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Design shopping: Stockholm : Architecture museum -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Design Torget -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Grandpa -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Grandpa -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Moderna Museet -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Alma's dream salad servers from Design Torget -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Svenks Tenn -
Design shopping: Stockholm : Svenks Tenn
VISI’s Alma Viviers travelled to Stockholm earlier this year to cover the annual Stockholm Design and Lighting Fair. While there she also hit the street to source some top Scandinavian shopping.
Design Torget
This Big Blue-style design shop stocks an ever-changing collection of quirky and cool design items. Design Torget handpicks fresh and affordable design from established as well as unknown designers and stocks the items for a limited time in their shops. Stock-up on cheap gifts like beautifully designed tea towels here. I lost my heart to a pair salad servers in the classic stainless steel and wood combination.
Iris
You simply have to pop into Iris to admire the beautiful handmade brushes by Hantverk. These Swedish handcrafted brushes will turn cleaning chores into domestic bliss. Made for every purpose imaginable from a shoe dauber to a table brush, they embody true luxury in the everydayness.
Granit
If I lived in Stockholm, I would shop at Granit often. These beautifully monochromatic stores stock rare (but much needed) elegant storage solutions. Boxes, jars and bins in wood, cardboard, glass and plastic are enough to turn even slobs into obsessive-compulsive organisers.
Grandpa
This lovely shop is exemplary of the power of careful curation – quality fashion, breathtaking home accessories and vintage goods all in an understated setting.
Svensk Tenn
An institution in Stockholm, Svensk Tenn is both a design studio and interior shop. This is kind of shop that you imagine when you think of traditional Swedish design. The big draw card is the range of textiles designed by Josef Franks in the 1930s and 40’s. They’ve also opened a lovely tearoom where you can sample some of their superb Svensk Tenn blend.
Design House Stockholm
A Design House Stockholm you will find contemporary Scandinavian designer pieces from over 60 contributing designers.
Moderna Museet and Architecture Museum
The Moderna Museet and Architecture Museum is well worth a visit.
Moderna Museet has one of the world’s finest collections of 20th and 21st century art and a photography collection goes back as far as 1840.
The Modern Museum shop also has a heartbreakingly awesome collection of design, art and architecture books. This is also the place to shop for gifts and souvenirs. The adjacent Architecture Museum located in a building by award-winning architect Rafael Moneo, give interesting insight into urban and architectural development in the city and country.
• Alma and other members of the VISI team report back on the lessons they learnt from a recent spate of international trade fairs. Read all about it in the latest issue of VISI – on sale now.
