Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

I never stop being surprised what to find in shops any longer when out on a roadtrip. Porcelain doorknobs in vintage style. Who would have thought?
[Click here to see a larger picture at Flickr]
There is a picture on one of the doorknobs, a quite nice woman portrait. The brownish one in the down middle. And [...]

One of Stockholm’s most visible objects are the Nacka masts, situated by the lake Källtorpssjön at Hellasgården. The two FM/TV transmissions masts are 299 meter tall steel framework and are also functioning as a backup for the Kaknäs Tower.

The Nackamasts are heard and seen over an area of around 11 300 square kilometer, all signals [...]

When out sightseeing, we found those Lapp shoes in a store in a small town just about 70 km from the Swedish capital Stockholm. The Sami people from Lappland (northern Sweden) did wear those traditional shoes, therefor the name.

Living up in the north of Sweden with cold winters, those Lapp shoes made of the skin [...]