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Design House Stockholm ——— Est. 1992 The Publishing House for Scandinav

2. Greenhouse bj Atelier 2+ /Ada Chirakranont & Worapong Manupipa tpong “I liked it immediately, feeling that it was very Scandinavian as to its architecture.” Thus Anders Fardig, managing director of Design House Stockholm, described his love-at-first-sight encounter with Greenhouse. And there is certainly something familiar about Greenhouse. The architectonic form that it shares with traditional Swedish buildings developed in answer to the specific conditions in our part of the world. Swedish architecture needed to protect people against wind and hard weather and almost everything else...

And this is how Greenhouse should be viewed: the physical expression of a broader use of the term ‘handmade’. Greenhouse was shown at the Wallpaper Handmade Exhibition Thai Edition in September 2014 and then, in March 2015, at the furniture fair in Bangkok. It was here that it caught the eye of Anders Färdig who fell for it immediately. The fact that Worapong Manupipatpong and Ada Chirakranont are attract­ d by the tradition of e Scandinavian design, which Design House Stockholm is seeking to renew, is not as strange as it might seem. They both studied at Konstfack, University College of...

Grow Miniature Greenhouses by Caroline Wetterling Plants do not merely have a functional value but are also symbolic. To present someone with a seed is to give them a beginning to something new. A little life that can grow into something strong with some tender loving care. A seed of friendship, of love or a new stage of life. Perhaps that is why Caroline Wetterling’s little Grow greenhouse has enjoyed such success. It is a little greenhouse for urban dwellers who have neither garden nor allotment but still want to invite nature into their homes. One can see the increasing Grow collection...

Flower Pot Stand by Sara Szyber A plant stand which is as much an item of furniture as it is a mere utility. More than ten years have elapsed since Sara Szyber designed her display stand which has now been updated with a new construction, with wooden ribs of ash and a deeper bottom step that provides space for larger pots. The stand helps plants to reach the light and enables one to arrange them on different levels to create an impression of indoor terrace cultivation. The stand makes a perfect framework in which to create a larger still life. Green plants are a neglected aspect of interior...

A miniature urban garden, a green still life at various levels or a small world of luxuriant vegetation? With Grow, Flower Pot Stand and Greenhouse Design House Stockholm gives us new ways of inviting nature into our homes. These products find themselves somewhere in the borderland between furniture, objects and sculptures. It is the user who is responsible for the final result; a little nursery for plants at various stages of their lives, a terra culture in the living room or a green terrarium. The products form a beautiful base for the most vital and beneficial aspect of our interiors,...