The government of Sweden has a Twitter account and every week they hand the keys over to a new citizen curator. On paper it sounds like a fantastic way to show the world the diversity of its society and to start conversations with people a government official wouldn’t appeal to. Unfortunately, this week’s ambassador has used Twitter to display a level of ignorance and anti-semitism that has shocked the international community and, in a much more difficult feat, the internet population at-large. Continue reading
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Can you believe it’s been months since we last spoke about a group of magical people who live in the magical lands of Scandinavia? How exactly did this site survive? While previous posts highlighted the clean, minimal and organic lines of Nordic design in lamps, storage, accessories, and everything Marimekko, today’s post will showcase classic Scandinavian chairs. So, let’s talk about dead people and the technically revolutionary chairs they created, shall we? Continue reading
Another installment in our series on abandoned places in the world. Continue reading
If your ex-girlfriend has a restraining order against you, it’s probably a good idea to show up at her house in the middle of the night trying serenade your way back into her heart, right? Wrong! A 50-year-old Swedish man learned this lesson the hard way. The man stood outside his ex-girlfriend’s balcony with a guitar and tried to win her back by playing a Bob Dylan song. Hur romantisk! The restraining order kind of puts a damper on things when you think about it, but he really put a lot of thought into his performance. The man brought along five other men, all wearing dark hoodies with the hoods up, to serve as vocal accompaniments. Continue reading
With thousands of years of recorded human history, invariably there are going to be coincidences. Yesterday, August 18, and tomorrow, August 20, are each anniversaries of the deaths of 3 Catholic Popes (none today, though). 19 August holds a rather interesting status, though. It has more than its fair share of coups. And not just coups on little islands. Big, history-changing coups. Perhaps because it comes at the end of the northern summer it is a likely end for military campaigns? Perhaps the months of summer heat or drought finally drive people to the point of trying to kill their king, prime minister or generalissimo? Or maybe it is just a coincidence. We report. You decide.
Here’s just some of the list. Continue reading
Hello chickadees. Are you excited over Spring’s arrival? LaZiguezon certainly is and spent the greater part of the week basking in glorious sunshine. This got me thinking about the properties of light, which led me to ponder over the development of modern lighting. So, dear Crasstalkers, today’s post will be about the illuminating qualities of Scandinavian design as it pertains to floor lamps, table lamps, and pendant lamps. Oh my! Continue reading
