Memento mori

Sami Kallio wants to create furniture by people, for people. His chairs are sculptures for sitting, created by a craftsman with a deep love for his chosen material: wood.

What is it about The Million Programme that causes aversion, the inhabitants or the architecture? Writer Carlos Rojas and photographer Ola Bergengren find beauty behind the scenes in Sweden’s most demonised suburbs.

From the sculptural church to the fantasy scraper with a piezoelectric coiffure - Rahel Belatchew Lerdell emphasises the experiential qualities of architecture. Art critic Nils Forsberg and photographer Daniel Lundkvist visit the visionary architect in her Stockholm office.

The romantic tendencies are strong in jewellery, ceramics and fashion. It is memento mori all over again, in an era of roaring belief in growth and digital infinity.

Oslo is trying hard to become Scandinavia’s own Manhattan. Salka Hallström Bornold talks sustainablity with one of the hard workers behind the city’s green facade: Tom of Mad Arkitekter.

The digital revolution is not as new as it sounds. Malin Zimm reminds us that we’ve been here before - and envisions how we all can become digital winners.

Textile designer Maja Sjöström was a rising star in early 20th century Sweden. Today she is totally forgotten. Pontus Dahlman traces the footsteps of a female pioneer who handlessly fell for a fascist dictator.

The inner harbour of Copenhagen has been connected by a web of bridges, to the delight of the city’s cyclists and flaneurs. Rasmus Graakjær takes us on a walk in his pedestrian-friendly hometown.

Klong has a lingering clang

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