I’m a big fan of design walks, and often spend a leisurely afternoon following one of the walks in Max Fraser’s London Design Guide. I find, that once you’ve decided you’re on a ‘design walk’ and seeking inspiration, you find it in all sorts of unexpected places.
Which was just as well, because we set out for this walk, without a guide, in temperatures well below freezing a full hour before any of the design shops opened!
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After a bit of an explore and a hot and hearty breakfast, we finally warmed up our toes at our first stop, Malmstenbutiken, or Malmsten Shop at Strand 5b.
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Run by Carl Malmsten’s grandson, Malmstenbutiken is an independent shop offering Swedish designed and manufactured products, that prides itself on modern craftsmanship, authentic materials, durability, honest and relevance.
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And as if that wasn’t enough, right next door is Svenskt Tenn, much recommended and so pretty unmissable on our design tour of Stockholm. It was a riot of colour…
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Another stroll in the cold and even more inspiration…
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…and then into Nordiska Galleriet at Nybrogatan 11 for some design classics and another little burst of my new favourite colour. No prizes for Eames spotting!
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On our way to our next design stop, we spotted these gorgeously styled window displays – I told you inspiration is everywhere on a design walk.
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The highlight of our next stop, Svensk Slojd at Nybrogatan 23 was this cow bell shaped lamp by Pernilla Janson.
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And of course, no design walk of Stockholm would be complete without a little peek into Asplund (Sibyllegatan 31) – even if we had seen them at the Stockholm Funriture Fair just the day before, and were by this point in serious danger of missing our plane!
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…and a few last snaps of inspirational Stockholm before we said goodbye.
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Photography © Katie Treggiden