Aalto 90 Pavilion: Iittala Scales Up a Design Icon in Copenhagen
Built in low-carbon aluminium, the Aalto 90 Pavilion reimagines a design classic as a monumental, walk-in public installation.
Muuto’s Dream View Bench by Lise Vester is designed for sky-gazing
Recline, look up and dream a little. Lise Vester’s Dream View Bench “reminds us to reconnect with those fleeting moments of beauty.”
Hem launches Palma Pouf, a paw-like pillowy seat series by British-Ghanan ‘rising star’ Kusheda Mensah
Palma Pouf invites people to gather, lounge, perch, and connect. It’s casual, a little unconventional, and endlessly welcoming—just like a good friend.
3 Days of Design 2025: eighteen must-visit exhibitions in Copenhagen
Check out our design guide for 3 Days of Design 2025 in the Danish capital. From cutting-edge sustainable materials to a floating textile installation, unexpected design pairings, and more.
Industry Muscle: Nordic Pavilion in Venice explores architecture through the trans experience
Modernism shaped architecture for men and women. The Industry Muscle exhibition transforms the Nordic Pavilion in Venice into a stage, showcasing an alternative architectural model envisioned from a trans perspective.
Kunstilo Museum: Nordic contemporary art thrives in a former grain silo
How to maintain the patrimonial value of a functionalist grain silo and, at the same time, develop it into a powerhouse for arts and culture? Visit the new Kunstsilo Museum in southern Norway.
3 Days of Design 2024: eight furniture collections debuting in Copenaghen
From sculptural wooden patchworks to crafted plastic furniture and lightweight coffins. We selected 8 eclectic furniture collections debuting in Copenaghen.
3 Days of Design 2024: Ten must-visit exhibitions in Copenhagen
Teenagers’ bedrooms, knitted Icelandic pizzas, and trainers in a pastel-coloured Nordic palette. Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design 2024 celebrates the future of Danish creativity and beyond.
Henning Larsen Architects completes the Klaksvík Row Club in the Faroe Islands
Nestled in a breathtaking fjord, sheltered from Arctic winds and offering panoramic views of the surrounding islands, the Klaksvík Row Club by Henning Larsen Architects is a testament to the Faroe Islands’ rich sporting heritage.
Snøhetta completes the angled Vertikal Nydalen high-rise in Oslo
Vertikal Nydalen is a statement mixed-use building with a simplified and self-sufficient climate system and natural ventilation.
Design trends: ‘Full Metal Furniture’ from the North
The first bench made from fossil fuel-free steel and an aluminium chair VR-developed from remote are among the best Full Metal Furniture designs debuting in Stockholm.
Reform office design by Klaesson Koivisto Rune for Edsbyn
Reform is a brand-new shelf system inspired by skyscraper grids. A modular and vibrant design solution for the home and the office.
Mat chair by Normann Copenhagen is made from hemp
Using hemp fibres as the primary material, Normann Copenhagen’s new Mat Chair collection is a new, innovative and more responsible take on the traditional plastic shell chair.
Snøetta’s Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion point blends into the Nordic wilderness
The Norwegian Wild Reindeer Pavilion is a rectangular frame of raw steel and glass with a wooden core shaped like rock or ice eroded by natural forces like wind and running water.
Henning Larsen Architects designs a New Wood Terminal in the Faroe Islands
In Torshavn, the capital of the remote Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Henning Larsen Architects has designed the New Wood Terminal, a new ferry terminal and HQ embracing the picturesque backdrop of lush Arctic landscapes and open seas. The building pays homage to traditional Faroese fishing boats.
Girjegumpi: The Nordic Pavilion brings to Venice Sámi architecture and culture
Joar Nango’s nomadic library with architecture books, crafts, and designs by colonized Sámi indigenous people fill the Girjegumpi exhibition at the Nordic Pavilion in Venice.
Ung Svensk Form 2023: six circular furniture designs by promising Swedish talents
Platform and exhibition Ung Svensk Form 2023 at the Stockholm Furniture Fair featured several projects made from new recycled materials, repurposing neglected objects, or re-thinking waste as a design opportunity.
Stockholm Design Week 2023: ten furniture designs debuting in the Swedish capital
Convivial Y-shaped urban benches, shifting hammocks/sofas, and 3D-printed high-end circular seats. Archipanic explored Stockholm Design Week 2023. Check what we liked the most!
CON-NECT-ED-NESS: the Danish Pavilion in Venice evokes an indelible sense of connection between people and Nature
A cyclic water system connects visitors, senses and surroundings at CON-NECT-ED-NESS, the biophilic exhibition at the Danish Pavilion.
WHAT WE SHARE: the Nordic Pavilion in Venice explores the potential of participative cohousing
For the WHAT WE SHARE exhibition, Helen & Hard transformed the Nordic Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2021 into a full-scale section of a solid wood cohousing project in Norway, designed in close collaboration with a group of residents.
The best of Stockholm Design Week 2021 is on Archipanic. Check our Pinterest board!
We have created a Pinterest board rounding-up somewhat we liked the most in Stockholm Design Week and at the virtual Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
Stockholm 2021: 7 design launches in the Swedish capital
Stockholm 2021: the largest Nordic design week went mostly virtual this year. But that didn’t stop brands and designers from unveiling brilliant furniture designs. Check what we liked the most.
Claesson Koivisto Rune completes the beach ‘House of Many Courtyards’
The Swedish Studio has sliced and dislocated the building to ’double’ its volume. The ‘House of Many Courtyards’ has the appearance of a series of individual boxes; in reality, it is one interior connected via a 40-metre-long, end-to-end, central corridor overlooking multiple courtyards.
Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter designs 48°Nord landscape-hotel in France
Plunged in the northeastern French countryside, 48°Nord sustainable village hotel combines Scandinavian countryside cottages architecture with local traditions.
‘Rope Chair’ by the Bouroullec brothers for ARTEK
Ropes and metal tubes compose the Rope Chair by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec which shape shifts according to its user. The designers launch also a wall hook named Tupla.
10 Nordic seats debuting at Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2020
Sofas go outdoors as benches while benches enter the living room as sofas, rope chairs adapt to those who use them while couches becomes sound absorbing furniture. 10 Nordic seats debuting in Stockholm.
Pinterest: the best of Stockholm2020 is on Pinterest!
Stockholm2020: check our Pinterest board to discover some of the best furnitures and installations on show in the Nordic design capital…
BIG’s ‘Twist Museum’ literally bridges Art and Nature at Kistefos Sculpture Park in Norway
Traversing the winding Randselva river, The Twist museum designed by Bjarke Ingels Group opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and an architectural art piece.
Form Follows Environment: Nordic architects vs Climate Change
Nordic architects are showing the way to build a sustainable future. BIG completes the cleanest waste-to-energy plant topped with a ski slope, Snøhetta has inaugurated the the world’s northernmost energy-positive building. Dorte Mandrup’s Icefjord Centre breaks ground to offer breathtaking views of a melting UNESCO World Heritage Site, new sustainable cultural venues thrive in Helsinki and a sinking arctic Swedish city is being relocated…
Pinterest: ArchiNordic
Our ArchiNorci Pinterest board features some of the best contemporary architecture across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.