Big Business for Colourful Design
Colourful, environmental awareness and lot of patterns are key words for a Gudrun Sjödén out-fit. Gudrun Sjödén started her design business in 1976 and her cloths sell today on-line and in stores all over Europe and in New York. The techniques and patterns are a unique mixture from Nordic folkclore combined with cultural heritage from countries like China […]
Oomph – Expression of Energy and Sex appeal
The new exhibition at the Malmö Museer show all those women designers who put Sweden on the international design map already in the 1950s. The exibition got its name from the Finish designer Viola Gråsten whose popular pattern from 1952 was called Oomph. Viola Gråsten emigrated to Sweden as there was a shortage of wool […]
Svensk design får draghjälp
Malmö Museer visar nu tidlösa mönster som återkommer i moderna skapelser från Tillskärarakademin. Modern svensk design är hett men det är svårare för ett designföretag att få ekonomi på sin kreativitet. Näringsministern Mikael Damberg har uppmärksammat detta och en liten peng på 28mkr inom en period av fyra år kommer utnyttjas till att hjälpa sektorn […]
Kläder av Sveriges skog
Skog har Sverige mycket av. Nu kommer kläder produceras av naturtillgången. Det är idén bakom nya varumärket Allvar som snart lanseras. Det kan vara första gången kläder görs av ursprungsmärkt material från Sveriges egen skog. Det är klenved och spill från sågverk utanför Örnsköldsvik som tas tillvara för att göra cellulosamassan till viskostyger. Högteknologiskt och tråkigt möjligen, men helt […]
Prince of Glamour Lars Wallin
From Lars Wallin’s show at Mode Live in Malmö. Photo by Sara Thorsson. Katja of Sweden wanted to create cloths for women to feel comfortable in. She was inspired by the new design of Scandinavian furnitures. She felt that new type of cloths needed to be designed for the modern woman that wanted to be […]
Camilla Thulin – Design for female curves
I’m a huge admirer of Camilla Thulin’s and Katja of Sweden’s design. They both give me inspiration in my ordinary life. I had the pleasure to attend Camilla Thulin’s opening of the exhibition ’Costumes, corsettes and Army of Lovers’ at the Kulturhuset in Stockholm. Here you can see all Camilla’s fabulous art of design with […]
About…Katja
I get inspired by Katja of Sweden. A lot on this forum will be about her vision, life and design. Katja Geiger was one of Sweden’s most successful designer in the 60th. She had a vision which she bravely completed with her husband Rod. To stand out and stand up for something you want to […]