com/en/paris/magazine/city-guide/stockholm-by-stefan-nilsson?utm_source=maisonobjet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=s21_momag21#stockholm #maisonetobjet @maisonetobjet

Hidden gem in Roslagen

Orange, burgundy and denim are the colours of today. Meetings with NCS. @ncscolour

#stockholm #offerkofta

Besides being a trendhunter I also give tips on craft and sloyd with Swedish Society of Craft Where I am active on the board. Today I talk about a course just outside of Göteborg where you can craft your own rake. @foreningenforsvenskhemslojd @slojdochbyggnadsvard

Secret meetings at this place.

My spread in magazine QX for May. The new art collection by Ikea, sunglasses on Paris Hilton and the summer collection for New Balance. And this month’s no, no, no - stop overusing hashtags. #qx

Doing a review of the 70s exhibition at Möbeldesignmuseet.https://trendstefan.se/2021/04/25/the-best-and-worst-from-1970s/